---
title: "Loading dots animated icon"
description: "Loading dots animated icon (Feedback & status). A three-dot relay: each landing cues the next dot; Strong adds a small return from contact."
canonical: https://generativeicons.com/icons/loading-dots/
---

# Loading dots animated icon

A three-dot relay: each landing cues the next dot; Strong adds a small return from contact.

- Id: `loading-dots`
- Category: Feedback & status
- Search terms: loader, please wait, busy, thinking, ellipsis, typing indicator, buffering, working, dot loader
- One action, back to rest
- Styles: outline, solid, duotone; outline weights 1.5, 2, 2.5 (any from 1 to 3); motion light or strong
- File: https://generativeicons.com/assets/loading-dots.lottie (dotLottie, 5005 bytes, sha256 d283a11fef540ad2b5bf95362afb9e451c5ec33f80eebf8562e29dc3478dfcf4)
- License: MIT

## Install

```sh
npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime
npx generative-icons init
npx generative-icons add loading-dots
```

## React

```tsx
// npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-react
'use client';
import { AnimatedIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-react';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/loading-dots.mjs';

export function LoadingDotsIcon() {
  return <AnimatedIcon icon={icon} src={src} size={32}
    color="#ffffff" variant="outline" weight={2}
    motion="light" theme="dark" />;
}
```

## JavaScript

```js
import { createIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/loading-dots.mjs';

const handle = await createIcon(canvas, {
  icon, src,
  color: '#ffffff', style: 'outline', weight: 2,
  motion: 'light', theme: 'dark'
});
button.addEventListener('click', () => handle.play());
// On removal: handle.destroy();
```

More: https://generativeicons.com/icons/loading-dots/ · https://generativeicons.com/api/icons/loading-dots