{"componentChunkName":"component---src-pages-components-loading-usage-mdx","path":"/components/loading/usage/","result":{"pageContext":{"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","Accessibility"]},"relativePagePath":"/components/loading/usage.mdx","titleType":"prepend","MdxNode":{"id":"d8119cac-1608-5c39-8338-88a6b531902a","children":[],"parent":"c755f1cb-3532-5802-86ca-4e81bdc90923","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', 'Accessibility']\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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