Delay rendering of Panel Group

Question

I have Tabbed Panel Group widget that is driven by Spry Data,
that's held in a parent frame.
The markup for the group is defined in a region, using
spry:repeat for each tab and {} for data output.
The onLoad event for the page calls a function that creates
the widget. (tabPanel = new Spry.Widget..blah blah).
However, the widget doesn't render correctly right away. None
of the event handlers are assigned, and all of the content shows at
once.
If I delay the creation of the widget with a setTimeout call
for half a second after the page's onload event, it initializes
just fine.
What I'm guessing is that the constructor for the panel group
needs to get called AFTER Spry.Data has combed through the region.
Is there any event from Spry.Data that I can listen to, to trigger
this, other than using a setTimeout?

Answer 1

Instead of using a onload event listener, use a DOM ready
script..
(this DOM readyscript requires the file SpryDOMUtils.js)
I once had the same issue and buildt this DOM ready script:
http://www.3rd-eden.com/Spry-it.com/includes/SpryDOMReady.js
Spry.Utils.onDOMReady(functionhere);
Hopes this helps :))