idle-tracker

Idle Tracker

Tiny Javascript library to track browser idle status. (callback when user is idle).

Demo

Browsers support

IE / Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	iOS Safari	Samsung	Opera
Edge	last version	last 2 versions	last 2 versions	last 2 versions	last 2 versions	last 2 versions

Installation

via yarn

$ yarn add idle-tracker

or via npm

$ npm install idle-tracker

Usage

import IdleTracker from 'idle-tracker';

const idleTracker = new IdleTracker(options);

idleTracker.start(); // start tracker

idleTracker.end(); // stop tracker and release memory

Constructor options

Options Name	Type	Default	Description
timeout (ms)	number	30000	timeout to count as idle
onIdleCallback	Function	noop	Function to be called when idle status change, payload will be { idle: true/false }, with optional event payload
throttle	number	500	throttle rate of callback

Future

1. Browser might support this function natively in the future, see Idle Detection API
2. Related newer API/Library: page-lifecycle, repo