window.onload vs document.onload
Posted By: Chris Ballance
Which is more widely supported: window.onload or document.onload?
Solution
When do they fire?
- By default, it is fired when the entire page loads, including its content (images, CSS, scripts, etc.).
In some browsers it now takes over the role of document.onload and fires when the DOM is ready as well.
document.onload
- It is called when the DOM is ready which can be prior to images and other external content is loaded.
How well are they supported?
window.onload appears to be the most widely supported. In fact, some of the most modern browsers have in a sense replaced document.onload with window.onload.
Browser support issues are most likely the reason why many people are starting to use libraries such as jQuery to handle the checking for the document being ready, like so:
$(document).ready(function() { /* code here */ });
$(function() { /* code here */ });
For the purpose of history. window.onload vs body.onload:
A similar question was asked on codingforums a while
back regarding the usage ofwindow.onloadoverbody.onload. The
result seemed to be that you should usewindow.onloadbecause it is
good to separate your structure from the action.
Answered By: jmein
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