HTML CSS Reference/HTML Attributes Reference/defer
"defer" Example
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<html> <head> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="Javascript" defer="false"> function returnIslandRootName() {
var islandRoot = document.all["mySrc1"].XMLDocument; alert(islandRoot.nodeName);
} </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="XML" id="mySrc1"> <offerings>
<class><materials>This should render.</materials>
hr</class> </offerings> </SCRIPT> </head> <body> <button onclick="returnIslandRootName()">Test the XML Data Island</button> </body> </html>
</source>
defer is applied to
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+----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Applied_To |<script> | +----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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"defer" Syntax and Note
<source lang="html4strict">
Note:
Determine whether the script in the <script> is executed while the page is loading or if it is deferred until after the page loads. This is a Boolean attribute. Possible values are false and true. Default value is false.
Syntax:
<script defer="value"> . . . </script>
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