The visibilityState read-only property of the WindowClient interface indicates the visibility of the current client. This value can be one of "hidden", "visible", or "prerender".
Syntax
var myVisState = windowClient.visibilityState;
Value
A DOMString (See Document.visibilityState for values).
Example
event.waitUntil(clients.matchAll({
type: "window"
}).then(function(clientList) {
for (let i = 0; i < clientList.length; i++) {
let client = clientList[i];
if (client.url == '/' && 'focus' in client) {
if (client.visibilityState === 'hidden')
return client.focus();
}
}
}
if (clients.openWindow) {
return clients.openWindow('/');
}
}));
});
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Service Workers The definition of 'visibilityState' in that specification. |
Working Draft | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
visibilityState | Chrome Full support 42 | Edge Full support ≤18 | Firefox
Full support
44
| IE No support No | Opera ? | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support 42 | Firefox Android Full support 44 | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
