1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/scripts/script.js b/lib/scripts/script.js
index 8c0485671..c917c365a 100644
--- a/lib/scripts/script.js
+++ b/lib/scripts/script.js
@@ -188,9 +188,17 @@ function prependChild(parent,element) {
 /**
  * Prints a animated gif to show the search is performed
  *
+ * Because we need to modify the DOM here before the document is loaded
+ * and parsed completely we have to rely on document.write()
+ *
  * @author Andreas Gohr <andi@splitbrain.org>
  */
-function showLoadBar(id){
+function showLoadBar(){
+
+  document.write('<img src="'+DOKU_BASE+'lib/images/loading.gif" '+
+                 width="150" height="12" alt="..." />');
+
+  /* this does not work reliable in IE
   obj = $(id);
 
   if(obj){
@@ -198,6 +206,7 @@ function showLoadBar(id){
                     'width="150" height="12" alt="..." />';
     obj.style.display="block";
   }
+  */
 }
 
 /**