Using onload in body doesn't seem to work in Netscape

cathl · Sep 26, 2001

Hi,
I am trying to move a layer when a page is loaded using onLoad=someFunction(). I need to put the function in the body of the document not the head, and this works fine in IE but not in Netscape 4. Does anyone know why?
Thanks.

toolkit · Sep 26, 2001

cathl

Is it possible that someFunction() is IE specific, or might contain code to ignore NS? Very likely if you are working with DHTML, where the browsers employ quite different methods and attributes?

Cheers, NEIL

cathl · Sep 27, 2001

I already checked this, I know it works in Netscape because I added onClick=someFunction() to an image and on clicking the image the layer moves in both browsers.

toolkit · Sep 27, 2001

Hmm. Another possiblity is that the onLoad event occurs before some element dimensions have been set for NS? I've seen some scripts to wait a couple of seconds to give the browser time to do additional work after the onLoad event has occured. Example:

Code:

function delayedFunction() {
    setTimeout( &quot;someFunction()&quot;, 2000 );
}

<body onLoad=&quot;delayedFunction()&quot;>

Not very likely, but might be worth checking? Cheers, NEIL

cathl · Sep 27, 2001

Will try that one and let you know - thanks!

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Using onload in body doesn't seem to work in Netscape

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