Material Design Preloader!s

A jQuery plugin that recreates the Material Design preloader (as seen on inbox).

I was fascinated when I first saw the preloader for Google's inbox website so I thought I'd recreate it and turn it into a plugin so that others can use it in their app or website.

How to use

Make sure you have jQuery included and include 'materialPreloader.js' after jQuery.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="materialPreloader.js"></script>

You also need to include 'materialPreloader.css'.

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/materialPreloader.css">

You can then instantiate the plugin along with its options (if required).

<script type="text/javascript">

 preloader = new $.materialPreloader({
        position: 'top',
        height: '5px',
        col_1: '#159756',
        col_2: '#da4733',
        col_3: '#3b78e7',
        col_4: '#fdba2c',
        fadeIn: 200,
        fadeOut: 200
    });
 
</script>

You can then call the following functions to turn the preloader on & off

 preloader.on();
 preloader.off();

materialPreloader Options

Option	Required	Description	Options	Default
position	No	Position to place the preloader	top/bottom	bottom
height	No	The height of the preloader bar	any length	5px
col_1	No	Color 1 option	any color	#159756
col_2	No	Color 2 option	any color	#da4733
col_3	No	Color 3 option	any color	#3b78e7
col_4	No	Color 4 option	any color	#fdba2c
fadeIn	No	Speed in milliseconds	any speed	200
fadeOut	No	Speed in milliseconds	any speed	200

Browser Support

• Chrome
• Safari
• Firefox
• Not tested in IE