Set the ID of the image before registering events on it. The Event.observe

call uses the element ID to cache the listeners for later deletion, 
so this closes a leak.


git-svn-id: http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers@2911 dc9f47b5-9b13-0410-9fdd-eb0c1a62fdaf

lib/OpenLayers/Util.js

@@ -175,6 +175,16 @@ OpenLayers.Util.createImage = function(id, px, sz, imgURL, position, border,
 
     image = document.createElement("img");
 
+    //set generic properties
+    if (!id) {
+        id = OpenLayers.Util.createUniqueID("OpenLayersDiv");
+    }
+    if (!position) {
+        position = "relative";
+    }
+    OpenLayers.Util.modifyDOMElement(image, id, px, sz, position, 
+                                     border, null, opacity);
+
     if(delayDisplay) {
         image.style.display = "none";
         OpenLayers.Event.observe(image, "load", 
@@ -191,15 +201,6 @@ OpenLayers.Util.createImage = function(id, px, sz, imgURL, position, border,
         image.src = imgURL;
     }
 
-    //set generic properties
-    if (!id) {
-        id = OpenLayers.Util.createUniqueID("OpenLayersDiv");
-    }
-    if (!position) {
-        position = "relative";
-    }
-    OpenLayers.Util.modifyDOMElement(image, id, px, sz, position, 
-                                     border, null, opacity);
 
         
     return image;