How to display loading dialog when someone clicks a specific link?

Question

I do have an URL which opens a webpage which is very slow to load and I have no control over it.

I do want to display a loading dialog when someone clicks this URL or to

Answer 1

You can do this :

$(function(){
​  $('a').click(function(){
     $('
loading...
').prependTo(document.body); 
  });​
});

Demonstration (change the link to a very slow page for best effect)

But it depends on the page : if the page sends immediately some content but not the whole content, you won't have the time to see your div.