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John Doe
John Doe

Reputation: 1043

Detect change of browser tabs with javascript

is there some way of detecting using javascript that a user has switched to a different tab in the same browser window.

Additionally is there a way to detect a user has switched to a different window than the browser?

thank you

Upvotes: 6

Views: 3932

Answers (3)

fabspro
fabspro

Reputation: 1669

The Page Visibility API was designed to do this. Have a read at this URL:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/User_experience/Using_the_Page_Visibility_API

Upvotes: 1

Alnitak
Alnitak

Reputation: 339816

Trap the window.onblur event.

It's raised whenever the current window (or tab) loses focus.

Upvotes: 3

Ruben Stolk
Ruben Stolk

Reputation: 13294

Most probably there is no standards javascript for this. Some browsers might support it but normally there is only a window.onblur event to find out the user has gone away from the current window.

Upvotes: 1

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