timer which pauses when the user leaves the current window

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Guys,
i need ur help.
i want to design a timer which pauses whenever a user enters a new tab or the current window loses focus.
plz help

Posted 2-Feb-13 20:45pm

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2013-02-02T20:48:00

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Every control has a lost focus event[^] that is captured when that control looses focus.
Capture the lost focus event for the tab or window and then stop the timer on this event.

Posted 2-Feb-13 20:48pm

Abhinav S

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Sandeep Mewara 3-Feb-13 3:18am

Agree. My 5!

Abhinav S 3-Feb-13 12:34pm

Thanks Sandeep.

Member 9807820 3-Feb-13 14:51pm

but lose focus function is applied to a div or an elemrnt ..how can i capture the event for the whole window?
plz help