How to show progress bar while loading using ajax

Question

I have a dropdown box. When the user selects a value from the dropdown box, it performs a query to retrieve the data from the database, and shows the results in the front end using ajax. It takes a little bit of time, so during this time, I want to show a progress bar. I have searched, and I have found numerous tutorials on creating progress bars for uploads, but I haven't liked any. Can anybody provides some helpful guidance for me?

My ajax code:

<script>
$(function() {
    $("#client").on("change", function() {
      var clientid=$("#client").val();

        $.ajax({
            type:"post",
            url:"clientnetworkpricelist/yourfile.php",
            data:"title="+clientid,
            success:function(data){
             $("#result").html(data);
            }
        });

    });
});
</script>

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

The first function calls an action via ajax on my controller and passes two parameters.

        function redirectToAction(var1, var2)
        {
            try{

                var url = '../actionnameinsamecontroller/' + routeId;

                $.ajax({
                    type: "GET",
                    url: url,
                    data: { param1: var1, param2: var2 },
                    dataType: 'html',
                    success: function(){
                    },
                    error: function(xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError){
                        alert(error);
                    }
                });

            }
            catch(err)
            {
                alert(err.message);
            }
        }

Use the ajaxStart to start your progress bar code.

           $(document).ajaxStart(function(){
            try
            {
                // showing a modal
                $("#progressDialog").modal();

                var i = 0;
                var timeout = 750;

                (function progressbar()
                {
                    i++;
                    if(i < 1000)
                    {
                        // some code to make the progress bar move in a loop with a timeout to 
                        // control the speed of the bar
                        iterateProgressBar();
                        setTimeout(progressbar, timeout);
                    }
                }
                )();
            }
            catch(err)
            {
                alert(err.message);
            }
        });

When the process completes close the progress bar

        $(document).ajaxStop(function(){
            // hide the progress bar
            $("#progressDialog").modal('hide');
        });

Hope it helps!