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| From | Steve L <x@y.z> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.javascript |
| Subject | Re: Will insertBefore show it IMMEDIATELY? |
| Date | 2016-05-07 15:40 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <logsibheqccl6jtmlrbknqdq8ghud4qips@4ax.com> (permalink) |
| References | <9f3351d4-6b6a-46f3-b086-41f39990ab7b@googlegroups.com> <87d1p0vp85.fsf@bsb.me.uk> |
On Thu, 05 May 2016 10:16:58 +0100, Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote: >bit-naughty@hotmail.com writes: ><snip> >> 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. My experience is from several years ago so maybe things have changed. IIRC updates to the document are not rendered until the current script has finished or has suspended execution. In situations where I DID want the document to update immediately I had to use a short setTimeout to pause execution.
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Will insertBefore show it IMMEDIATELY? bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-05-04 23:06 -0700
Re: Will insertBefore show it IMMEDIATELY? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-05-05 10:16 +0100
Re: Will insertBefore show it IMMEDIATELY? Steve L <x@y.z> - 2016-05-07 15:40 -0400
Re: Will insertBefore show it IMMEDIATELY? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-05-07 22:51 +0200
Re: Will insertBefore show it IMMEDIATELY? Dr J R Stockton <reply1600@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-05-08 19:18 +0100
Re: Will insertBefore show it IMMEDIATELY? "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-05-06 12:53 +0200
Re: Will insertBefore show it IMMEDIATELY? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-05-06 13:11 +0200
Re: Will insertBefore show it IMMEDIATELY? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-05-06 14:08 +0200
Re: Will insertBefore show it IMMEDIATELY? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-05-06 16:10 +0200
Re: Will insertBefore show it IMMEDIATELY? bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2016-05-10 00:53 -0700
Re: Will insertBefore show it IMMEDIATELY? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-05-10 10:38 +0200
Re: Will insertBefore show it IMMEDIATELY? Osmo Saarikumpu <osmo@weppipakki.com> - 2016-05-11 17:34 +0300
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