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Detecting if a user has stopped interacting with a web view for a certain time

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I am interested in finding out all the aspects I need to cover in order to correctly assess if a user has stopped interacting with a web page. So far, I found the following:

  • Idle Detection API - this seems to do most of the work for idle detection. However, it requires user permission
  • Detect page/tab/browser close - this is covered by beforeunload event
  • Heartbeat function - this is useful when idle detection is not allowed or supported. Basic example here.

Is there anything else I should check for? I am currently focused on using this in an Angular SPA, but I guess that it is less relevant.

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meriton‭ wrote almost 3 years ago

Why do you need to detect whether a user is idle?

Alexei‭ wrote almost 3 years ago

meriton‭ I thought of using this for the following: evaluating SPA usage time (i.e. consider last activity + a time interval) or automatically saving some data after an idle period.