How can I force the browser to redraw while my script is doing some heavy processing?

Question

I am using the innerHTML property to modify a DIV dynamically, to report on a process that takes a few seconds to finish. The problem is that on Fi

Answer 1

Try interrupting your script periodically. You should be able to use

setTimeout(nextFunction, 0); 

to provide the necessary interruption without a long delay, where nextFunction is the function that continues with your lengthy processing.