so i have this loading screen that displays information while the page is loading but because of faster internet speeds this can be displayed in a flash.. I would like to add a minimum display time! this is my current code
jQuery(window).load(function() {
jQuery('.pageLoad').animate({
opacity: 0
}, 800, function() {
jQuery('.pageLoad').css({
display: 'none'
});
});
});
How can i do this?
You could put your fade-out method in a function and call that after an xx number of seconds from $(document).ready()
:
var timeoutID;
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
// start hiding the message after 2 seconds
timeoutID = window.setTimeout(hideMessage, 2000);
});
function hideMessage() {
jQuery('.pageLoad').animate({
opacity: 0
}, 800, function() {
jQuery('.pageLoad').css({
display: 'none'
});
});
}
As mentioned by @Rayf, if that piece of info should be read, regardless of page loading speed, you should add some delay to it like this:
// time to read the message...adjust it to the time you feel is right
var msgDisplayTime = 5000,
interval = 0,
loaded = false,
delayed = false,
fadeLoader = function () {
jQuery('.pageLoad').animate({opacity: 0}, 800, function () {
jQuery('.pageLoad').css({display: 'none'});
});
};
//timeout for your desired delay time
//it will ask if it is already loaded after delay ends
//triggering the fading of loading overlay
timeout = setTimeout(function(){
delayed = true;
if(loaded){
fadeLoader();
}
},msgDisplayTime);
//when loaded, it will wait until delay happened
//if not, it will delegate the execution to the timeout
// so at the end, it will be triggered after the delay or
//loading time, in case it longer than desired delay
jQuery(window).load(function(){
loaded = true;
if(delayed){
fadeLoader();
}
});
Inside comments is the roughly explanation about how it works