javascript - window.onload equivalent for Ajax applications?

Question

I'm using window.onload to call my JavaScript code that has to be executed after the page is fully loaded. From what I read this is the recommended method to call such scripts.

However, it does not work for some Ajax sites, www.bing.com for instance - window.onload is called before the pages is fully rendered.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

The short answer is that there's no general way to solve this problem (right now).

The definition of a "page" is pretty fungible when AJAX comes into play - it's pretty hard to tell the difference between AJAX that is intended to be part of the initial page load, and that which might not be. So, browsers are left on their own to determine when window.onload() should be fired, and it doesn't always end up where you want.

Luckily, most people don't need a general solution, but rather a specific one. If you care about bing.com, then you can probably look at how bing.com works and design your code to trigger when the site reaches a state that you find acceptable.