WebKit2WebView::load-changed

Emitted when a load operation in web_view changes. The signal is always emitted with WEBKIT_LOAD_STARTED when a new load request is made and WEBKIT_LOAD_FINISHED when the load finishes successfully or due to an error. When the ongoing load operation fails WebKitWebView::load-failed signal is emitted before WebKitWebView::load-changed is emitted with WEBKIT_LOAD_FINISHED. If a redirection is received from the server, this signal is emitted with WEBKIT_LOAD_REDIRECTED after the initial emission with WEBKIT_LOAD_STARTED and before WEBKIT_LOAD_COMMITTED. When the page content starts arriving the signal is emitted with WEBKIT_LOAD_COMMITTED event.

You can handle this signal and use a switch to track any ongoing load operation.

static void web_view_load_changed (WebKitWebView web_view, WebKitLoadEvent load_event, gpointer user_data) { switch (load_event) { case WEBKIT_LOAD_STARTED: / New load, we have now a provisional URI / provisional_uri = webkit_web_view_get_uri (web_view); / Here we could start a spinner or update the location bar with the provisional URI / break; case WEBKIT_LOAD_REDIRECTED: redirected_uri = webkit_web_view_get_uri (web_view); break; case WEBKIT_LOAD_COMMITTED: / The load is being performed. Current URI is the final one and it won’t change unless a new load is requested or a navigation within the same page is performed / uri = webkit_web_view_get_uri (web_view); break; case WEBKIT_LOAD_FINISHED: / Load finished, we can now stop the spinner */ break; } }