Handle any user interaction with javascript [duplicate]

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Detecting idle time in JavaScript elegantly

In a web application that I'm developing, on every page of the application, when nothing happens for a set amount of time, the page should automatically change. I think setting window.location will do for the latter part.

However, when it comes to detecting that nothing has happened, I'm a bit stuck. I'd think that binding all keyboard and mouse events to a single handler could do it, but I'm wondering if there is a better way. Has anyone done this before?

Answer 1

Detecting idle time in JavaScript elegantly seems to miss the blur and focus events on the window. The basic approach is as you suggested but I'd take a close look at which events exactly you're binding on.

Answer 2

Aren't running your site on a web server? A web server, such as Tomcat, can check if a session timed out.

In tomcat's web.xml you would add or change a setting:

<session-config>
    <session-timeout>60</session-timeout>
 </session-config>

In case of a session timeout, you could redirect to another page.

Here is an example:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/1027592/1916258