jsFiddle onload and no-wrap in body

Question

I am trying to get myself started with jsFiddle. So I tried to run a simple code snippet which includes all HTML, CSS and JavaScript code.

Javascript does not works If I select onLoad in Frameworks & Extensions dropdown

But it does work when I select No Wrap - in from the dropdown

Can you tell me what that means . I have already read this question on SO JavaScript not running on jsfiddle.net

But not able to understand the solution mentioned there.

Answer 1

When using onLoad, the function won't become global one, so you can't invoke it directy from HTML. If it is global - like when using no-wrap - it works.

The onLoad generates something similar:

window.onload = function () {
    function myFunction() {
    }
}

So, myFunction() is only visible directly in the closure of the anonymous function.

Answer 2

When you select onLoad, your JavaScript is wrapped with an onload function. This means your code will run when the page has finished loading, but is no longer available in the global scope. It looks like this

window.onload=function(){
   function myFunction() {
       alert("Hello");
   }
}

A workaround might be to assign variables to the window object so that they are accessible anywhere in the page.

For example:

function myFunction() {
    alert("Hello");
}
window.myFunction = myFunction;

and

<button onclick="window.myFunction()" >Hi</button>