How do i add my ajax-loader.gif to my js. and what kind does the script look like.... Thank you to everyone....
My js. below

var Spry;
if (!Spry) Spry = {};
if (!Spry.Widget) Spry.Widget = {};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels = function(element, opts)
{
	this.element = this.getElement(element);
	this.defaultTab = 0; // Show the first panel by default.
	this.bindings = [];
	this.tabSelectedClass = "TabbedPanelsTabSelected";
	this.tabHoverClass = "TabbedPanelsTabHover";
	this.tabFocusedClass = "TabbedPanelsTabFocused";
	this.panelVisibleClass = "TabbedPanelsContentVisible";
	this.focusElement = null;
	this.hasFocus = false;
	this.currentTabIndex = 0;
	this.enableKeyboardNavigation = true;

	Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.setOptions(this, opts);

	// If the defaultTab is expressed as a number/index, convert
	// it to an element.

	if (typeof (this.defaultTab) == "number")
	{
		if (this.defaultTab < 0)
			this.defaultTab = 0;
		else
		{
			var count = this.getTabbedPanelCount();
			if (this.defaultTab >= count)
				this.defaultTab = (count > 1) ? (count - 1) : 0;
		}

		this.defaultTab = this.getTabs()[this.defaultTab];
	}

	// The defaultTab property is supposed to be the tab element for the tab content
	// to show by default. The caller is allowed to pass in the element itself or the
	// element's id, so we need to convert the current value to an element if necessary.

	if (this.defaultTab)
		this.defaultTab = this.getElement(this.defaultTab);

	this.attachBehaviors();
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getElement = function(ele)
{
	if (ele && typeof ele == "string")
		return document.getElementById(ele);
	return ele;
}

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getElementChildren = function(element)
{
	var children = [];
	var child = element.firstChild;
	while (child)
	{
		if (child.nodeType == 1 /* Node.ELEMENT_NODE */)
			children.push(child);
		child = child.nextSibling;
	}
	return children;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.addClassName = function(ele, className)
{
	if (!ele || !className || (ele.className && ele.className.search(new RegExp("\\b" + className + "\\b")) != -1))
		return;
	ele.className += (ele.className ? " " : "") + className;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.removeClassName = function(ele, className)
{
	if (!ele || !className || (ele.className && ele.className.search(new RegExp("\\b" + className + "\\b")) == -1))
		return;
	ele.className = ele.className.replace(new RegExp("\\s*\\b" + className + "\\b", "g"), "");
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.setOptions = function(obj, optionsObj, ignoreUndefinedProps)
{
	if (!optionsObj)
		return;
	for (var optionName in optionsObj)
	{
		if (ignoreUndefinedProps && optionsObj[optionName] == undefined)
			continue;
		obj[optionName] = optionsObj[optionName];
	}
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getTabGroup = function()
{
	if (this.element)
	{
		var children = this.getElementChildren(this.element);
		if (children.length)
			return children[0];
	}
	return null;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getTabs = function()
{
	var tabs = [];
	var tg = this.getTabGroup();
	if (tg)
		tabs = this.getElementChildren(tg);
	return tabs;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getContentPanelGroup = function()
{
	if (this.element)
	{
		var children = this.getElementChildren(this.element);
		if (children.length > 1)
			return children[1];
	}
	return null;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getContentPanels = function()
{
	var panels = [];
	var pg = this.getContentPanelGroup();
	if (pg)
		panels = this.getElementChildren(pg);
	return panels;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getIndex = function(ele, arr)
{
	ele = this.getElement(ele);
	if (ele && arr && arr.length)
	{
		for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
		{
			if (ele == arr[i])
				return i;
		}
	}
	return -1;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getTabIndex = function(ele)
{
	var i = this.getIndex(ele, this.getTabs());
	if (i < 0)
		i = this.getIndex(ele, this.getContentPanels());
	return i;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getCurrentTabIndex = function()
{
	return this.currentTabIndex;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.getTabbedPanelCount = function(ele)
{
	return Math.min(this.getTabs().length, this.getContentPanels().length);
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.addEventListener = function(element, eventType, handler, capture)
{
	try
	{
		if (element.addEventListener)
			element.addEventListener(eventType, handler, capture);
		else if (element.attachEvent)
			element.attachEvent("on" + eventType, handler);
	}
	catch (e) {}
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.onTabClick = function(e, tab)
{
	this.showPanel(tab);
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.onTabMouseOver = function(e, tab)
{
	this.addClassName(tab, this.tabHoverClass);
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.onTabMouseOut = function(e, tab)
{
	this.removeClassName(tab, this.tabHoverClass);
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.onTabFocus = function(e, tab)
{
	this.hasFocus = true;
	this.addClassName(this.element, this.tabFocusedClass);
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.onTabBlur = function(e, tab)
{
	this.hasFocus = false;
	this.removeClassName(this.element, this.tabFocusedClass);
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.ENTER_KEY = 13;
Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.SPACE_KEY = 32;

