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Re: Flow of execution

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On 10.04.2016 at 11:58, emf wrote:

> If I add an alert at the end of the following function (from
> hmf.neocities.org/ix/is5.html):
> 
> window.onload = function () {
>     "use strict";
>     document.getElementById("start").onclick = function () {
>         requestFullScreen();
>         init();
>         alert("!"); // added alert
>     };
> };
> 
> I would expect that when the Start button is clicked first the
> requestFullScreen() would execute, then the init(), and when that one
> has finished executing, the alert would come up. But obviously my
> reasoning is wrong, because the alert appears immediately after the html
> is loaded.

<https://developer.mozilla.org/de/docs/Web/API/Element/requestFullscreen> says
(emphasis mine):

| The Element.requestFullscreen() method issues an *asynchronous*
| request to make the element be displayed full-screen.

The full specification of Element.requestFullScreen() clarifies the
details:
<https://fullscreen.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-element-requestfullscreen>.

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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Flow of execution emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2016-04-10 05:58 -0400
  Re: Flow of execution Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-04-10 13:45 +0200
  Re: Flow of execution Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> - 2016-04-10 17:48 +0100
    Re: Flow of execution Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-04-10 15:20 -0300
  Re: Flow of execution "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-04-11 10:15 +0200
    Re: Flow of execution Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-04-12 00:34 +0200
    Re: Flow of execution / Full Screen mode emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 21:57 -0400
      Re: Flow of execution / Full Screen mode Osmo Saarikumpu <osmo@weppipakki.com> - 2016-04-13 06:55 +0300
        Re: Flow of execution / Full Screen mode emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2016-04-13 04:41 -0400
          Re: Flow of execution / Full Screen mode emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2016-04-15 00:22 -0400
            Re: Flow of execution / Full Screen mode "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-04-15 12:53 -0700
            Re: Flow of execution / Full Screen mode Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-04-17 12:54 +0200
              Re: Flow of execution / Full Screen mode Nicholas Thayer <eatthecasket@gmail.com> - 2016-04-25 03:06 -0700
                Re: Flow of execution / Full Screen mode Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-04-25 21:48 +0200

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