How to determine when a page modified with JS is done loading? - javascript

I have a very bare HTML page that loads two JS files. One of these JS files then goes and loads a varying amount of content into the page.
I'm trying to get the equivalent of window.onload for this extra content. Obviously, window.onload actually fires very quickly, when the page is done loading the two JS files.
Any ideas? I know I can go and attach onload events to every image/script/etc on the page, but would rather not...

EDIT. If the callback won't help .load should do the job. I've added it to the example.
In this case you need a call back. Are you using a JavaScript library? if so what library?
In your existing code, after you append to the document you need to call a function that can execute the next bit of code.
something like this.
//FILE 1
$(function () {
$('body').append(someHTMLOrDOMNodes);
//I don't know what your second script does, but you should name this callback something relevant.
$('#idOfNewContent').load(function() {
callback();
});
});
//FILE 2
function callback() {
//next bit of code.
}

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Run JS code when all HTML has loaded (not images)

I want to execute a js code which adds a class to all elements that have specific class eg. .lookbook-block however, I think I'd have to wait until all the HTML has loaded before this loop is executed, but the page had a lot of images so I don't want to use window.load ad that will wait until all images have loaded, which will delay the execution. Is there a way I can wait until only the HTML has loaded?
Thanks!
Put script at the bottom of the html
$(function() {
// Your code here.
});
This adds a callback function to execute when the ready event is triggered from the jQuery library. You can read more about it here. You can do the same thing by using this, which is more clear:
$(document).ready(function() {
// Your code
});

Execute jQuery after Other JS file Dynamically loads content

I'm working to modify some content which is dynamically loaded via another script(let's call is script #1) onto my site. Script #1 loads some markup and content and I've been using the setTimeout() function to call my script (Script #2) using a delay of a few seconds, in order to wait to be sure that Script #1 has executed and the content is present in the DOM.
My issue is that Script#1 has different loading times, based on the server load and can be slow or fast depending on these factors, and right now, playing it safe with setTimeout() I'm often left with a second or two where my scripts are still waiting to be fired and Script #1 has already loaded the content.
How can I execute my script as soon as Script#1 successfully loads it's dynamic content?
I've found this post which does seem to address the same issue but using the setInterval function as #Matt Ball has laid out there doesn't work at all for some reason. I'm using the code below where 'div.enrollment' is meant to find in the DOM which is dynamically loaded and execute..
jQuery(window).load(function ($)
{
var i = setInterval(function ()
{
if ($('div.enrollment').length)
{
clearInterval(i);
// safe to execute your code here
console.log("It's Loaded");
}
}, 100);
});
Any help on guidance on this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for your time.
It seems that the healcode.js is doing a lot of stuff. There is a whole lot of markup added to the <healcode-widget> tag.
I would try to add another tag with an id inside and test for its existence:
<healcode-widget ....><div id="healCodeLoading"></div></healcode-widget>
Test in an interval for the existence of healCodeLoading inside <healcode-widget>: (Assuming jQuery)
var healCodeLoadingInterval = setInterval(function(){
var healCodeLoading = jQuery('healcode-widget #healCodeLoading');
if (healCodeLoading.length == 0) {
clearInterval(healCodeLoadingInterval);
// Everything should be loaded now, so you can do something here
}
}, 100);
healcode.js should replace everything inside <healcode-widget></healcode-widget> during init. So, if your <div>-element is no longer inside, the widget has loaded and initialized.
Hope that helps.
If you just want to load some markup and content and then run some script afterwards, you can use jQuery. You should use something like the following in script#1 to run a function in script#2
$.get( "ajax/test.html", function( data ) {
// Now you can do something with your data and run other script.
console.log("It's Loaded");
});
The function is called, after ajax/test.html is loaded.
Hope that helps

I want to make sure function comes after loading of external HTML

How do I make sure the alert comes after the loading of the external HTML?
function changeContent(){
$('#contentmain').load("contentmain.html", function(){
alert("something");
}
)}
I've been playing around with $(document).ready, but no luck so far.
Many thanks!
Update:
The result of this code is that it depends (on what, I don't know): sometimes the alert comes first, sometimes it comes second...
Your code is right.
From the jquery documentation:
Callback Function
If a "complete" callback is provided, it is executed after post-processing and HTML insertion has been performed. The callback is fired once for each element in the jQuery collection, and this is set to each DOM element in turn.
are you loading iFrames?
try the .load() function.
$('#iframeID').load(function(){
// I am totally loaded and lets begin the hunt now.
});
Alternatively, If you are loading content via ajax, you can use .ajaxComplete
$(document).ajaxComplete(function(){
// ajax call has completed and lets begin the hunt now.
});

