Is it possible to check wether a page is fully loaded?

[Highmad]

Is it somehow possible to check with javascript the loading-status of a page. I want to display a progress bar during the loading-progress of the page and when the page is completely loaded, it should be displayed. Is this possible?

Greetings,
Highmad

[gil davis]

No. The only thing available to you is the onload event, which triggers when the load is finished.

[viravan]

Hi G.D......

IMHO, if the entire page is created entirely with JavaScript (e.g., using document.write), you can add a series of statements to display the time it takes to get from point 1 to point 2 to point 3.....etc. Once the info has been gathered, you can build your progressbar accordingly. This of course will give you only a rough guage because the actual loading time will vary depending on the traffic on the net.

Frankly, I am not too sure why anyone would need a progressbar for a JavaScript or an HTML page because the browser usually have a built-in progressbar. I use a progressbar only when I load a humongous applet.

:)

V.V.

[gil davis]

I wouldn't think that the overhead for such a scheme would be worth the effort for the effect. You may never see it in some circumstances, anyway. I cannot imagine where you would display such a thing, except on the status bar, and it is already showing the progress of the download process.