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Re: missing image error

From Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: missing image error
Date 2020-08-05 10:18 +0200
Organization PointedEars Software (PES)
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Andrew Poulos wrote:

> On 5/08/2020 4:44 pm, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Andrew Poulos wrote:
>>> let img = new Image();
>>>
>>> img.src = 'images/' + name + '.jpg';
>>> img.setAttribute("onerror", "this.onerror=null;
>>    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^              ^^^^^^^
>>> this.src='images/imagenotfound.png'");
>> 
>> […]
>> However, for this to work reliably, as always, the event listener has to
>> be defined *before* the property is changed that can fire the event:
>> 
>>    img.onerror = …;
>>    img.src = 'images/' + name + '.jpg';
> 
> I take your point and have amended my code. Though does the order matter
> for a dynamically added image?

Of course.  But you are not addding any image with this code.

> Can the failure of the image to load happen faster than the event listener 
> being defined?

Yes.

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missing image error Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2020-08-04 14:58 +1000
  Re: missing image error Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-08-04 10:29 +0200
    Re: missing image error James Kirk <noneya.invalid@gmail.com> - 2020-08-04 22:38 -0400
      Re: missing image error Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-08-05 07:49 +0200
  Re: missing image error Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-08-04 02:18 -0700
    Re: missing image error Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2020-08-05 13:20 +1000
  Re: missing image error Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2020-08-05 08:44 +0200
    Re: missing image error Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2020-08-05 18:02 +1000
      Re: missing image error Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2020-08-05 10:18 +0200
      Re: missing image error Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-08-05 02:36 -0700

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