Make function wait until element exists

Question

I\'m trying to add a canvas over another canvas – how can I make this function wait to start until the first canvas is created?

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Answer 1

Is better to relay in requestAnimationFrame than in a setTimeout. this is my solution in es6 modules and using Promises.

es6, modules and promises:

// onElementReady.js
const onElementReady = $element => (
  new Promise((resolve) => {
    const waitForElement = () => {
      if ($element) {
        resolve($element);
      } else {
        window.requestAnimationFrame(waitForElement);
      }
    };
    waitForElement();
  })
);

export default onElementReady;

// in your app
import onElementReady from './onElementReady';

const $someElement = document.querySelector('.some-className');
onElementReady($someElement)
  .then(() => {
    // your element is ready
  }

plain js and promises:

var onElementReady = function($element) {
  return new Promise((resolve) => {
    var waitForElement = function() {
      if ($element) {
        resolve($element);
      } else {
        window.requestAnimationFrame(waitForElement);
      }
    };
    waitForElement();
  })
};

var $someElement = document.querySelector('.some-className');
onElementReady($someElement)
  .then(() => {
    // your element is ready
  });