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		Xichom2k on Sept 20, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Idle Until Urgent You can yield back to the UI event loop in an async function through `await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve))` or similar constructs using setTimeout or requestAnimationFrame

paulddraper on Sept 20, 2018 [–]

Correct.

Though setImmediate is specific to IE/Edge.

    setTimeout(resolve, 0)

will allow any queued events/macrotasks to occur, and then immediately resolve.

    requireAnimationFrame(resolve)

will wait until the browser is ready to render another frame, and then resolve.

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