element/examples/docs/en-US/loading.md

Loading

Show animation while loading data.

Loading inside a container

Displays animation in a container (such as a table) while loading data.

:::demo Element provides two ways to invoke Loading: directive and service. For the custom directive v-loading, you just need to bind a boolean value to it. By default, the loading mask will append to the element where the directive is used. Adding the body modifier makes the mask append to the body element.

<template>
  <el-table
    v-loading="loading"
    :data="tableData"
    style="width: 100%">
    <el-table-column
      prop="date"
      label="Date"
      width="180">
    </el-table-column>
    <el-table-column
      prop="name"
      label="Name"
      width="180">
    </el-table-column>
    <el-table-column
      prop="address"
      label="Address">
    </el-table-column>
  </el-table>
</template>

<style>
  body {
    margin: 0;
  }
</style>

<script>
  export default {
    data() {
      return {
        tableData: [{
          date: '2016-05-02',
          name: 'John Smith',
          address: 'No.1518,  Jinshajiang Road, Putuo District'
        }, {
          date: '2016-05-04',
          name: 'John Smith',
          address: 'No.1518,  Jinshajiang Road, Putuo District'
        }, {
          date: '2016-05-01',
          name: 'John Smith',
          address: 'No.1518,  Jinshajiang Road, Putuo District'
        }],
        loading: true
      };
    }
  };
</script>

:::

Customization

You can customize loading text, loading spinner and background color.

:::demo Add attribute element-loading-text to the element on which v-loading is bound, and its value will be displayed under the spinner. Similarly, element-loading-spinner and element-loading-background are for customizing loading spinner class name and background color.

<template>
  <el-table
    v-loading="loading2"
    element-loading-text="Loading..."
    element-loading-spinner="el-icon-loading"
    element-loading-background="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8)"
    :data="tableData"
    style="width: 100%">
    <el-table-column
      prop="date"
      label="Date"
      width="180">
    </el-table-column>
    <el-table-column
      prop="name"
      label="Name"
      width="180">
    </el-table-column>
    <el-table-column
      prop="address"
      label="Address">
    </el-table-column>
  </el-table>
</template>

<script>
  export default {
    data() {
      return {
        tableData: [{
          date: '2016-05-02',
          name: 'John Smith',
          address: 'No.1518,  Jinshajiang Road, Putuo District'
        }, {
          date: '2016-05-04',
          name: 'John Smith',
          address: 'No.1518,  Jinshajiang Road, Putuo District'
        }, {
          date: '2016-05-01',
          name: 'John Smith',
          address: 'No.1518,  Jinshajiang Road, Putuo District'
        }],
        loading2: true
      };
    }
  };
</script>

:::

Full screen loading

Show a full screen animation while loading data.

:::demo When used as a directive, a full screen Loading requires the fullscreen modifier, and it will be appended to body. In this case, if you wish to disable scrolling on body, you can add another modifier lock. When used as a service, Loading will be full screen by default.

<template>
  <el-button
    type="primary"
    @click="openFullScreen"
    v-loading.fullscreen.lock="fullscreenLoading">
    As a directive
  </el-button>
  <el-button
    type="primary"
    @click="openFullScreen2">
    As a service
  </el-button>
</template>

<script>
  export default {
    data() {
      return {
        fullscreenLoading: false
      }
    },
    methods: {
      openFullScreen() {
        this.fullscreenLoading = true;
        setTimeout(() => {
          this.fullscreenLoading = false;
        }, 2000);
      },
      openFullScreen2() {
        const loading = this.$loading({
          lock: true,
          text: 'Loading',
          spinner: 'el-icon-loading',
          background: 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)'
        });
        setTimeout(() => {
          loading.close();
        }, 2000);
      }
    }
  }
</script>

:::

Service

You can also invoke Loading with a service. Import Loading service:

import { Loading } from 'element-ui';

Invoke it:

Loading.service(options);

The parameter options is the configuration of Loading, and its details can be found in the following table. LoadingService returns a Loading instance, and you can close it by invoking its close method:

let loadingInstance = Loading.service(options);
this.$nextTick(() => { // Loading should be closed asynchronously
  loadingInstance.close();
});

Note that in this case the full screen Loading is singleton. If a new full screen Loading is invoked before an existing one is closed, the existing full screen Loading instance will be returned instead of actually creating another Loading instance:

let loadingInstance1 = Loading.service({ fullscreen: true });
let loadingInstance2 = Loading.service({ fullscreen: true });
console.log(loadingInstance1 === loadingInstance2); // true

Calling the close method on any one of them can close this full screen Loading.

If Element is imported entirely, a globally method $loading will be registered to Vue.prototype. You can invoke it like this: this.$loading(options), and it also returns a Loading instance.

Options

Attribute	Description	Type	Accepted Values	Default
target	the DOM node Loading needs to cover. Accepts a DOM object or a string. If it's a string, it will be passed to document.querySelector to get the corresponding DOM node	object/string	—	document.body
body	same as the body modifier of v-loading	boolean	—	false
fullscreen	same as the fullscreen modifier of v-loading	boolean	—	true
lock	same as the lock modifier of v-loading	boolean	—	false
text	loading text that displays under the spinner	string	—	—
spinner	class name of the custom spinner	string	—	—
background	background color of the mask	string	—	—
customClass	custom class name for Loading	string	—	—