How to check if the user is idle and switch tabs? via script (Google Spreadsheet - GAS)

Question

I have a Google Spreadsheet and custom function needs to be like this.

1. Display dialog if the user is idle for 2 mins.
2. If the user switch to other tab and visited back the spreadsheet, display a dialog.
3. Upon opening Display a dialog. (Done)

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• Tried to add $(window).on('unload', e => {... but it is not working on .gs only in html.
• Not sure if I can run the HTML without display just to run the $(window).on('unload', e => {... but I guess this is not possible
• Tried to use cookies for idle but not applicable too

Appreciate suggestions and solutions. Thank you...

Answer 1

Answer:

Unfortunately, this is currently not possible to do via Google Apps Script.

Feature Request:

You can however let Google know that this is a feature that is important for the Sheets API and that you would like to request they implement it. Google's Issue Tracker is a place for developers to report issues and make feature requests for their development services. The page to file a Feature Request for Apps Script is here .

I hope this is useful to you!

References:

• Google's Issue Tracker
  • Apps Script Feature Request Direct Link .