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dir="."   #Set the default temp dir
tmpA1="$dir/spectrumhist_1_$$.png"
tmpB1="$dir/spectrumhist_1_$$.cache"
trap "rm -f $tmpA1 $tmpB1; exit 0" 0   #remove temp files
trap "rm -f $tmpA1 $tmpB1; exit 1" 1 2 3 15  #remove temp files
if [ $# -eq 2 ]
	then
	colors=$2
else
	colors=8

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What forces layout / reflow

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.

Element

Box metrics

• elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop, elem.offsetWidth, elem.offsetHeight, elem.offsetParent
• elem.clientLeft, elem.clientTop, elem.clientWidth, elem.clientHeight
• elem.getClientRects(), elem.getBoundingClientRect()