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.onTabKeyDown = function(e, tab)
{
	var key = e.keyCode;
	if (!this.hasFocus || (key != Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.ENTER_KEY && key != Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.SPACE_KEY))
		return true;

	this.showPanel(tab);

	if (e.stopPropagation)
		e.stopPropagation();
	if (e.preventDefault)
		e.preventDefault();

	return false;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.preorderTraversal = function(root, func)
{
	var stopTraversal = false;
	if (root)
	{
		stopTraversal = func(root);
		if (root.hasChildNodes())
		{
			var child = root.firstChild;
			while (!stopTraversal && child)
			{
				stopTraversal = this.preorderTraversal(child, func);
				try { child = child.nextSibling; } catch (e) { child = null; }
			}
		}
	}
	return stopTraversal;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.addPanelEventListeners = function(tab, panel)
{
	var self = this;
	Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.addEventListener(tab, "click", function(e) { return self.onTabClick(e, tab); }, false);
	Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.addEventListener(tab, "mouseover", function(e) { return self.onTabMouseOver(e, tab); }, false);
	Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.addEventListener(tab, "mouseout", function(e) { return self.onTabMouseOut(e, tab); }, false);

	if (this.enableKeyboardNavigation)
	{
		// XXX: IE doesn't allow the setting of tabindex dynamically. This means we can't
		// rely on adding the tabindex attribute if it is missing to enable keyboard navigation
		// by default.

		// Find the first element within the tab container that has a tabindex or the first
		// anchor tag.
		
		var tabIndexEle = null;
		var tabAnchorEle = null;

		this.preorderTraversal(tab, function(node) {
			if (node.nodeType == 1 /* NODE.ELEMENT_NODE */)
			{
				var tabIndexAttr = tab.attributes.getNamedItem("tabindex");
				if (tabIndexAttr)
				{
					tabIndexEle = node;
					return true;
				}
				if (!tabAnchorEle && node.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "a")
					tabAnchorEle = node;
			}
			return false;
		});

		if (tabIndexEle)
			this.focusElement = tabIndexEle;
		else if (tabAnchorEle)
			this.focusElement = tabAnchorEle;

		if (this.focusElement)
		{
			Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.addEventListener(this.focusElement, "focus", function(e) { return self.onTabFocus(e, tab); }, false);
			Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.addEventListener(this.focusElement, "blur", function(e) { return self.onTabBlur(e, tab); }, false);
			Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.addEventListener(this.focusElement, "keydown", function(e) { return self.onTabKeyDown(e, tab); }, false);
		}
	}
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.showPanel = function(elementOrIndex)
{
	var tpIndex = -1;
	
	if (typeof elementOrIndex == "number")
		tpIndex = elementOrIndex;
	else // Must be the element for the tab or content panel.
		tpIndex = this.getTabIndex(elementOrIndex);
	
	if (!tpIndex < 0 || tpIndex >= this.getTabbedPanelCount())
		return;

	var tabs = this.getTabs();
	var panels = this.getContentPanels();

	var numTabbedPanels = Math.max(tabs.length, panels.length);

	for (var i = 0; i < numTabbedPanels; i++)
	{
		if (i != tpIndex)
		{
			if (tabs[i])
				this.removeClassName(tabs[i], this.tabSelectedClass);
			if (panels[i])
			{
				this.removeClassName(panels[i], this.panelVisibleClass);
				panels[i].style.display = "none";
			}
		}
	}

	this.addClassName(tabs[tpIndex], this.tabSelectedClass);
	this.addClassName(panels[tpIndex], this.panelVisibleClass);
	panels[tpIndex].style.display = "block";

	this.currentTabIndex = tpIndex;
};

Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels.prototype.attachBehaviors = function(element)
{
	var tabs = this.getTabs();
	var panels = this.getContentPanels();
	var panelCount = this.getTabbedPanelCount();

	for (var i = 0; i < panelCount; i++)
		this.addPanelEventListeners(tabs[i], panels[i]);

	this.showPanel(this.defaultTab);
};

Steven,

That's 339 lines of javascript. How is anyone supposed to know why, where or how to add ajax-loader.gif to it with such a rudimentary introduction?

Airshow

Steven,

That's 339 lines of javascript. How is anyone supposed to know why, where or how to add ajax-loader.gif to it with such a rudimentary introduction?

Airshow

I dont write java but i need help editing it... im using spry to program the ajax and im not shear how to put the loading image in.

or

how do ii make another JS for just the preloader.

Im sorry its alot of code..
Please help....

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