if (document.loaded) { // do stuff } - kangax
On Apr 14, 4:58 pm, Michael Stillwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, to clarify my code fragment, I want to wait until the DOM is > ready before running a chunk of code: > > var ajax = new Ajax.Request(url, { > onSuccess: function(res) { > // run this once the DOM is ready > } > }); > > I can't add document.observe("dom:loaded", ...) to the start of the > onSuccess function because it appears to not run if the DOM is already > ready, which makes perfect sense from an event based point of view. I > guess part of the problem is that dom:loaded is more of a flag than an > event... (It can never happen more than once, for example.) > > --M. > > On Apr 14, 9:42 pm, Tom Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There's always the poor-man's method. At the very end of your DOM, > > insert a script > > > var DomLoaded = true; > > > .... > > > TAG > > > On Apr 14, 2008, at 2:34 PM, Michael Stillwell wrote: > > > > document.observe("dom:loaded", ...) doesn't seem to fire if the DOM is > > > already loaded. Is there some way to trigger an Ajax.Request and have > > > onSuccess happen if and only if the DOM is loaded? > > > > var ajax = new Ajax.Request(url, { > > > onSuccess: function(res) { > > > // run this, but only if DOM is loaded > > > } > > > }); > > > > --M. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---