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From: "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Re: DOM styling modified by <body onload=> JavaScript does not affect first rendering
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 16:50:52 +0100
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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

> Christoph M. Becker wrote:
> 
>> Evertjan. wrote:
>>> <body style="display:none;"
>>>   onload='document.body.style.display="block"'>
>>>
>>> works fine here, however:
>>>
>>> <body style="display:none;"
>>>   onload='this.style.display="block"'>
>>>
>>> cannot be used, why is that?
>>>
>>> cann't we use "this" in a onload?
>>
>> In this case /this/ is bound to the window object,
> 
> Probably yes.
> 
>> because the onload attribute of the body elements maps to the load event
>> of the window object.
> 
> No.

Well, I better reformulate:

The body element exposes the onload event handler of the Window object
as event handler content attribute with the name onload.

-- 
Christoph M. Becker