jQuery text loading animation

Question

Trying to make a text ... loading animation

here\'s where I stand: http://jsfiddle.net/aGfct/

I can get the ... to be added at 500 ms intervals, but then I w

Answer 1

Try using setInterval also so like:

setInterval(function(){
    for (i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
        setTimeout(function() {
        $("#loading").append(".");
        }, i * 500);
    }
    $("#loading").html('loading');
}, 2000);