UserActivation: isActive property

{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}}

The read-only isActive property of the {{domxref("UserActivation")}} interface indicates whether the current window has {{Glossary("transient activation", "transient user activation")}}.

Value

A boolean.

Examples

Checking if a user gesture was recently performed

Use the isActive property to check whether the user is currently interacting with the page.

if (navigator.userActivation.isActive) {
  // proceed to request playing media, for example
}

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("UserActivation")}}
• {{domxref("UserActivation.hasBeenActive")}}
• Features gated by user activation