How to execute JavaScript after page load?

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Solution 1

Use JQuery as follows:

<script>
    jQuery(document).ready(function() {
        PathFinder.findAndGo();
    });
</script>

Update:

It has to be within <ui:define name="content">.

Solution 2

There are 2 ways that work for me, when I want to execute a JS function after page load in Primefaces:

  • either use jQuery (as it is already used by Primefaces), best solution is to nest document.ready twice, so that my JS code is executed after all Primefaces code:
    • jQuery(document).ready(function () { jQuery(document).ready(function () { // twice in document.ready to execute after Primefaces callbacks PathFinder.findAndGo(); }); });
  • or use p:remoteCommand with autorun, and place oncomplete JS callback on it
    • this way form is submitted by AJAX to server but no listener executed on server side, a JS callback is executed afterwards
    • <p:remoteCommand oncomplete=" PathFinder.findAndGo(); " autoRun="true"/>

Solution 3

window.onload = function () {
  // code to execute here
}

Solution 4

Using OndrejM second option of a remoteCommand but inside an outputPanel configured to load after the page load by adding deferred="true" and deferredMode="load":

<p:outputPanel deferred="true" deferredMode="load" rendered="#{...}"> 
     <p:remoteCommand oncomplete="PathFinder.findAndGo();" autoRun="true" />
</p:outputPanel>

Solution 5

For primefaces I have managed to successfully use the following:

  1. I have loaded in <head> the JS file containing the functions I needed onLoad by using:

    < h:outputScript library="javascript" name="nameOfMyFile.js" target="head">
    
  2. I have used the following in order to run the JS functions I needed from "nameOfMyFile.js":

    < h:body onload="nameOfMyFunction()" >
    
  3. Please note that my js file also contained the following command at the bottom:

    $(document).ready(nameOfMyFunction());
    

The 3'rd point is for running the function onReady. This was all an experiment to see if I can add HTML to the schedule events ... as the strings passed there are parsed and html tags escaped. I have yet to figure out why I need both onReady and onLoad.... but at the moment it's the only way it worked for me. I will update if I find anything new. It was successful.

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Updated on July 09, 2022

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  • steffan
    steffan almost 2 years

    I would like to execute a JavaScript function after the page was loaded. At the moment I have a commandButton and everything works fine. However it would be more comfortable if the user is not supposed to hit the button.

    I have tried f:event, but I do not have a listener, I have only the JavaScript function. Moreover body onload does not work for me as I use only high level components.

    <f:view xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
    xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
    xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui"
    xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
    xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
    xmlns:pm="http://primefaces.org/mobile" contentType="text/html">
    
    <ui:composition template="/resources/master.xhtml">
    
        <ui:define name="content">
    
    
            <pm:content>
    
                <h:inputHidden id="address" value="#{pathFinderBean.address}" />
    
                <div id="map" style="width: 100%; height: 285px;"></div>
    
                 <p:commandButton type="button" value="Route" onclick="PathFinder.findAndGo()"/>
    
                <div id="route"></div>
    
            </pm:content>
        </ui:define>
    
    </ui:composition>
    

    The JavaScript function PathFinder.findAndGo is defined in my master.xhtml