Javascript – Detect Inactivity in Browser Tab

You can detect when a user stops interacting with the page using pure Javascript. Example below is a scrupt that will reload the page when user becomes inactive for 5 seconds. It will still run even though you are in another tab.

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function onInactive(seconds, cb) {
var ms = seconds * 1000;
var wait = setTimeout(cb, ms);

$(window).bind(‘mousemove click mouseup mousedown keydown keypress keyup submit change mouseenter scroll resize dblclick’, function(){
clearTimeout(wait);
wait = setTimeout(cb, ms);
});
}
</script>

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