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Ygandelsman
Ygandelsman

Reputation: 493

Wait for document.body existence

I wrote a Chrome extension that works before the page is loaded (using the attribute "run_at": "document_start"). The problem is that I want to add a div tag to the web page body as soon as it is created. Before that document.body is null so I can't append tags to it.

I don't care about full load of the body, I just need it to be existent.

I am trying to find the best way to be alerted when the body tag in html is created (not loaded fully, just created). Is there any event handler for this case that I can write?

Also, I don't want to use jQuery or any other non built-in library.

Upvotes: 19

Views: 11220

Answers (2)

T.J. Crowder
T.J. Crowder

Reputation: 1074495

You could use a mutation observer on document.documentElement listening for changes to its childList and looking to see whether the thing that got added is body.

Example: Live Copy

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Example</title>
  <script>
    (function() {
      "use strict";

      var observer = new MutationObserver(function() {
        if (document.body) {
          // It exists now
          document.body.insertAdjacentHTML(
            "beforeend",
            "<div>Found <code>body</code></div>"
          );
          observer.disconnect();
        }
      });
      observer.observe(document.documentElement, {childList: true});
    })();
  </script>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="foo"></div>
</body>
</html>

Upvotes: 23

Amit Joki
Amit Joki

Reputation: 59252

You can use DOMContentLoaded event which is similar to $(document).ready()

document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {
   console.log("DOM fully loaded and parsed");
});

MDN says

The DOMContentLoaded event is fired when the document has been completely loaded and parsed, without waiting for stylesheets, images, and subframes to finish loading (the load event can be used to detect a fully-loaded page).

Upvotes: 8

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