Having a Connection status animation like IceFaces

[coolsriram]

I was wondering if there is an option in RichFaces or in JSF by default with which we can have an animation in all the pages which indicates whenever there is a server operation. I am looking for the one similar to the <ice:outputConnectionStatus/> tag provided by IceFaces.

Reference link:

http://component-showcase.icefaces.org/component-showcase/showcase.iface

Thanks in advance....

[moshstef]

I believe you can achieve the same result by using the <a4j:status /> tag in every page.

Something like this:

<a4j:status>
 <f:facet name="start">
 <h:graphicImage value="/images/activityanimation.gif" />
 </f:facet>
 <f:facet name="stop">
 <h:graphicImage value="/images/activityanimation_stop.gif" />
 </f:facet>
</a4j:status>

You can even download the animated gif from the icefaces site you linked in your post and use those if you want to.