jQuery jquery percentage completion

[cancer10]

Hi

When making an AJAX call using jQuery, is it possible to know how much percentage has been completed so far?

For example: 25%, 50% or 100%?

[venegal]

No. The browser doesn't know how the total size of the response while receiving it.

[cancer10]

There must be some way because when you login to gmail, it shows a progressbar and increments the value of the meter according to the objects / elements rendered in the browser.

[webdev1958]

Originally Posted by cancer10

Hi

When making an AJAX call using jQuery, is it possible to know how much percentage has been completed so far?

For example: 25%, 50% or 100%?

Originally Posted by cancer10

There must be some way because when you login to gmail, it shows a progressbar and increments the value of the meter according to the objects / elements rendered in the browser.

Are you sure gmail is using AJAX at that stage?

[cancer10]

If there is a mechanism to do this, it can be done using AJAX as well.

[webdev1958]

If there is a mechanism to do this, it can be done using AJAX as well.

ok, then since there are plenty of examples on the www showing how to build progress bars (both client and server side), pick one and see if you can get it to work with AJAX since you are so sure it can be done.

[venegal]

Originally Posted by cancer10

There must be some way because when you login to gmail, it shows a progressbar and increments the value of the meter according to the objects / elements rendered in the browser.

The only two things you can do that will work in all browsers is split your request up into several smaller ones, so you can monitor how many of those have come back already, or regularly poll the server for a progress report. Whether any of those add to the user experience is doubtful.

If you don't care about browser compatibility, there are several ways. If you make your server send a Content-Length header, so the browser actually knows what to expect, you can use the onprogress event of the XMLHttpRequest, if supported, or readystate 3, if supported.

[cancer10]

Originally Posted by webdev1958

ok, then since there are plenty of examples on the www showing how to build progress bars (both client and server side), pick one and see if you can get it to work with AJAX since you are so sure it can be done.

Yes there are scripts but they do not contain the logic that actually tells how much time is remaining or task completed.