$script.domReady doesn't work correctly in IE, Chrome, Opera, & Firefox.

[jdalton]

Your $script.domReady() solution fails to work correctly in versions of IE, Chrome, Opera, & Firefox (http://jsbin.com/uxure5) and instead produces results similar to window.onload.

[fat]

Thanks for reporting, we started playing around with some different solutions today.

[gryzzly]

also 1.2 doesn't actually attach private domReady to the $script, like it did in 1.1.

[lmartins]

Not sure if it is related to this ticket, in my case when i try to use $script.domReady() i get an JS error: $script.domReady is not a function

This is with the latest version pulled today from github.

[gryzzly]

@lmartins - downgrade to 1.1 - you'll have domReady working, or don't depend on $script.domReady, use $(function() {}) if you use jQuery or maybe some other domready event, I haven't really had problem with using that, actually.

[ded]

fixed. 167a541

[ded]

just recalling this - it might fail if a document "incomplete" occurs

[jdalton]

just recalling this - it might fail if a document "incomplete" occurs

There is no incomplete state so that shouldn't be an issue (source).

There is still a problem with the dom-load detection.
IE8 starts out at the readyState of interactive, IE6/7 at loading, and at some point in the interactive state become dom-loaded. Just checking for interactive can lead to firing too soon and in IE6/7 may lead to an operation aborted error.

Here is a test to confirm a JS error in IE6/7/8 when attempting to use $script.domReady: http://jsbin.com/akeke3

[ded]

cool. I couldn't find references to incomplete (it's only for XHR apparently). I'll bootup IE and have a play. I'm a bit less worried about iframes (and the doScroll hacks). getting this base will cover what we need.

[jdalton]

The doScroll technique is one of the only ways to detect when dom is loaded within the interactive state. The doScroll technique works on primary documents only,not iframes, and so a fallback to readyState complete is also used so that it at least fires juuuust before window.onload.

[ded]

cool. not much trickiness, but it now passes in IE7+ (quirks & standards) — i'm afraid i don't have access to IE6 atm. I imagine it passes. thanks again.
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[jdalton]

Opera may also contain "msi" in its UA string. There is no need for sniffing, at least replace it with a simple inference 'doScroll' in div.

You should avoid doScroll on an element in the document because it may actually scroll. Instead perform the check on a dummy div. A small note, top is not a valid argument to pass to doScroll.

An onreadystatechange event handler is also needed as a fallback for iframed documents.