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I'm talking about an icon that is displayed on a tab during page loading.
Chrome:
Firefox (with TreeTab plugin):
You get the idea. I want to make it seem like the page is loading, when it's already loaded. Some event fires is javascript and then the tab looks like it's being loaded. Is there a way to do that?
One way I can think of is to replace a favicon with a spinner, but I'm not sure if it's possible to change on the fly and even if it is, it would be a hassle to make it cross-browser.
I don't think it is a good idea to do it, you'll make your users do a lot of useless requests, and this kills trees : /
IMO, it's better to do all you have in the page itself, and let the browser's UI do his own stuff.
But since I liked the challenge, here is one hacky way :
Loading an iframe will trigger this icon in both chrome and Firefox[1], so you could ,
append an iframe in the document,
set its src to some huge document,
onload of the iframe, set it again with a ? cache hack,
regularly check if the duration has elapsed so you can remove the iframe's src.
[1] It seems that Firefox does trigger the icon only if it was triggered when the document was still loading.
In code :
// how to use :
showTabLoader(25000);
// takes duration in ms as only parameter
function showTabLoader(duration) {
if (!duration) return;
var now = performance.now();
// To avoid flickering, you need some big document
// Please change this url in your script, wikimedia may not be happy with us.
var url = 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Viborg_Katedralskole_Symmetrical.jpg';
var iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
iframe.style.display = 'none';
document.body.appendChild(iframe);
iframe.onload = function() {
if (performance.now() - now < +duration) {
this.src = url + '?' + Math.random();
}
};
var check = function(time) {
if (time - now > +duration) {
iframe.src = '';
iframe.parentNode.removeChild(iframe);
return;
}
requestAnimationFrame(check);
}
requestAnimationFrame(check);
iframe.src = url;
}
I recently thought of the same idea. A neat option is to use a dynamic favicon instead of hacking in hidden requests, which is a really bad idea in my opinion. I found this example. It's to much code to include here and doesn't work in iframes so no way of showing it directly on Stackoverflow. Instead i describe the idea behind.
https://www.cssscript.com/favicon-loading-indicator-favloader/
The idea is simple. Replace the favicon in an interval with the loading animation icons. A favicon cannot be GIF so you have to load each image step by step with JS. When you are done, simply replace it back with the original favicon.
For me this works at least in all chrome based browsers. Firefox throw some errors in this example, but i guess it can be fixed.
Alternitive:
There is no function that shows the actual loading process of the webpage. But you can do it manually, like you said!
The event below starts to run when the page is fully loaded, even after all the images are loaded:
$(window).on('load', function() {
// do stuff
});
So what you could do is set up your html like this:
<div class="preloader">
// your loader here, animations, video, gif, anything you want
</div>
<div class="main" style="display: none;">
// the page
</div>
and your jquery like this:
$(window).on('load', function() {
setTimeout(function() {
$('.preloader').css('display', 'none');
$('.main').css('opacity', '1');
}, 5000); // <-- 5seconds
});
And there you have your manual loading function! Works perfect.
Example website: ifly50
EDIT:
added code snippet
Code snippet:
$(window).on('load', function() {
setTimeout(function() {
$('.preloader').css('display', 'none');
$('.main').css('display', 'block');
}, 3000); // <-- 3 seconds
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="preloader">loading</div>
<div class="main" style="display: none;">main</div>
Is it possible to call a javascript function from the URL? I am basically trying to leverage JS methods in a page I don't have access to the source.
Something like: http://www.example.com/mypage.aspx?javascript:printHelloWorld()
I know if you put javascript:alert("Hello World"); into the address bar it will work.
I suspect the answer to this is no but, just wondered if there was a way to do it.
There isn't from a hyperlink, no. Not unless the page has script inside specifically for this and it's checking for some parameter....but for your question, no, there's no built-in support in browsers for this.
There are however bookmarklets you can bookmark to quickly run JavaScript functions from your address bar; not sure if that meets your needs, but it's as close as it gets.
