Is there anyway to animate an ellipsis with CSS animations?

Question

I\'m trying to have an ellipsis animate, and was wondering if it was possible with CSS animations...

So it might be like

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Answer 1

Well Actually there is a pure CSS way of doing this.

I got the example from CSS Tricks, but made it also to be supported in Internet Explorer (I have tested it in 10+).

Check the Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/Roobyx/AT6v6/2/

HTML:

 Searching
    .
    .
    .

CSS:

@-webkit-keyframes opacity {
  0% {
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=100);
    opacity: 1;
  }
  100% {
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0);
    opacity: 0;
  }
}

@-moz-keyframes opacity {
  0% {
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=100);
    opacity: 1;
  }

  100% {
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0);
    opacity: 0;
  }
}

@-webkit-keyframes opacity {
  0% {
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=100);
    opacity: 1;
  }
  100% {
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0);
    opacity: 0;
  }
}

@-moz-keyframes opacity {
  0% {
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=100);
    opacity: 1;
  }
  100% {
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0);
    opacity: 0;
  }
}

@-o-keyframes opacity {
  0% {
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=100);
    opacity: 1;
  }
  100% {
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0);
    opacity: 0;
  }
}

@keyframes opacity {
  0% {
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=100);
    opacity: 1;
  }
  100% {
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0);
    opacity: 0;
  }
}
#searching-ellipsis span {
  -webkit-animation-name: opacity;
  -webkit-animation-duration: 1s;
  -webkit-animation-iteration-count: infinite;
  -moz-animation-name: opacity;
  -moz-animation-duration: 1s;
  -moz-animation-iteration-count: infinite;
  -ms-animation-name: opacity;
  -ms-animation-duration: 1s;
  -ms-animation-iteration-count: infinite;
}
#searching-ellipsis span:nth-child(2) {
  -webkit-animation-delay: 100ms;
  -moz-animation-delay: 100ms;
  -ms-animation-delay: 100ms;
  -o-animation-delay: 100ms;
  animation-delay: 100ms;
}
#searching-ellipsis span:nth-child(3) {
  -webkit-animation-delay: 300ms;
  -moz-animation-delay: 300ms;
  -ms-animation-delay: 300ms;
  -o-animation-delay: 300ms;
  animation-delay: 300ms;
}