I am using the google web translate element on my page. For those that don't know what it is you can find it here: http://translate.google.com/translate_tools
It loads on the page using javascript. I have it embedded on the top of my page which causes the rest of my content to stop loading until the translate bar has completed it's load.
How can I delay the javascript running until my page has fully loaded??
This is the script:
<div id="google_translate_element"></div><script>
function googleTranslateElementInit() {
new google.translate.TranslateElement({
pageLanguage: 'en',
includedLanguages: 'da,nl,en,fi,fr,it,no,ru,es,sv',
layout: google.translate.TranslateElement.InlineLayout.SIMPLE
}, 'google_translate_element');
}
</script><script src="//translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit"></script>
As commented by John Conde, I put the script at the bottom of the page and hey presto, page load
Another method would be to load google translate asynchronously.
<div class="custom-translate" id="google_translate_element"></div>
<!-- ASYNCHRONOUS Google Translate -->
<script type="text/javascript">
function googleTranslateElementInit() {
new google.translate.TranslateElement({pageLanguage: 'en', layout: google.translate.TranslateElement.InlineLayout.SIMPLE, autoDisplay: false},'google_translate_element');
}
(function() {
var googleTranslateScript = document.createElement('script');
googleTranslateScript.type = 'text/javascript';
googleTranslateScript.async = true;
googleTranslateScript.src = '//translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit';
( document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0] ).appendChild( googleTranslateScript );
})();
</script>
<!-- End script -->