How to know if the user is idle?

Question

basically I want to run some code in jquery after the user has stopped doing anything in the browser like click,scroll. How to know if all functions have finished and jquery is not being busy (being run or used)

Basically run code only when the user is idle

you meant you want to know that page / user is ideal ? – Dimag Kharab Mar 28 '14 at 10:44 — Dimag Kharab, Mar 28 '14 at 10:44
@CodingAnt Yes right when page/user is ideal – user2031456 Mar 28 '14 at 10:54 — user2031456, Mar 28 '14 at 10:54

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '14 at 11:28

If I am getting you right, this is what you were looking for

<script>
   $(function(){
     (function(seconds) {
     var refresh,       
      intvrefresh = function() {
      clearInterval(refresh);
      refresh = setTimeout(function() {
         alert('No activity from user 10 seconds, put your code here !');
       }, seconds * 1000);
      };
     $(document).on('click keydown keyup mousemove', function() { intvrefresh() });
                    intvrefresh();
      }(10));  
    });
 </script>

change it to ('click keydown keyup mousemove scroll') – Dimag Kharab Mar 28 '14 at 11:44 — Dimag Kharab, Mar 28 '14 at 11:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 28 '14 at 10:44

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Typically you'd wait until everything has loaded. This means that all elements have finished loading on the page (e.g. Images loaded in). There's nothing here to tell you that there's no JavaScript running in the background though.

$(window).load(function() {
   // Do stuff
});

answered Mar 28 '14 at 10:44

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does .load run when the page has loaded and then user then scrolls and stops? – user2031456 Mar 28 '14 at 10:45
basically run code when user is idle.load will be when the page has finished loading – user2031456 Mar 28 '14 at 10:49

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 28 '14 at 10:52

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try {
       var str =$('body').html();
    } catch ( e ) {
       alert('jquery not used');
    }

Do something like this. jsfiddle

answered Mar 28 '14 at 10:52

moyeen52

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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I just answered it here. See if it makes sense.

TLDR;

You can do it more elegantly with underscore and jquery-

$('body').on("click mousemove keyup", _.debounce(function(){
    // your code here.
}, 1200000)) // 20 minutes debounce

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

Community

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answered Jun 25 '14 at 22:10

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How to know if the user is idle?

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