Page load issue

[MichaelMackey]

So I have a hard time figuring out what javascript is doing sometimes.  Right now I'm a little confused on why it reacts this way to a page load event.

 

Here's what I have, fairly simple:

 

  window.location = "ad_index.php?kn_mod=inst_res&done=yes";

  window.onload = loadEmailPage(emails);

 

function loadEmailPage(emails){

    document.getElementById('shortList').value = emails;

}

 

The funny thing is this will work if an alert goes off before the changing of the values.  I just don't get why it wont work without the alert.

 

Thanks

[mrdamien]

When you say window.location = 'etc';

your navigating away from your page, meaning your current page might not load completely, meaning that window.onload never gets triggered.

[hansford]

The former commenter is correct. A page needs time to load. when you put the alert in there it gives it that extra time needed to run the onload event.

if this function needs to run before the window.location then just call the function before.