You can use Data URIs.
For example:
data:text/html,<script>alert('hi');</script>
For more information visit: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/Data_URIs
Write in address bar
javascript:alert("hi");
Make sure you write in the beginning: javascript:
/test.html#alert('heello')
test.html
<button onClick="eval(document.location.hash.substring(1))">do it</button>
you may also place the followinng
<a href='javascript:alert("hello world!");'>Click me</a>
to your html-code, and when you click on 'Click me' hyperlink, javascript will appear in url-bar and Alert dialog will show
About the window.location.hash property:
Return the anchor part of a URL.
Example 1:
//Assume that the current URL is
var URL = "http://www.example.com/test.htm#part2";
var x = window.location.hash;
//The result of x will be:
x = "#part2"
Exmaple 2:
$(function(){
setTimeout(function(){
var id = document.location.hash;
$(id).click().blur();
}, 200);
})
Example 3:
var hash = "#search" || window.location.hash;
window.location.hash = hash;
switch(hash){
case "#search":
selectPanel("pnlSearch");
break;
case "#advsearch":
case "#admin":
}
Using Eddy's answer worked very well as I had kind of the same problem.
Just call your url with the parameters : "www.mypage.html#myAnchor"
Then, in mypage.html :
$(document).ready(function(){
var hash = window.location.hash;
if(hash.length > 0){
// your action with the hash
}
});
you can use like this situation:
for example, you have a page: http://www.example.com/page.php
then in that page.php, insert this code:
if (!empty($_GET['doaction']) && $_GET['doaction'] == blabla ){
echo '<script>alert("hello");</script>';
}
then, whenever you visit this url: http://www.example.com/page.php?doaction=blabla
then the alert will be automatically called.
Just use:
(function() {
var a = document.createElement("script");
a.type = "text/javascript";
a.src = "http://www.example.com/helloworld.js?" + Math.random();
document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(a)
})();
This basically creates a new JavaScript line in the head of the HTML to load the JavaScript URL you wish on the page itself. This seems more like what you were asking for. You can also change the a.src to the actual code, but for longer functions and stuff it becomes a problem. The source link can also link to a JavaScript file on your computer if targeted that way.
No; because it would make links extremely dangerous.
you can execute javascript from url via events
Ex: www.something.com/home/save?id=12<body onload="alert(1)"></body>
does work if params in url are there.
There is a Chrome extension called Bookmarklet URL (no affiliation). To append a URL with JavaScript, so that the JavaScript command is executed just after loading the webpage, one can use ?bmlet=javascript:
Example: Display an alert box
https://github.com/?bmlet=javascript:alert("Hi");
Example: Enable spell-checking while editing a GitHub README file
[Obviously, a spelling checking extension must be originally available.]
https://github.com/<username>/<repositoryname>/edit/main/README.md?bmlet=javascript:document.getElementById("code-editor").setAttribute("spellcheck","true");
On some pages, it might take some time, as the JavaScript command runs after completely loading the page. Simple commands like alert("Hi"); should run quickly.
I am a student and I have just realized my school blocked JavaScript from the address bar. It works with the "a" tag on a .html file but not on the bar anymore. I am not asking for help, I would just like to share this.
You can do one thing that is you can first open the link www.example.com. Then you can search:
javascript:window.alert("Hello World!")
I need a working javascript code which shows a certain panel only on one specific page on my website and hides it on the rest. It's a forum-esque setup.
Here's what I got so far.
<script type="text/javascript">
function ShowPanel()
{
if(document.location.href == "http://www.exampleurl.com")
{document.getElementById("panel").style.display = "block";}
else
{document.getElementById("panel").style.display = "none";}
}
</script>
<div id="panel" onload="ShowPanel">
Example text.
</div>
According to the example code I've looked up, all of this seems to be reasonable, but obviously there's an error somewhere. Nothing happens.
Thanks for checking!
