Javascript appendChild onload event

Question

I'm appending the dynamically created image element to document.

var img = new Image();
img.src = 'test.jpg',
img.onload = function() {

    var addedImg = container.appendChild(img);
    console.log(img.width); //old width.
}

The problem here is the fact if I take image dimensions right after container.appendChild(img) it returns the source file dimensions because the appendChild has not finished yet(not repainted?) and dimensions are not re-calculated.

var addedImg = container.appendChild(img);
console.log(img.width) //returns original width of the image

So, I'm wondering if it is possible to catch the load event for appendChild?

I know it is possible using setTimeout/setInterval, but I guess there should be more elegant solution.

var addedImg = container.appendChild(img);
setTimeout(function() {
    console.log(img.width); //return correct resolution after image dimensions were recalculated
}, 1000);

The problem with setTimeout/setInterval is the fact I don't know when element is finally appended and repainted. I have to run it on a loop.

I was trying to listen to DOMNodeInsertedIntoDocument and DOMNodeInserted events however it does not work.

img.addEventListener("DOMNodeInserted", onImageInserted, false);
img.addEventListener("DOMNodeInsertedIntoDocument", onImageInserted, false);

function onImageInserted(event) {
    console.log(img.width); //still wrong width
}

However, it seems to run right after appendChild is fired.

Here is the fiddle so you can see what I'm talking about: http://jsfiddle.net/0zyybmf2/

Note: please don't advise to check the width of the parent container. I need to take a width of the image. Any help with this would be appreciated greatly.

Answer 1

Unfortunately, it seems that you have to hand the controls back to the browser (using setTimeout() as you did) before the final dimensions can be observed; luckily, the timeout can be very short.

container.appendChild(img);
setTimeout(function() {
    console.log(img.width);
}, 0);

In other words, the repaint (and layout update) is done as soon as your function returns and before the setTimeout fires.

Btw, it's advisable to only set the .src property after you've attached the load handler; I've had to debug my code a few times before I realised that cached images may trigger the load handler immediately upon changing .src.

Demo

Answer 2

var img = new Image();
var container = document.getElementsByTagName("div")[0];
container.appendChild(img);

img.onload = function() {
  alert('Width = ' + img.width);
}

img.src = "http://globe-views.com/dcim/dreams/image/image-03.jpg";

div {
    width: 200px;
}

img {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}

<div></div>