Just to followup, the "loading" graphic works great here too.
(All credit for this idea goes to Allan, who shared it in
this thread BTW.)
First upload an appropriate image to misc/images... one like this:
(... there are others I posted in Allan's thread linked above, or you can find many appropriate ones via Google. Search for things like "loading.gif" or "progress.gif" or "progressbar.gif.")
Then for the template edit, add in this instead:
Code:
<!-- Quick Edit messages -->
<br />
<div id="qe_posting_$post[postid]" style="display:none; margin-top:6px" align="center"><img src="http://www.yourforumname.com/forums/images/misc/loading.gif" alt="" /><br /><strong>$vbphrase[post_wait_loo]</strong></div>
<div id="qe_delete_$post[postid]" style="display:none; margin-top:6px" align="center"><img src="http://www.yourforumname.com/forums/images/misc/loading.gif" alt="" /><br /><strong>$vbphrase[delete_wait_loo]</strong></div>
<div id="qe_advanced_$post[postid]" style="display:none; margin-top:6px" align="center"><img src="http://www.yourforumname.com/forums/images/misc/loading.gif" alt="" /><br /><strong>$vbphrase[bigreply_wait_loo]</strong></div>
<!-- Quick Edit messages -->