The problem is that the onload event cannot be used on a DIV element. onload can only be used on the document body or an external resource (iframe, image, scripts).
Your best bet is to place your JavaScript at the bottom of the page instead.
e.g.
<div id="panel">
Example text.
</div>
<script language="JavaScript">
if(document.location.href == "http://www.exampleurl.com"){
document.getElementById("panel").style.display = "block";
}
else {
document.getElementById("panel").style.display = "none";
}
</script>
Check what the document.location.href really is on the page by typing it into your console (F12, usually). For instance, most browsers will add the trailing slash onto a server name even if there isn't one in the URL. The match has to be exact for your code to work as written.
Another options is to compare document.location.pathname, which will have everything after the server name. If you want to make a case insensitive compare, you can use document.location.pathname.toLowerCase().
Is it possible to call a javascript function from the URL? I am basically trying to leverage JS methods in a page I don't have access to the source.
Something like: http://www.example.com/mypage.aspx?javascript:printHelloWorld()
I know if you put javascript:alert("Hello World"); into the address bar it will work.
I suspect the answer to this is no but, just wondered if there was a way to do it.
There isn't from a hyperlink, no. Not unless the page has script inside specifically for this and it's checking for some parameter....but for your question, no, there's no built-in support in browsers for this.
There are however bookmarklets you can bookmark to quickly run JavaScript functions from your address bar; not sure if that meets your needs, but it's as close as it gets.
You can use Data URIs.
For example:
data:text/html,<script>alert('hi');</script>
For more information visit: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/Data_URIs
Write in address bar
javascript:alert("hi");
Make sure you write in the beginning: javascript:
/test.html#alert('heello')
test.html
<button onClick="eval(document.location.hash.substring(1))">do it</button>
you may also place the followinng
<a href='javascript:alert("hello world!");'>Click me</a>
to your html-code, and when you click on 'Click me' hyperlink, javascript will appear in url-bar and Alert dialog will show
About the window.location.hash property:
Return the anchor part of a URL.
Example 1:
//Assume that the current URL is
var URL = "http://www.example.com/test.htm#part2";
var x = window.location.hash;
//The result of x will be:
x = "#part2"
Exmaple 2:
$(function(){
setTimeout(function(){
var id = document.location.hash;
$(id).click().blur();
}, 200);
})
Example 3:
var hash = "#search" || window.location.hash;
window.location.hash = hash;
switch(hash){
case "#search":
selectPanel("pnlSearch");
break;
case "#advsearch":
case "#admin":
}
Using Eddy's answer worked very well as I had kind of the same problem.
Just call your url with the parameters : "www.mypage.html#myAnchor"
Then, in mypage.html :
$(document).ready(function(){
var hash = window.location.hash;
if(hash.length > 0){
// your action with the hash
}
});
you can use like this situation:
for example, you have a page: http://www.example.com/page.php
then in that page.php, insert this code:
if (!empty($_GET['doaction']) && $_GET['doaction'] == blabla ){
echo '<script>alert("hello");</script>';
}
then, whenever you visit this url: http://www.example.com/page.php?doaction=blabla
then the alert will be automatically called.
Just use:
(function() {
var a = document.createElement("script");
a.type = "text/javascript";
a.src = "http://www.example.com/helloworld.js?" + Math.random();
document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(a)
})();
This basically creates a new JavaScript line in the head of the HTML to load the JavaScript URL you wish on the page itself. This seems more like what you were asking for. You can also change the a.src to the actual code, but for longer functions and stuff it becomes a problem. The source link can also link to a JavaScript file on your computer if targeted that way.
No; because it would make links extremely dangerous.
you can execute javascript from url via events
Ex: www.something.com/home/save?id=12<body onload="alert(1)"></body>
does work if params in url are there.
