jQuery Idle
A dead simple jQuery plugin that executes a callback function if the user is idle.
Usage
Since this is a simple plugin, the usage is simple too.
First, add the jquery.idle.js to your document along with jQuery library:
Then, just call the function in the element that you want to track user idleness
That will display a alert (and a great revelation :D) to the user after 10 seconds of idleness.
If you want to call some function after user back from idleness, just add the onActive option:
To check window visibility, add the onShow or onHide options:
You can also check if a specific element is idle, actually, you can use any jQuery selector:
You can choose which events will be used to "refresh" the idle timer
And you can choose if you want to start from an idle state or not
Options
onIdle # callback function that will be triggered when the user gets idle
onActive [ default function(){} ] # callback function that will be triggered when the user gets active
onHide [ default function(){} ] # callback function that will be triggered when window is hidden
onShow [ default function(){} ] # callback function that will be triggered when window is visible
events [ default = mousemove keydown mousedown touchstart ] # events that will reset the idle time
idle [ default = 60000 ] # idle time in ms
keepTracking [ default = true ] # set it to false if you want to track only the first time
startAtIdle [ default = false ] # if you want to start idle, set it to true
recurIdleCall [ default = false ] # by default use setTimeout, set it to true if you want to use setInterval
Events
"idle:stop": will stop and remove user tracking
Vanilla
jQuery Idle also provide a non-jQuery version. Use the vanilla.idle.js
file instead, and initialize it like this:
idle().start();
Options are the same as with the jQuery version:
idle({
onIdle: function (){
console.log('idle !');
},
// ...
}).start();
Changelog
1.3.0
- Replacing the jquey dependency for a peerDependency as mentioned on the issue #31
1.2.9
- Fixed jquery vulnerability.
1.2.8
- Added the jQuery dependency to the package.json (#31) and fix the documentation format.
1.2.7
- Corrected the logic in resetTimeout. Setting the idle = false before calling the onActive handler prevents looping when calling idle:stop in the onActive handler. (@ashupp)
1.2.6
- Added a non-Jquery version (@hugohil)
1.2.5
- Added the recurIdleCall option to choose between setTimeout ou setInterval (thanks kgaikwad)
1.2.4
- Changed keypress to keydown to also detect arrow keys on a keyboard press, and not just the normal A-Z keys (thanks carlblock)
1.2.3
1.2.2
- The logic behind 'keepTracking' was a total mess. Rewrote the functionality to work as it should
- Change the default 'keepTracking' value. Now is set to true
1.2.1
- Added the 'startAtIdle' option so you can choose if you want to start idle or not (@hugohil)
1.2.0
- Added the 'onHide' and 'onShow' callback functions to be executed when window changes visibility (@DanH42)
1.1.0
- Renamed the 'callback' setting to 'onIdle'
- Added the 'onActive' callback function to be executed when user back from idleness (thanks @joelsouza for the tip)
1.0.0
First basic version