CR: Page Visibility Level 2

Page Visibility Level 2

https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/CR-page-visibility-2-20161122/

feedback due by: 2017-01-10

Abstract


This specification defines a means to programmatically determine the visibility state of a document. This can aid in the development of resource efficient web applications.

Status of the Document


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Page Visibility Level 2 replaces the first version of [PAGE-VISIBILITY] and includes: Processing and IDL clarifications: VisibilityState.unloaded has been removed. Document.hidden is historical. Use Document.visibilityState instead. Document.onvisibilitychange has been added. Various enhancements and clarifications in the processing model and algorithms. Visibility state is set to hidden when the user agent is unloading a document;

The Working Group expects to demonstrate 2 implementations of the features listed in this specification by the end of the Candidate Recommendation phase.

This document was published by the Web Performance Working Group as a Candidate Recommendation. This document is intended to become a W3C Recommendation. If you wish to make comments regarding this document, please send them to public-web-perf@w3.org (subscribe, archives). W3C publishes a Candidate Recommendation to indicate that the document is believed to be stable and to encourage implementation by the developer community. This Candidate Recommendation is expected to advance to Proposed Recommendation no earlier than 10 January 2017. All comments are welcome.

Please see the Working Group's implementation report.

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Received on Tuesday, 22 November 2016 06:50:21 UTC