There is a Chrome extension called Bookmarklet URL (no affiliation). To append a URL with JavaScript, so that the JavaScript command is executed just after loading the webpage, one can use ?bmlet=javascript:
Example: Display an alert box
https://github.com/?bmlet=javascript:alert("Hi");
Example: Enable spell-checking while editing a GitHub README file
[Obviously, a spelling checking extension must be originally available.]
https://github.com/<username>/<repositoryname>/edit/main/README.md?bmlet=javascript:document.getElementById("code-editor").setAttribute("spellcheck","true");
On some pages, it might take some time, as the JavaScript command runs after completely loading the page. Simple commands like alert("Hi"); should run quickly.
I am a student and I have just realized my school blocked JavaScript from the address bar. It works with the "a" tag on a .html file but not on the bar anymore. I am not asking for help, I would just like to share this.
You can do one thing that is you can first open the link www.example.com. Then you can search:
javascript:window.alert("Hello World!")
I need to execute a callback when an IFRAME has finished loading. I have no control over the content in the IFRAME, so I can't fire the callback from there.
This IFRAME is programmaticly created, and I need to pass its data as a variable in the callback, as well as destroy the iframe.
Any ideas?
EDIT:
Here is what I have now:
function xssRequest(url, callback)
{
var iFrameObj = document.createElement('IFRAME');
iFrameObj.src = url;
document.body.appendChild(iFrameObj);
$(iFrameObj).load(function()
{
document.body.removeChild(iFrameObj);
callback(iFrameObj.innerHTML);
});
}
This callsback before the iFrame has loaded, so the callback has no data returned.
First up, going by the function name xssRequest it sounds like you're trying cross site request - which if that's right, you're not going to be able to read the contents of the iframe.
On the other hand, if the iframe's URL is on your domain you can access the body, but I've found that if I use a timeout to remove the iframe the callback works fine:
// possibly excessive use of jQuery - but I've got a live working example in production
$('#myUniqueID').load(function () {
if (typeof callback == 'function') {
callback($('body', this.contentWindow.document).html());
}
setTimeout(function () {$('#frameId').remove();}, 50);
});
I am using jQuery and surprisingly this seems to load as I just tested and loaded a heavy page and I didn't get the alert for a few seconds until I saw the iframe load:
$('#the_iframe').load(function(){
alert('loaded!');
});
So if you don't want to use jQuery take a look at their source code and see if this function behaves differently with iframe DOM elements, I will look at it myself later as I am interested and post here. Also I only tested in the latest chrome.
I have had to do this in cases where documents such as word docs and pdfs were being streamed to the iframe and found a solution that works pretty well. The key is handling the onreadystatechanged event on the iframe.
Lets say the name of your frame is "myIframe". First somewhere in your code startup (I do it inline any where after the iframe) add something like this to register the event handler:
document.getElementById('myIframe').onreadystatechange = MyIframeReadyStateChanged;
I was not able to use an onreadystatechage attribute on the iframe, I can't remember why, but the app had to work in IE 7 and Safari 3, so that may of been a factor.
Here is an example of a how to get the complete state:
function MyIframeReadyStateChanged()
{
if(document.getElementById('myIframe').readyState == 'complete')
{
// Do your complete stuff here.
}
}
The innerHTML of your iframe is blank because your iframe tag doesn't surround any content in the parent document. In order to get the content from the page referred to by the iframe's src attribute, you need to access the iframe's contentDocument property. An exception will be thrown if the src is from a different domain though. This is a security feature that prevents you from executing arbitrary JavaScript on someone else's page, which would create a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Here is some example code the illustrates what I'm talking about:
<script src="http://prototypejs.org/assets/2009/8/31/prototype.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<h1>Parent</h1>
<script type="text/javascript">
function on_load(iframe) {
try {
// Displays the first 50 chars in the innerHTML of the
// body of the page that the iframe is showing.
