[iceman20k]

Hi all,

i have a Panel Control with Items that have a "onclick" attribute. That works great, when clicking on them the action is executed. However, this action takes 5-10 seconds to complete.
Now my question: While the action is performed, can i "fire up" a Busy Dialog indicating that Kodi is busy? In my imagination it would be perfect if i just could set a Property like "isBusy" and clear it when the action is done, using a try-catch-finally block where finally ensures the Busy Dialog is unset again.
But currently i don't know how to spawn this "Spinner Wheel". I tried to look in the Wiki and searched the forum here.
At best someone has an code example, i'll get along with it, thank you!

[_BJ1]

In most cases the busy spinner is an include with a visibility condition. For loading PVR artwork online (this takes som time too) I use an include like:

Code:

    <include name="BusyPvrArtworkSpinner">
        <param name="left">155</param>
        <param name="top">91</param>
        <definition>
            <control type="group">
                <left>$PARAM[left]</left>
                <top>$PARAM[top]</top>
                <visible>!Player.HasVideo + !Pvr.IsPlayingRadio + String.IsEqual(Window(Home).Property(PVR.Artwork.Lookup),busy)</visible>
                <animation effect="fade" delay="500">VisibleChange</animation>
                <control type="image">
                    <width>80</width>
                    <height>80</height>
                    <aspectratio aligny="center">keep</aspectratio>
                    <texture colordiffuse="black">dialogs/extendedprogress/loading-back.png</texture>
                </control>
                <control type="image">
                    <width>80</width>
                    <height>80</height>
                    <aspectratio aligny="center">keep</aspectratio>
                    <texture>dialogs/extendedprogress/loading.png</texture>
                    <animation effect="rotate" center="auto" start="360" end="0" time="1500" loop="true" condition="true">Conditional</animation>
                </control>
            </control>
        </definition>
    </include>

As you see in the visiblity condition of the control group the visibility depends on String.IsEqual(Window(Home).Property(PVR.Artwork.Lookup),busy) which is set/unset by the PVR artwork addon. Other spinners like in Estuary using a visibility condition as include parameter. You can simply use it as follows by setting the property "Lookup" to "isBusy" and clear it later:

Code:

<include content="BusyListSpinner">
    <param name="visible">String.IsEqual(Window(Home).Property(Lookup),isBusy)</param>
</include>

[iceman20k]

Using Estuary, this works great - thank you very much!

(Though this "Spinner" is exactly what i was looking for, its a "White Circle spinning": Do you happen to know what this "extended" Estuary "Blue Circle Spinner" that even half-dimmed the screen while spinning is called? i.e. when you start a Video. Is that also an include that i can use in this easy way?)

[_BJ1]

This is a dialog window (DialogBusy.xml) controlled by several visible conditions and (in my opinion) controlled by core. You cannot use this window as easy like the includes. Just take a look inside of the DialogBusy.xml.

[iceman20k]

Thanks, i stick with "BusyListSpinner" - it fits perfectly for me.
Though DialogBusy.xml looks interresting and one may just copy the animations for some own brew

Thank You for your precise help!