Safari window.onload() workaround needed

[happy123]

Hi. I am using javascript with window.onload() which Safari is not very happy about. I'm new to coding to handle mac issues. Does anyone have a workaround. Code below ...

matchColumns=function(){

var divs,contDivs,maxHeight,divHeight,d;
divs=document.getElementsByTagName('div');
contDivs=[];
maximumHeight=0;

for(var i=0;i<divs.length;i++){

if((divs.id=="grouping")||(divs.id=="textbar")||(divs.id=="ads")||(divs.id=="content"))
{
d=divs;
contDivs[contDivs.length]=d;

if(d.offsetHeight)
{
divHeight=d.offsetHeight;
}
else if(d.style.pixelHeight)
{
divHeight=d.style.pixelHeight;
}
maximumHeight=Math.max(maximumHeight,divHeight);
}
}
contDivs[0].style.height=(maximumHeight + 20) + "px";
contDivs[1].style.height=(maximumHeight-10) + "px";
contDivs[2].style.height=maximumHeight + "px";
contDivs[3].style.height=(maximumHeight-20) + "px";
}


window.onload=function()
{
if(document.getElementsByTagName){
matchColumns();
}
}

 

[Thom_Edwards]

first, i'm not sure why you're doing

matchColumns=function()

maybe try...

function matchColumns()

Then...

function init()
{
if(document.getElementsByTagName){
matchColumns();
}
}

and finally

window.onload = init();

your functionname = function() works, but i don't understand why you wouldn't use the (much?) more common function functionname() syntax. yours is legal and works in firefox and ie7 , i just haven't seen it used much. is there any reason why you chose that way?

i did a little googling on this beacuse i just wondered what others had to say about it. apparently there are several other options out there if you do a little searching. i even found one page (http://haacked.com/archive/2006/04/06/StopTheWindow.OnloadMadness.aspx) that makes my solution look "arrogant" according to the author. apparently i'm stealing events...

anyway, i'm nowhere close to a mac, but that is probably how i would do it.