I\'m executing an external script, using a inside
.
Now since the script executes before the pa
These solutions will work:
<body onload="script();">
or
document.onload = function ...
or even
window.onload = function ...
Note that the last option is a better way to go since it is unobstrusive and is considered more standard.
In simple terms just use "defer" in the script tag.
.....Using the YUI library (I love it):
YAHOO.util.Event.onDOMReady(function(){
//your code
});
Portable and beautiful! However, if you don't use YUI for other stuff (see its doc) I would say that it's not worth to use it.
N.B. : to use this code you need to import 2 scripts
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://yui.yahooapis.com/2.7.0/build/yahoo/yahoo-min.js" ></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://yui.yahooapis.com/2.7.0/build/event/event-min.js" ></script>
<body onload="myFunction()">
This code works well.
But window.onload
method has various dependencies. So it may not work all the time.
As Daniel says, you could use document.onload.
The various javascript frameworks hwoever (jQuery, Mootools, etc.) use a custom event 'domready', which I guess must be more effective. If you're developing with javascript, I'd highly recommend exploiting a framework, they massively increase your productivity.
I find sometimes on more complex pages that not all the elements have loaded by the time window.onload is fired. If that's the case, add setTimeout before your function to delay is a moment. It's not elegant but it's a simple hack that renders well.
window.onload = function(){ doSomethingCool(); };
becomes...
window.onload = function(){ setTimeout( function(){ doSomethingCool(); }, 1000); };