# feedback.busy

Something is working, with no measure of how far: in a button while it sends, over a region while it updates. A spinning mark before its text, like "Saving…"; with no text, give it an aria-label

Component: [`<Text>`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/components/text.md) · Renders: `<span>` · Role: `status` · Profile: [UI](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md) · Comes from: starter

## Example

```tsx
<Action intent="action.submit" disabled={saving}>
  {saving ? <Text intent="feedback.busy" as="span">Saving…</Text> : 'Save'}
</Action>
```

Code that says `spinner`, `loading`, `working`, `pending` points here. `prongs check` warns when an element with this intent has a handler or label that points somewhere else.

## Choosing between neighbours

Find the row that describes your element, and use the intent on the right.

| If it is for… | Use |
|---|---|
| Something is working, with no measure of how far: in a button while it sends, over a region while it updates. A spinning mark before its text, like "Saving…"; with no text, give it an aria-label | `feedback.busy` (this page) |
| Standing in for content that has not arrived | [`layout.loading`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/layout/loading.md) |
| Showing that something is working right now, without words (rather than [`feedback.info`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/feedback/info.md)) | `feedback.busy` (this page) |

## Connections

Declared in the registry, both directions. Where an intent is used in your own code is something check and the gallery see; this site has no app code.

- Built from: [`tone.muted`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#tone-muted)

## For registry authors

**Starter intents.** These are the intents `prongs add` puts in your registry, shown in this site’s theme. Yours are your own `registry.ts`: rename, restyle and add to them, and see them with `prongs add gallery`.

What this intent is built from and its entry in `components/prongs/registry.ts`. You only need this to change how it looks or to add an intent like it.

How feedback.busy resolves, and its definition

Each layer adds to the one before it; a later class wins over an earlier one that sets the same thing.

- [`tone.muted`](https://www.prongs.dev/docs/intents/ui.md#tone-muted) — Secondary text colour, readable on every surface

  ```
  text-surface-muted
  ```

- `feedback.busy` (this page) — Something is working, with no measure of how far: in a button while it sends, over a region while it updates. A spinning mark before its text, like "Saving…"; with no text, give it an aria-label

  ```
  inline-flex items-center gap-2 before:size-4 before:shrink-0
  before:animate-spin before:rounded-full before:border-2
  before:border-current before:border-t-transparent
  before:content-[''] motion-reduce:before:animate-none
  ```

Final classes

```
text-surface-muted inline-flex items-center gap-2 before:size-4
before:shrink-0 before:animate-spin before:rounded-full
before:border-2 before:border-current
before:border-t-transparent before:content-['']
motion-reduce:before:animate-none
```

Definition

```ts
'feedback.busy': {
  kind: 'semantic',
  description: 'Something is working, with no measure of how far: in a button while it sends, over a region while it updates. A spinning mark before its text, like "Saving…"; with no text, give it an aria-label',
  refs: ['tone.muted'],
  keywords: ['spinner', 'loading', 'working', 'pending'],
  binding: {
    element: 'span',
    ariaRole: 'status',
    classes: 'inline-flex items-center gap-2 before:size-4 before:shrink-0 before:animate-spin before:rounded-full before:border-2 before:border-current before:border-t-transparent before:content-[\'\'] motion-reduce:before:animate-none',
  },
  notFor: [
    {
      context: 'standing in for content that has not arrived',
      instead: 'layout.loading',
    },
  ],
},
```