It is in the documentation [1], and has been brought up on this list recently [2]. Search the archives [3].
"Depending on how your browser implements XMLHttpRequest, one or more callbacks may never be invoked. In particular, onLoaded and onInteractive are not a 100% safe bet so far. However, the global onCreate, onUninitialized and the two final steps are very much guaranteed." The short version: it depends on your browser. Perhaps those who manage the docs should style the paragraph to provide a stronger visual warning. 1. http://prototypejs.org/api/ajax/request 2. http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs/browse_frm/ thread/3a57ad6d644a28fe/c7bf329b539d8edf? lnk=gst&q=onloading&rnum=3&hl=en#c7bf329b539d8edf 3. http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs/search? hl=en&group=rubyonrails-spinoffs&q=onloading&qt_g=Search+this+group TAG On Jun 4, 2007, at 2:27 PM, Rich wrote: > > Hi there, > > Firstly, I apologise if this is hidden somewhere in the documentation, > but I assure you I've read through it all and couldn't see anything > relating to this. I am new to prototype, and am slowing getting to > grips with it (and JS in general). > > Today I had a user report to me that they are seeing the results of > the OnLoading event handler *after* the OnComplete. > > By this, what I mean is that I simply have a textarea field on a page, > of which the contents are pulled using a prototype GET request. They > see "Loading..." as I have specified from the OnLoading handler. They > then see the relevant text in the textarea, and then it seems to > somehow go back to OnLoading extremely quickly, all in a flash. > Either that, or for some reason OnLoading is kicking in *after* > OnComplete has finished. > > I have only managed to reproduce this once, and now I can't :/ > > Is there any particular order in which you are meant to specify > OnEvent handlers? Should OnComplete come BEFORE OnLoading? Anyone > have any ideas what the problem may be? > > Thanks in advance, > Rich. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
