# What forces layout/reflow

DevFeed: [What forces layout/reflow](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-forces-layout-reflow-21262.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://juri.dev/blog/2015/09/link-list-layout-recalculations/>)

Published: 2015-09-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Juri Strumpflohner](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/juri-strumpflohner.md>)

Topics: [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>)

Tags: [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [layout](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/layout.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>), [web-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-development.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses a list of JavaScript functions that trigger synchronous layout recalculation, or reflow, in the browser. It identifies these operations as common performance bottlenecks in rich JavaScript applications.

## Source excerpt

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