{"componentChunkName":"component---src-pages-components-loading-usage-mdx","path":"/components/loading/usage/","result":{"pageContext":{"isCreatedByStatefulCreatePages":true,"frontmatter":{"title":"Loading","description":"Loading spinners are used when retrieving data or performing slow computations, and help to notify users that loading is underway.","tabs":["Code","Usage","Style"]},"relativePagePath":"/components/loading/usage.mdx","titleType":"prepend","MdxNode":{"id":"1b4c11a9-e5be-59e5-be3d-8a3bdd554190","children":[],"parent":"d96dac2c-c609-501a-9d69-e1f3566b6fcf","internal":{"content":"---\ntitle: Loading\ndescription: Loading spinners are used when retrieving data or performing slow computations, and help to notify users that loading is underway.\ntabs: ['Code', 'Usage', 'Style']\n---\n\n## General guidance\n\n_Loading_ spinners are used when retrieving data or performing slow computations, and help to notify users that loading is underway. The waiting experience is a crucial design opportunity. Although it may not be obvious what is occurring on the back-end, we can communicate clearly to reassure the user that progress is happening.\n\nIt is best practice to use a loading spinner whenever the wait time is anticipated to be longer than three seconds.\n\n## Size\n\nLoading spinners may be scaled down if the loading experience is contextual to a certain item on the page.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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