Replaces jQuery element or its content temporarily with watch symbol of iconic font (icon-refresh). To be used with http://fortawesome.github.com

inline-watch.js

/**
 * Replaces jQuery element or its content temporarily with watch symbol of iconic font (icon-refresh)
 * 
 * To be used with http://fortawesome.github.com
 */
 
function replaceByWatch(el, replaceInnerContent) {
	var watch = $icon('icon-refresh icon-spin')

	if (replaceInnerContent) {
		var content = el.children().hide()
		if (!content.length) {
			content = el.text()
			el.text('')
		}
		el.data('replacedByWatch_InnerContent', content).append(watch)
	}

	else
		el.hide().after(watch)

	el.data('replacedByWatch', watch)
}

function removeWatch(el) {
	el.data('replacedByWatch').remove()
	var content = el.data('replacedByWatch_InnerContent')
	el.removeData('replacedByWatch replacedByWatch_InnerContent')

	switch (typeof content) {
		case 'undefined': el.show(); break
		case 'string': el.text(content); break
		default: content.show(); break
	}
}