On May 16, 10:26 am, Boris Zbarsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > And that will change the layout every time one is added to the dom > > and that triggers a relayout in mozilla engine. > > No, it posts an event to do a relayout. > > > But since the code will add a lot of DIV elements (~200). What I am > > thinking is 'is it possible to suppress the relayout of the mozilla > > before the for-loop of adding DIV elements, and just relayout once > > after the for loop is finished. > > That's already what's happening, unless your loop asks for layout-dependent > quantities between insertions. > > -Boris
Thanks. I look at the mozilla code a little bit more and notice these 2 functions: nsViewManager::DisableRefresh(void) nsViewManager::EnableRefresh(PRUint32 aUpdateFlags) Should I call these before my for() loop of adding DIV tags to the dom and call EnableRefresh() after the for() loop? Thank you. _______________________________________________ dev-tech-layout mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-layout
