actually.. i noticed something! I need to have assigned the values for the target element in css prior to it being altered onload. Can it be set onload without being specified at all?
On Feb 3, 5:52 pm, eagleon <antonypei...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you kim3er and MorningZ, I truly appreciate the help! > > On Feb 3, 5:03 pm, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > "where does this belong then? " > > > <html> > > <head> > > <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script> > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > $(document).ready(function() { > > //Fires when the DOM is ready > > }); > > $(window).load(function() { > > //Fires when the page is loaded > > //(images all loaded, DOM objects placed/sized, etc) > > }); > > </script> > > </head> > > <body> > > .. Your HTML ... > > </body> > > </html> > > > On Feb 3, 4:47 pm, kim3er <rich...@dogma.co.uk> wrote: > > > > $(document).ready() fires when the document has finished loading. It > > > is generally appropirate to attach any onload code to that event. If > > > you need to attach code to the window load event, do so at the top of > > > the page before the page has started rendering. > > > > Rich > > > > On Feb 3, 9:30 pm, eagleon <antonypei...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > thanks for the reply, I got it to work without the $(window).load > > > > () ... but just to learn, where does this belong then? > > > > > On Feb 3, 4:26 pm, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Don't put > > > > > > $(window).load() > > > > > > inside > > > > > > $(document).ready() > > > > > > On Feb 3, 4:12 pm, eagleon <antonypei...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > > > > I was trying to fire an $.css() during the onload event. For some > > > > > > reason, it does not work. It works fine if I attach it to another > > > > > > event such as a resize event, but not onload. > > > > > > > This is what I have done: > > > > > > > Code: > > > > > > [code] > > > > > > function myFunc() { > > > > > > > $("#example").css({'width' : 10px;}); > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > $(document).ready(function() { > > > > > > > $(window).load(function() { > > > > > > > myFunc(); > > > > > > > }); > > > > > > > }); > > > > > > > [/code] > > > > > > > I need this element to be sized immediately after loading. This > > > > > > works > > > > > > if the event was anything else, but dosen't work with 'load' at all. > > > > > > > Please help! > > > > > > > Thanks