Chris Abrams
Reputation: 42400
Can Javascript Web Workers affect the DOM?
I'm trying to figure out if I can write javascript that is within an worker to interact with the DOM.
Upvotes: 0
Views: 485
Answers (1)
Eli
Reputation: 17825
No they cannot. They can only return "messages" back to the main script, which can then interact with the DOM.
https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Using_web_workers
Upvotes: 2
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