// EDIT 2012-04-17: for wider support, fallback to contentWindow.document
var doc = iframe.contentDocument || iframe.contentWindow.document;
alert(doc.body.innerHTML.substring(0, 50));
} catch (e) {
// This can happen if the src of the iframe is
// on another domain
alert('exception: ' + e);
}
}
</script>
<iframe id="child" src="iframe_content.html" onload="on_load(this)"></iframe>
To further the example, try using this as the content of the iframe:
<h1>Child</h1>
Google
<p>Use the preceeding link to change the src of the iframe
to see what happens when the src domain is different from
that of the parent page</p>
I wanted to hide the waiting spinner div when the i frame content is fully loaded on IE, i tried literally every solution mentioned in Stackoverflow.Com, but with nothing worked as i wanted.
Then i had an idea, that when the i frame content is fully loaded, the $(Window ) load event might be fired. And that exactly what happened. So, i wrote this small script, and worked like magic:
$(window).load(function () {
//alert("Done window ready ");
var lblWait = document.getElementById("lblWait");
if (lblWait != null ) {
lblWait.style.visibility = "false";
document.getElementById("divWait").style.display = "none";
}
});
Hope this helps.
This function will run your callback function immediately if the iFrame is already loaded or wait until the iFrame is completely loaded.
This also addresses the following issues:
Chrome initializes every iFrame with an about:blank page which will have readyState == "complete". Later, it will replace `about:blank with the actual iframe src value. So, the initial value of readyState will not represent the readyState of your actual iFrame. Therefore, besides checking for readyState value, this function also addresses the about:blank issue.
DOMContentLoaded event doesn't work with iFrame. So it uses the load event for running the callback function if iFrame isn't already loaded. The load event is equivalent to readyState == "complete" which has been used to check whether iFrame is already loaded. So, in any scenario, the callback function will run after iFrame is fully loaded.
iFrame src can have redirects and therefore load a page different from the original src url. This function will also work in that scenario.
Pass in your callback function that you want to run when the iFrame finishes loading and the <iframe> element to this function:
function iframeReady(callback, iframeElement) {
const iframeWindow = iframeElement.contentWindow;
if ((iframeElement.src == "about:blank" || (iframeElement.src != "about:blank" && iframeWindow.location.href != "about:blank")) && iframeWindow.document.readyState == "complete") {
callback();
} else {
iframeWindow.addEventListener("load", callback);
}
}
I had a similar problem as you. What I did is that I use something called jQuery. What you then do in the javascript code is this:
$(function(){ //this is regular jQuery code. It waits for the dom to load fully the first time you open the page.
$("#myIframeId").load(function(){
callback($("#myIframeId").html());
$("#myIframeId").remove();
});
});
It seems as you delete you iFrame before you grab the html from it. Now, I do see a problem with that :p
Hope this helps :).
I have a similar code in my projects that works fine.
Adapting my code to your function, a solution could be the following:
function xssRequest(url, callback)
{
var iFrameObj = document.createElement('IFRAME');
iFrameObj.id = 'myUniqueID';
document.body.appendChild(iFrameObj);
iFrameObj.src = url;
$(iFrameObj).load(function()
{
callback(window['myUniqueID'].document.body.innerHTML);
document.body.removeChild(iFrameObj);
});
}
Maybe you have an empty innerHTML because (one or both causes):
1. you should use it against the body element
2. you have removed the iframe from the your page DOM
I think the load event is right.
What is not right is the way you use to retreive the content from iframe content dom.
What you need is the html of the page loaded in the iframe not the html of the iframe object.
What you have to do is to access the content document with iFrameObj.contentDocument.
This returns the dom of the page loaded inside the iframe, if it is on the same domain of the current page.
I would retreive the content before removing the iframe.
I've tested in firefox and opera.
Then i think you can retreive your data with $(childDom).html() or $(childDom).find('some selector') ...
I've had exactly the same problem in the past and the only way I found to fix it was to add the callback into the iframe page. Of course that only works when you have control over the iframe content.
Using onload attrbute will solve your problem.
Here is an example.
function a() {
alert("Your iframe has been loaded");
}
<iframe src="https://stackoverflow.com" onload="a()"></iframe>
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