There are times when you only want specific elements of your site to show AFTER the page has finished loading.

For instance, the site may have a hero image, or slider section that loads more slowly than the rest of the page due to the weight of the images involved. And it looks bad when the page loads, and then everything below the slider section jumps to accommodate the spacing of the slider once that section displays.

First, place the following in your CSS document, changing the targeted elements to the section(s) you want to not display until the page has loaded.

visibility: hidden is used so that the space is reserved for the temporarily hidden element(s), so that the page items below that section will NOT jump down when the items are eventually displayed. Everything will be displayed in their intended position on the page right from the start.

/* hidden until page loaded; show via js */
#hero_section, #image_slider {
    visibility: hidden;
}

Then place the following in your JavaScript document. This will delay the display of those sections for a set time.

• Line 3 has the timing set to wait 300ms; depending on how quickly your site loads, you can increase or decrease this “wait” time

// display these elements with js
setTimeout(function() {
   $('#hero_section, #image_slider').css('visibility','visible');
}, 300);

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