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title: Repaint
slug: Glossary/Repaint
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**Repaint** happens when a {{glossary("browser")}} redraws a web page to show the visual updates resulting from a UI change, such as after an update on an interactive site. This usually follows reflowing, which is when the browser recalculates the position and geometry of certain parts of a web page.

## See also

- Related glossary terms:
  - {{Glossary("Reflow")}}
- [Understanding Reflow and Repaint in the browser](https://dev.to/gopal1996/understanding-reflow-and-repaint-in-the-browser-1jbg) on dev.to (2020)