Change the External List Loading Gif
**So far this only works on Chrome =\
External lists pull content from an external data source and surface the items into SharePoint. This allows you to easily work with the items using the SharePoint web/app part controls as you normally would with a standard SharePoint list. The loading image that appears on an external list is a bit clunky, and dates back to SharePoint 2007– possibly earlier.
Here’s what that loading image looks like.
I mean it works and does the trick to pacify users while content is loaded, but of course, I had other plans…I wanted to change it to something a little more industry-specific for my company. Something like this:
So after looking around online, I was able to change the loading image (only in chrome so far) with a little CSS.
Want to change it?
Drop this code in:
div[style='padding-top:5px;']>center>img[src='/_layouts/15/images/gears_an.gif']{
display:none;
}
div[style='padding-top:5px;']>center:before{
display:block;
content: " ";
/* adjust height and width to fit your gif*/
width: 70px;
height: 70px;
/* again, replace this url with the url of your .gif of choice */
background-image:url('/_layouts/15/images/gears_anv4.gif');
background-repeat:no-repeat;
}