I see people use “window.onload” all the time, but why? Isn’t the “window” part completely superfluous?
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I see people use “window.onload” all the time, but why? Isn’t the “window” part completely superfluous?
If you don’t, then the onload method will be attributed to the current object, whatever that is (if any). So sometimes it may work, but writing window.onload is the most explicit, specific and safe way to do it.