Here are some things I have learned along the way.
Last Updated: 2013-02-08
Original Audience: Hack Reactor
# Xcode 4.3.3 | |
Apple clang version 3.1 (tags/Apple/clang-318.0.61) (based on LLVM 3.1svn) | |
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin11.4.0 | |
Thread model: posix | |
# Xcode 4.3.2 | |
Apple clang version 3.1 (tags/Apple/clang-318.0.58) (based on LLVM 3.1svn) | |
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin11.4.0 | |
Thread model: posix |
Here are some things I have learned along the way.
Last Updated: 2013-02-08
Original Audience: Hack Reactor
All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.
Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.
elem.offsetLeft
, elem.offsetTop
, elem.offsetWidth
, elem.offsetHeight
, elem.offsetParent