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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: Will insertBefore show it IMMEDIATELY?
Date: Thu, 05 May 2016 10:16:58 +0100
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bit-naughty@hotmail.com writes:
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> My question is, if I use this, as instructed:
> insertBefore(newChild, 
> refChild) method. 
>
> Then will the element show up right away?
> I DON'T want it to, I want it to remain invisible till I fiddle with
> it's CSS properties....

Make sure that the initial properties render it invisible.  Make it
visible (by whatever means you are using -- the position, visibility or
display properties) only when it is ready to be seen.

-- 
Ben.