1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
index cf194d45082..3997e6df15c 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
@@ -2216,22 +2216,29 @@ var SnippetsMenu = Widget.extend({
     async _execWithLoadingEffect(action, contentLoading = true, delay = 500) {
         const mutexExecResult = this._mutex.exec(action);
         if (!this.loadingTimers[contentLoading]) {
-            this.loadingTimers[contentLoading] = setTimeout(() => {
+            const addLoader = () => {
                 this.loadingElements[contentLoading] = this._createLoadingElement();
                 if (contentLoading) {
                     this.$snippetEditorArea.append(this.loadingElements[contentLoading]);
                 } else {
                     this.el.appendChild(this.loadingElements[contentLoading]);
                 }
-            }, delay);
+            };
+            if (delay) {
+                this.loadingTimers[contentLoading] = setTimeout(addLoader, delay);
+            } else {
+                addLoader();
+            }
             this._mutex.getUnlockedDef().then(() => {
                 // Note: we remove the loading element at the end of the
                 // execution queue *even if subsequent actions are content
                 // related or not*. This is a limitation of the loading feature,
                 // the goal is still to limit the number of elements in that
                 // queue anyway.
-                clearTimeout(this.loadingTimers[contentLoading]);
-                this.loadingTimers[contentLoading] = undefined;
+                if (delay) {
+                    clearTimeout(this.loadingTimers[contentLoading]);
+                    this.loadingTimers[contentLoading] = undefined;
+                }
 
                 if (this.loadingElements[contentLoading]) {
                     this.loadingElements[contentLoading].remove();