Javascript redraw
<p>i try to swap element with an indicator .. do some work on the element .. swap it back and destroy the indicator</p>

<p>during the work on the element i update the indicator (which is position absolutely as it is needed for some css stuff)</p>

<p>if i do just this i never get to see the indicator and i figured that i would want to force the redraw or wait a little while after each indicator update.</p>

<p>the thing is that i rather see element disappear and reappear and there is nothing in the meantime. but if i 'alert' between the two points the indicator magically gets displayed (if i even update it in a loop and i add the alert in the loop and then disallow alerts in my browser i can see the indicator get updated and then be swapped out for the element)</p>

<p>i tried all the methods suggested: <code>style.display = none</code>, and back, reading something layout dependent to make browser recompute it...</p>

<p><a href="http://jsfiddle.net/L9GQr/4/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/L9GQr/4/</a></p>
