Navigator: userActivation property

Baseline 2023

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Since November 2023, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

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The read-only userActivation property of the Navigator interface returns a UserActivation object which contains information about the current window's user activation state.

Value

A UserActivation object.

Examples

Checking if a user gesture was recently performed

Use UserActivation.isActive to check whether the user is currently interacting with the page (Transient activation).

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

Checking if a user gesture was ever performed

Use UserActivation.hasBeenActive to check whether the user has ever interacted with the page (Sticky activation).

if (navigator.userActivation.hasBeenActive) {
  // proceed with auto-playing an animation, for example
}

Specifications

Specification
HTML # dom-navigator-useractivation

Browser compatibility

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	desktop					mobile							server
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS	Deno	Node.js
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Full support: Full support
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