On 26-May-06, at 4:56 PM, Jay Parlar wrote:
> I'm just starting to learn MochiKit (actually, I'm just starting to
> learn JavaScript as well), but I'm a long time Python guy, so I
> felt it
> would be a good fit.
>
> Anyway, I'm trying to do a very simple 'connect', and I'm seeing some
> strange behaviour.
>
> I have the following in my script:
>
> connect('tester', 'onclick', requestTags);
>
>
> where 'tester' is the id of a link on the page, and requestTags is a
> very simple function. If this is the only connect call I have, then
> nothing happens when I click on the link. However, if I do this
> instead:
>
> var con = function() {
> connect('tester', 'onclick', requestTags);
> }
> connect(window, 'onload', con);
>
> then everything works perfectly.
>
> Why is it that I first have to do a connection with the window? The
> documents don't seem to mention anything about that (and I only got
> the
> idea from another post on this group).
>
> Thanks in advance, and sorry if this is a really stupid question,
> Jay P.
Hi Jay,
The reason you need to do this is the JavaScript in the <head> is
being executed before the rest of the page -- including your 'tester'
-- is loaded.
Beau
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