# Dom:loaded in application.js and view

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 29, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dom-loaded-in-application-js-and-view/187772 "2010-04-29T03:14:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![badnaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@badnaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/badnaam)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dom-loaded-in-application-js-and-view/187772/1 "2010-04-29T03:14:55Z")

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I register ajax listeners in my application.js in the dom:loaded  
function. In some of my views I also need to use the dom:loaded event  
to do other javascript stuff. Since I already have my dom:loaded in  
application.js, can I specify another dom:loaded in the script tag in  
my view or is there a better way to do it?

I know this could be a prototype question, but since this is rails, I  
thought someone might have tried this already.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![badnaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@badnaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/badnaam)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dom-loaded-in-application-js-and-view/187772/2 "2010-04-29T22:15:06Z")

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badnaam wrote:

> I register ajax listeners in my application.js in the dom:loaded  
> function. In some of my views I also need to use the dom:loaded event  
> to do other javascript stuff. Since I already have my dom:loaded in  
> application.js, can I specify another dom:loaded in the script tag in  
> my view or is there a better way to do it?
> 
> I know this could be a prototype question, but since this is rails, I  
> thought someone might have tried this already.

> **[Layouts and Rendering in Rails — Ruby on Rails Guides](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/layouts_and_rendering.html#using-content-for)**
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> Layouts and Rendering in RailsThis guide covers the basic layout features of Action Controller and Action View.After reading this guide, you will know: How to use the various rendering methods built into Rails. How to create layouts with multiple...

## Specifically this part:

## The content\_for method is very helpful when your layout contains distinct regions such as sidebars and footers that should get their own blocks of content inserted. It’s also useful for inserting tags that load page-specific javascript or css files into the header of an otherwise generic layout.