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Does execution of the setTimeout function ensures that user was on the page for the given time?

As the question states:

setTimeout(myFunc, delay);

myFunc(){
  //do something
}

So can I consider that if myFunc() is called after the delay time, that ensures that the user was on the page for delay amount of time?
Basically, I wanted to execute a function after making sure that the user was on the page for a given amount of time? So is this the correct way of doing it with javascript or is there an even better option to do it?

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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Page_Visibility_API allows you to check if user is on page: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Page_Visibility_API AND it also has method visibilitychange which is the preferable way probably.

Example: Pausing music on transitioning to hidden

document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", function() {
  if (document.visibilityState === 'visible') {
    backgroundMusic.play();
  } else {
    backgroundMusic.pause();
  }
});
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
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