Load events for embedded elements

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If I do an online onload event for embedded objects, that seems to work but I can't seem to get the load event working through addEventListener. Is this expected?

document.addEventListener('load',foo,false); ain't it work? – sepehr Apr 11 '09 at 22:23 — sepehr, Apr 11 '09 at 22:23
in IE we have to use "attachEvent", I think. – sepehr Apr 11 '09 at 22:24 — sepehr, Apr 11 '09 at 22:24

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 12 '09 at 01:02

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Probably, but it may be browser dependent.

windows and images and iframes define their load events with addEventListener and attachEvent, but other load events are browser specific.

A script or link element's onload doesn't attach in IE, for instance.

answered Apr 12 '09 at 01:02

kennebec

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 13 '13 at 16:52

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try

$("embed").ready(function(){ ... });

answered Oct 13 '13 at 16:52

Fatih Koca

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score -1 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 30 '13 at 12:46

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could always set like this:

document.getElementById("objectId").onload = function(){ ... }

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answered Apr 12 '09 at 02:09

Samuel

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@Geuis already said that works. They are wondering why `addEventListener` doesn't work. – strager Aug 13 '10 at 04:28

score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 13 '18 at 03:59

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jQuery on/bind/load won't be fired for embed elements, while ready works but not after rendered when using Chrome, if you want to listen to the stage after rendering embeded elements, you may have to use pure js to add handlers.

answered Mar 13 '18 at 03:59

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score -2 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 23 '11 at 05:03

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jQuery is perhaps the best way to go with this.

$("embed").load(function(){
   // enter code here
})

answered Mar 23 '11 at 05:03

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Interesting. Might be my fault, I wasn't 100% sure if `load` was an event to the `embed` element. – jackyalcine Dec 12 '12 at 15:52
@clarkk: Interesting, but isn't that method different in implementation depending on the version of jQuery one uses? – jackyalcine Nov 12 '14 at 18:19

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