Question

I am building a web app and I am trying to do a function where there is a popup confirm box that shows after the user has been inactive for 10 minutes. When the popup opens the user can choose to continue being logged in or not. I need this box to close down after 1 minute if they have not answered the popup. How can I do this. Everything else works fine.

This is my code:

function checkTime () {

 setTimeout (function () {

   var dialog = confirm ("Do you want to continue being logged in?");

   if (dialog == true) {

     checkTime ();

   } else {

     window.location = 'LOGOUT URL';    

   }

  }, 10000);

};

Answer 1

You cannot do that with the native confirm() as it stops JavaScript run on that page until the user has clicked on it.

So, You have to create a plugin for confirm-box or try someone else.
And they often look better, too. 🙂