I am using javascript setInterval() to check user idle time and show a popup alert before automatic logout. But it does not work for multiple tabs (working fine for single tab)
Following is my code :
localStorage.removeItem("idleTimeValue");
var idleInterval = setInterval(timerIncrement, 1000);
function timerIncrement()
{
if(localStorage.getItem("idleTimeValue")) {
idleTime = parseInt(localStorage.getItem("idleTimeValue")) + 1; //increments idle time by one second
} else {
idleTime = 1;
}
localStorage.setItem("idleTimeValue", idleTime);
var timeDiff = 600;
var totTimeRemaining = timeDiff-idleTime;
if(totTimeRemaining > 0) {
$('#timeoutWindow').modal('show');
var minutes = Math.floor(totTimeRemaining / 60);
var seconds = totTimeRemaining - minutes * 60;
$('#timeoutRemainingTime').html(minutes+" minutes and "+seconds+" seconds");
} else {
window.location = httpHost+"/account/index/logout";
}
}
$(this).click(function (e)
{
localStorage.removeItem("idleTimeValue");
$('#timeoutWindow').modal('hide');
});
I am setting the idle time in localStorage like -
localStorage.setItem("idleTimeValue", idleTime);
So if I open 3 tabs, setInterval() function will run in all tabs, also idleTime increments by 3 seconds instead of 1 second and time calculations is happening wrongly.
I need to show popup in all tabs and clicking continue in one tab should reflct in all other tabs.
Can anybody suggest a solution for this? Please help guys
Thank you guys, I got the solution for this.
I used a localStorage value with current time stored in it. If there is no value exists in localStorage["currentTime"], stored current time in localStorage .
var currentTime = new Date();
if ( !(localStorage.getItem("currentTime")) || (localStorage.getItem("currentTime") == "") )
{
idleTime = 0;
setTimeout(function() { localStorage.setItem("currentTime", currentTime)},5000); // current time is set to localStorage after seconds (it is for setting in multiple tabs)
}
All calculations to show timeout popup is done using localStorage.getItem("currentTime") value.
Then I set localStorage["currentTime"] to null if user is not idle (when user clicks somewhere)
$(this).click(function (e)
{
$('#timeoutWindow').modal('hide');
localStorage.setItem("currentTime", "");
idleTime = 0;
});
You can tweak your existing implementation like below to fullfill your requirement.
Step 1: Setup environment - Creating unique timer Id to isolate it from other timers
var timerId = 'timer-'+(new Date().getTime());
localStorage.setItem(timerId, '0');
modifyAllIdleTime('0');//i.e resetting all timers
var idleInterval = setInterval(timerIncrement, 1000);
function timerIncrement(){
// increament & Set only localStorage.getItem(timerId) so that it will not affect others
// Add logic to showHide
}
Step 2: Modifying Idle Time - call whenever other timer instance idle time need to be modified
function modifyAllIdleTime(idleTime) {
for(var i = 0; i < localStorage.length; i++) {
if(localStorage.key(i).indexOf('timer-') !== -1) { //if timer instance
localStorage.setItem(localStorage.key(i), idleTime);
}
}
}
Step 3: Exit - exit all timer whenever remaining time comes to 0 for any of the timer
modifyAllIdleTime('600');// where 600 is the max allowed idle time in sec
deleteTimer();//call this to cleanup localStorage before navigating user to logout screen