Javascript onDOMContentLoaded not starting

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Javascript onDOMContentLoaded not starting

Any ideas why this code is not working?

<html><head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        document.onDOMContentLoaded=function(){
            alert('aaaaaaaaaaaaaa');
        }
    </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div id="mydiv"></div>
    </body>
</html>

onDOMContentLoaded is expected to trigger when the webpage loads and this warning appears, but it doesn’t work for a reason, why

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javascript html

ionescho Jul 20 '12 at 16:07

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1 answer

bfavaretto · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-20T16:12:15+0000

You must bind to an event with addEventListener:

document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() {
    alert('aaaaaaaaaaaaaa');
});

http://jsfiddle.net/qHa4T/1

Keep in mind that both addEventListenerand DOMContentLoadedwill not work with IE8 and below.

Javascript onDOMContentLoaded not starting

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