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I have a main page with 2 links that load external files via .load(). The first file has a simple JavaScript rollover, which works when the content is loaded. The second file has a jQuery plug-in that does not work when loaded via .load() - but works fine when the data file is viewed by itself.
Main file: http://gator1105.hostgator.com/~carc/test-load.html
Second data file that works by itself, but not from .load(): (same URL as above, but the file is test-load-two.html - StackOverflow will allow me to create only 1 hyperlink)
Rather than paste my source code here, you can just view it from the pages themselves.
How can I get the second file with the slideshow to work when loaded with .load()?
I acutally did something similar with a site I'm working on. What you'll want to do is make a callback function for each page for the $.load() call on the main page.
See the following code from the jquery.load() documenation:
$('#result').load('ajax/test.html', function() {
alert('Load was performed.');
});
In your particular case, you'd want something like this on the main test-load.html page.
$(document).ready(
function(){
$('li').click(function(){
var showThisContent = this.id;
$('#content').load('test-load-'+showThisContent+'.html', function(){
if (showThisContent == "one"){
//Do logic for test-load-one.html
//Pre-load your images here.
//You may have to assign a class to your anchor tag
//and do something like:
$('a.assignedClass').mouseover(function(){});
$('a.assignedClass').mouseout(function(){});
} //end if
if (showThisContent =="two"){
//Do logic for test-load-two.html here
$('.slideshow').cycle({
fx: 'fade',
speed: 500,
timeout: 0,
next: '.nextSSimg',
prev: '.prevSSimg',
pager: '#SSnav',
cleartype: true,
cleartypeNoBg: true
}); //end .cycle()
} //end if
); //end .load(location, callback function())
}); //end $('li).click()
}); //end $(document).ready()
Now, obviously I didn't convert all your code, but what's happening here is that once document.ready is complete, the callback function will run, and since the elements like '.slideshow' are now loaded into the DOM, you're callback code will bind to them appropriately.
You could switch this code around in several ways to have the same result (i.e., wrap 2 $.load()s into conditions rather than doing the conditional logic in the .load callback, and/or put a callbackOne() and callbackTwo() function above document.ready and then call them appropriately) but that's your preference. You should be able to do what you want to using the callback function argument of the $.load().
Ignore this answer
Your second file does its initialization in a "document.ready" block. That's not going to be run when your content loads via AJAX. Try taking the code in the second page that's inside "document.ready" out of that, so that it's just a bare script block.
[edit] Oh I see - not only is the script inside a "document.ready" block (well, it's not anymore), but that second page is a complete HTML document. You can't really load a complete HTML document into the middle of another document; it doesn't make sense, and jQuery is only going to grab what's in the body. Thus, try moving your script tag into the body and see what happens. (You still don't want "document.ready", I don't think.)
[edit again] actually I take that back - I don't think jQuery strips anything out; I just bet the browser gets confused.
[edit yet again] ok, ok I see that you've changed it again - let me take a really close look.
OK here's a better answer: for reasons I don't understand, when you load a fragment (or a whole page; whatever) with jQuery using the special "selector" trick to pluck out just a portion of the document:
var showThisContent = this.id;
$('#content').load('test-load-' + showThisContent + '.html #content-area');
the jQuery library strips out the scripts completely from the content, and doesn't ever run them. Why? I don't know.
I know that you probably don't trust me anymore, but here's what I did with your source code: I took that second file (test-load-two) and stripped out the head and stuff; basically I made it a fragment containing only the "content-area". (I also got rid of the script tag that loads jquery, as you don't really need that since the outer page already has it.) Then I changed the main page (test-load) so that when it calls "load" it just passes in the URL without that '#content-area' selector. That works.
[edit] I just posted a question to the jQuery forum: http://forum.jquery.com/topic/the-load-function-and-script-blocks
Don't go for $.load. Try $.get instead, which might seem less comfortable, but it worked for me in a different case. Sample code as following.
$(li).click(function() {
// your code for finding the id
$.get('test-load-' + id + '.html', function(responseHtml){
$('div#content-area').empty().append($(responseHtml)); // remove all elements from #content-area
// $('...').html(responseHtml) will not work
});
});
I hope this solves your problem.

Wait until function is loaded

How can I in jQuery test when a javascript function is fully loaded?
I would like to use a gif, which displays loading, while the javascript function loads, and hide it when the function is fully loaded?
$(function(){
$("#loadingGIF").show();
WaitForFunction();
});
function WaitForFunction()
{
if (!$.isFunction(FUNCTION_TO_WAIT_ON_HERE)) {
setTimeout( WaitForFunction, 100);
return;
}
Function_Loaded();
}
function Function_Loaded(){
$("#loadingGIF").hide();
}
Just call yourself after defining the function. The statements after the function definition will only be executed after the preceding source text is read (and thus executed).
I'm not sure what you mean by loading but the following should apply anyway:
When you start loading the JavaScript code, display the GIF
In the code you load, add a statement to hide the GIF at the end
This should solve your problem in a "simple" way without having to use timers, etc.

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