DOMContentLoaded

Overview Table

Synchronous	No
Bubbles	Yes
Target	dom/Document
Cancelable	Yes
Default action	?

The **DOMContentLoaded** event fires when the markup of a webpage has been parsed, which means it also fires before the [**onload**](/dom/Element/load) event. **DOMContentLoaded** is a good place to perform initialization tasks for your webpage, such as registering event handlers, initializing handles to support objects, and so on. This allows your initialization tasks to occur while the remaining resources for the webpage are being downloaded. For more information, see the [DOMContentLoaded test drive demo.](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=245080)

Examples

<!doctype html>
<html>
 <head>
  <script type="text/javascript">
function logMsg( sMsg ) {
  var oLog = document.getElementById('ResultLog');
  oLog.innerText += "\n" + sMsg;
}

function addListener(obj, eventName, listener) {
    if( obj.addEventListener ) {
        obj.addEventListener( eventName, listener, false );
    } else {
        obj.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listener);
    }
}

function handleDCL( e ) {
  logMsg( "DOMContentLoaded event fired.\n" );
   var o = document.getElementById('button1');
   addListener(o, "click", handleClick1);
}

function handleClick1( e ) {
  logMsg( "Button 1 clicked.\n" );
}


if(!window.addEventListener) {
    logMsg( "Can't add eventListeners; not supported." )
} else {
   addListener(document, "DOMContentLoaded", handleDCL);
   addListener(window, "load", handleLoad);
}
  </script>
 </head>
 <body>
  <button id="button1">Click me</button>
  <div>
   <p id="ResultLog">Results appear here </p>
  </div>
 </body>
</html>

Related specifications

HTML5: Candidate Recommendation

Attributions

Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]