I want to run a function when the page is loaded, but I don’t want to use it in the <body>
tag.
I have a script that runs if I initialise it in the <body>
, like this:
function codeAddress() {
// code
}
<body onLoad="codeAddress()">
But I want to run it without the <body onLoad="codeAddress()">
and I have tried a lot of things, e.g. this:
window.onload = codeAddress;
But it is not working.
So how do I run it when the page is loaded?
Taking Darin's answer but jQuery style. (I know the user asked for javascript).
running fiddle
Alternate solution. I prefer this for the brevity and code simplicity.
This is an anonymous function, where the name is not specified. What happens here is that, the function is defined and executed together. Add this to the beginning or end of the body, depending on if it is to be executed before loading the page or soon after all the HTML elements are loaded.
Take a look at the domReady script that allows setting up of multiple functions to execute when the DOM has loaded. It's basically what the Dom ready does in many popular JavaScript libraries, but is lightweight and can be taken and added at the start of your external script file.
Example usage
window.onload = codeAddress;
should work - here's a demo, and the full code:window.onload = function() {
... etc. is not a great answer.This will likely work, but it will also break any other functions already hooking to that event. Or, if another function hooks into that event after yours, it will break yours. So, you can spend lots of hours later trying to figure out why something that was working isn't anymore.
A more robust answer here:
Some code I have been using, I forget where I found it to give the author credit.
Hope this helps :)
Rather than using jQuery or window.onload, native JavaScript has adopted some great functions since the release of jQuery. All modern browsers now have their own DOM ready function without the use of a jQuery library.
I'd recommend this if you use native Javascript.