Loading indicator

When the search has latency it is pretty hard to understand why the results don’t update. It’s especially true when the search happens on mobile (where there are a lot of latency even on good network). One way to tell the user that something is happening is to display a spinner.

The good thing is that the JS Helper now implements a flag and an event to notify that the search has been completed.

What I propose is a standalone loading connector and an implementation in the searchbox (so that we can replace the magnifying glass with a spinner)

[bobylito]

I’m gonna move on with this proposal unless you have something to add @mthuret @samouss? (cc @iam4x @Haroenv @vvo @ronanlevesque)

[mthuret]

I don’t think it makes sense to have it everywhere because I don’t see the point in a refinement list for example.

I think on mobile it can happen in more spaces than just the searchbox and the hits. I mentioned the stats widget earlier, that’s because your have screens that do not necessarily include the searchbox or the hits. However I must admit that’s very mobile oriented.

I’m good to start with the SearchBox though.

Also a note for later: on react-instantsearch they’ll probably something to look after regarding the connectStateResults connector (that today contain the loading boolean info).