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alex
alex

Reputation: 490233

How can I detect DOM ready and add a class without jQuery?

I want to rewrite this line without using jQuery so it can be applied quicker (and before the downloading of the jQuery library). The line is...

$(document).ready(function() { $('body').addClass('javascript'); });

If I added it to the html element instead, would I be able to leave off the DOM ready part? One problem with this though is the validator doesn't like the class attribute on the html element, even if it is inserted with JS.

So, how would I rewrite that without jQuery?

Upvotes: 21

Views: 21282

Answers (8)

alex
alex

Reputation: 490233

If just dealing with modern browsers, you could place this just after the opening body tag.

<script>
     document.body.classList.add("javascript");
</script>

Upvotes: 0

bobince
bobince

Reputation: 536379

If your aim is to add the class to body immediately as the page is loaded, perhaps to hide no-JS-fallback elements, you could do that just immediately inside the body tag rather than waiting for any events:

<body>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        document.body.className+= ' javascript';
    </script>

(although in general if that's the aim it's better to remove the fallback elements as you go along replacing them with scripted elements, so that if one piece of script errors out all the other components on the page don't break.)

This is the fastest way to bind to elements: do so just immediately after creating them (inside the open tag if you only need to alter the elements; just after the close tag if you need to alter their contents). However this approach does tend to litter the page with ugly <script> blocks, which is why more people put the code all at the bottom or use an load/ready-handler.

Upvotes: 1

NilColor
NilColor

Reputation: 3542

just put this

<script>document.body.className += ' javascript';</script>

before </body> tag. Simple and easy (and very close) solution.

Upvotes: 0

Mic
Mic

Reputation: 25164

Did you try to put at the very end of your body the following?

<script>
    document.body.className = 'javascript';
</script>

Upvotes: 0

Christian C. Salvad&#243;
Christian C. Salvad&#243;

Reputation: 827366

If you want to reproduce the jQuery's document.ready event, you can use the onreadystatechange or DOMContentLoaded events where applicable:

function domReady () {
  document.body.className += " javascript";
  // ...
}

// Mozilla, Opera, Webkit 
if ( document.addEventListener ) {
  document.addEventListener( "DOMContentLoaded", function(){
    document.removeEventListener( "DOMContentLoaded", arguments.callee, false);
    domReady();
  }, false );

// If IE event model is used
} else if ( document.attachEvent ) {
  // ensure firing before onload
  document.attachEvent("onreadystatechange", function(){
    if ( document.readyState === "complete" ) {
      document.detachEvent( "onreadystatechange", arguments.callee );
      domReady();
    }
  });
}

Upvotes: 48

Eugene Lazutkin
Eugene Lazutkin

Reputation: 43956

Simple:

window.onload = function() {
  document.body.className = "javascript";
}

Or in HTML:

<body onload="document.body.className = 'javascript'">...</body>

Unless you want to differentiate between "before onload" and "after onload", you can do it statically:

<body class="javascript">...</body>

Upvotes: 0

David Hellsing
David Hellsing

Reputation: 108500

I dont know about vanilla JS, but you can write:

document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].className += ' javascript';

at the bottom of the page (before closing the body tag).

Upvotes: 2

jaywon
jaywon

Reputation: 8234

window.onload = function() {
   var elmt =  document.getElementsByTagName('body');
   if(elmt){
      elmt[0].className = 'javascript';
   }
}

That should do it.

EDIT: Updated to get element by tag name not ID.

Upvotes: 0

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