Top "Reflow" questions

Reflow is the name of the web browser process for re-calculating the positions and geometries of elements in the document, for the purpose of re-rendering part or all of the document.

What's the difference between reflow and repaint?

I'm a little unclear on the difference between reflow + repaint (if there's any difference at all) Seems like reflow might …

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What is DOM reflow?

I was reading about the difference between two CSS properties display:none and visibility:hidden and encountered the DOM reflow …

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Force browser to trigger reflow while changing CSS

I am building non-jQuery responsive image slider based on CSS3 transitions. The structure is simple: a viewport and inside relatively …

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When does reflow happen in a DOM environment?

What kinds of activities will trigger reflow of web page with DOM? It seems there are different points of view. …

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Is there a way to detect horizontal scroll only without triggering a browser reflow

You can detect a browser scroll event on an arbitrary element with: element.addEventListener('scroll', function (event) { // do something }); I …

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Styled-Components vs SASS (SCSS) or LESS

I came across a ReactJS Boilerplate which had good reps and is community driven. Styling section emphasized more on styled …

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How can I force reflow after DHTML change in IE7?

I have a page where the user can dynamically add file upload boxes. Adding the boxes changes the height of …

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