Just in case its of any use to anyone, i did it put a fade in and fade out on either side of the getdata() call

$(‘#checking_for_updates’).fadeIn(“slow”);
PeriodicalTimer = setTimeout(getdata, settings.minTimeout);
$(‘#checking_for_updates’).delay(2000).fadeOut(“slow”);

There is probably a better way, but this worked.

The plugin works great for retrieving new messages.

Is there a way to make a “Loading ” gif appear or fire some jquery as the checking process fires.

I tried adding it to the data that comes back, but by that time the data is back and the loading is pointless and very short.

something like “Checking for new messages” is what i want to add and am wondering if its possible from the outside javascript or would i need to change the code within .PeriodicalUpdater()

Thanks

This is just my code…

//

// With : // http://paulirish.com/2009/jquery-idletimer-plugin // https://github.com/paulirish/jquery-idletimer/
// -> in the body (end page) :
//Stop flux – Run flux
//
//
// (function($){ //
// var timeout = 15000; // 15s inactivity
// $.idleTimer(timeout);
// })(jQuery);
//
//
// In jquery.periodocalupdater. js after line 91 (after var handle) :

$(‘a.stop’).livequery(“click”, function(e){
handle.stop();
$(‘.su’).empty(); // <-
$(‘.su’).append(‘OFF’);
});

$(‘a.run’).livequery(“click”, function(e){
handle.restart();
$(‘.su’).empty();
$(‘.su’).append(‘ON’);
});

$(document).bind(“idle.idleTimer”, function(){
handle.stop();
$(‘.su’).empty();
$(‘.su’).append(‘OFF’);
// launch(); // message alert…
});

$(document).bind(“active.idleTimer”, function(){
handle.restart();
$(‘.su’).empty();
$(‘.su’).append(‘ON’);
});
// end insert