https://github.com/anonyco/Force-DOM-reflow-JS

The cross-browser force DOM reflow library that will work in all current browsers and all future browsers.
https://github.com/anonyco/Force-DOM-reflow-JS

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The cross-browser force DOM reflow library that will work in all current browsers and all future browsers.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/anonyco/Force-DOM-reflow-JS
• Owner: anonyco
• License: cc0-1.0
• Created: 2018-03-26T15:29:13.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-04-19T18:48:01.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-01T13:34:08.994Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: 1kb, browser, css-transitions, dom-reflow, javascript, js, reflow, vanilla-javascript, vanilla-js
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 18.6 KB
• Stars: 8
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# Force-DOM-reflow-JS

### Overview and Install

Have you ever needed to force a dom reflow during transitions or other purposes? Do you find yourself frustrated with the cross browser solutions being too hackish and not-working-right? Then look no further. Simply insert the following 189-byte line of code into the top of your script to solve all your problems.

```Javascript

try{var forceReflowJS=(forceReflowJS=function(a){"use strict";void a.offsetHeight}).call.bind(Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(HTMLElement.prototype,"offsetHeight").get)}catch(e){}//anonyco

```

()

Then, the code above create a `forceReflow` function that gets passed an Element and reflows the element. Example usage.

```Javascript

try{var forceReflowJS=(forceReflowJS=function(a){"use strict";void a.offsetHeight}).call.bind(Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(HTMLElement.prototype,"offsetHeight").get)}catch(e){}//anonyco

forceReflowJS(document.documentElement); // reflows the whole page

```

### Compatibility

The code is guarenteed to work in all current browsers and in IE 9 and up.

### How It Works

You may have seen the following code snippets in production

```Javascript

var ele = document.getElementById("someRandomId");

ele.offsetHeight;

```

Or, some production snippets even go through the trouble of including a `void` to increase browser compatiblity.

```Javascript

var ele = document.getElementById("someRandomId");

void ele.offsetHeight;

```

However, lets face it: theese are hackish solutions that are flimsy and temporary because the browser can easily optimize the above statementes out. However, force-Reflow-JS is different in that it explictily tells the browser not to remove the statement through increasing the complexity of the statement to a degree at which one would not exert without reason and just cause. In English, when the browser sees `forceReflowJS`, it doesn't just see `void ele.offsetHeight`, rather it sees much more. Internally, the browser thinks like this when it sees `forceReflowJS`.

```Javascript

var ele = document.getElementById("someRandomId");

ele["offsetHeight"] /*%<-- VERY IMPORTANT CODE SNIPPET! DO NOT REMOVE! URGENT! THIS IS THE BROWSER SPEAKING TO ITSELF! -->%*/;

```

Please note that while the alternatives are flimsy, ForceReflowJS unfourtunately has to fall back to `void ele.offsetHeight` in unsupporting browsers. However, no need to worry too much: these unsupporting browsers likely do not optimize enough to be able to get rid of this flmsy statement.