November 23, 2016 8:43 am

Facebook style timeline content loading placeholder with CSS

If you have noticed that when you open Facebook it show a content loading placeholder how that placeholder work and a working demo available below I have found that example on coepen and want to share that with you all if you need it you can use it in your applications.

Facebook style timeline content loading placeholder with CSS

[wpdm_file id=184]DEMO

Basically its a simple code snippet created using HTML and CSS.

Let’s Start:

First of all create this HTML

  <div class="timeline-wrapper">
    <div class="timeline-item">
        <div class="animated-background">
            <div class="background-masker header-top"></div>
            <div class="background-masker header-left"></div>
            <div class="background-masker header-right"></div>
            <div class="background-masker header-bottom"></div>
            <div class="background-masker subheader-left"></div>
            <div class="background-masker subheader-right"></div>
            <div class="background-masker subheader-bottom"></div>
            <div class="background-masker content-top"></div>
            <div class="background-masker content-first-end"></div>
            <div class="background-masker content-second-line"></div>
            <div class="background-masker content-second-end"></div>
            <div class="background-masker content-third-line"></div>
            <div class="background-masker content-third-end"></div>
        </div>
    </div>

Above HTML create that content area and add motion with CSS

CSS used in this tutorial:

.timeline-item {
   background: #fff;
   border: 1px solid;
   border-color: #e5e6e9 #dfe0e4 #d0d1d5;
   border-radius: 3px;
   padding: 12px;

   margin: 0 auto;
   max-width: 472px;
   min-height: 200px;
}


@keyframes placeHolderShimmer{
    0%{
        background-position: -468px 0
    }
    100%{
        background-position: 468px 0
    }
}

.animated-background {
    animation-duration: 1s;
    animation-fill-mode: forwards;
    animation-iteration-count: infinite;
    animation-name: placeHolderShimmer;
    animation-timing-function: linear;
    background: #f6f7f8;
    background: linear-gradient(to right, #eeeeee 8%, #dddddd 18%, #eeeeee 33%);
    background-size: 800px 104px;
    height: 96px;
    position: relative;
}


.background-masker {
    background: #fff;
    position: absolute;
}

/* Every thing below this is just positioning */

.background-masker.header-top,
.background-masker.header-bottom,
.background-masker.subheader-bottom {
    top: 0;
    left: 40px;
    right: 0;
    height: 10px;
}

.background-masker.header-left,
.background-masker.subheader-left,
.background-masker.header-right,
.background-masker.subheader-right {
    top: 10px;
    left: 40px;
    height: 8px;
    width: 10px;
}

.background-masker.header-bottom {
    top: 18px;
    height: 6px;
}

.background-masker.subheader-left,
.background-masker.subheader-right {
    top: 24px;
    height: 6px;
}


.background-masker.header-right,
.background-masker.subheader-right {
    width: auto;
    left: 300px;
    right: 0;
}

.background-masker.subheader-right {
    left: 230px;
}

.background-masker.subheader-bottom {
    top: 30px;
    height: 10px;
}

.background-masker.content-top,
.background-masker.content-second-line,
.background-masker.content-third-line,
.background-masker.content-second-end,
.background-masker.content-third-end,
.background-masker.content-first-end {
    top: 40px;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    height: 6px;
}

.background-masker.content-top {
    height:20px;
}

.background-masker.content-first-end,
.background-masker.content-second-end,
.background-masker.content-third-end{
    width: auto;
    left: 380px;
    right: 0;
    top: 60px;
    height: 8px;
}

.background-masker.content-second-line  {
    top: 68px;
}

.background-masker.content-second-end {
    left: 420px;
    top: 74px;
}

.background-masker.content-third-line {
    top: 82px;
}

.background-masker.content-third-end {
    left: 300px;
    top: 88px;
}

Above CSS create lines and add animation of loading exactly you see on facebook.

Facebook Content Placeholder

That’s it for now I hope you like this simple tutorial please share your problems in comments we love to help you because PHPGang Solve your Prooblems.

Author Huzoor Bux

I am Huzoor Bux from Karachi (Pakistan). I have been working as a PHP Developer from last 5+ years, and its my passion to learn new things and implement them as a practice. Basically I am a PHP developer but now days exploring more in HTML5, CSS and jQuery libraries.


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3 responses to “Facebook style timeline content loading placeholder with CSS”

  1. Thanks for sharing such a useful information. I will bookmark this for future use. This blog will helpful to Developers as well as Digital marketing service.

  2. Very useful tutorial. Thanks for sharing.

  3. Habib ullah says:

    demo is not working. please update it

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