Question

I have this which should run the function on load and also on resize:

$(window).resize(stuffForResizeAndReady);
$(document).ready(stuffForResizeAndReady);

however, the function does NOT run on load, but runs on resize, I did this to check:

if ($("#table").length) {
    alert("element found");
}

.. and it doesn’t show the alert, however when resized, it does.

it seems as if the whole script is only activated on first resize, not before.

Answer 1

Move these two lines outside your $(document).ready block:

$(window).resize(stuffForResizeAndReady);
$(document).ready(stuffForResizeAndReady);

Also move the definition of that stuffForResizeAndReady function (as suggested in a comment below).