If true, the idle service is temporarily disabled, and all idle events will be ignored.
This should only be used in automation.
Readonly idleThe amount of time in milliseconds that has passed since the last user activity.
If we do not have a valid idle time to report, 0 is returned (this can happen if the user never interacted with the browser at all, and if we are also unable to poll for idle time manually).
Optional aInstancePtr: objectA run time mechanism for interface discovery.
NS_OK if the interface is supported by the associated instance, NS_NOINTERFACE if it is not.
aInstancePtr must not be null.
[in] A requested interface IID
[out] A pointer to an interface pointer to receive the result.
Add an observer to be notified when the user idles for some period of time, and when they get back from that.
The subject of the notification the observer will get is always the nsIUserIdleService itself. When the user goes idle, the observer topic is "idle" and when he gets back, the observer topic is "active". The data param for the notification contains the current user idle time.
You can add the same observer twice.
Most implementations need to poll the OS for idle info themselves, meaning your notifications could arrive with a delay up to the length of the polling interval in that implementation. Current implementations use a delay of 5 seconds.
the observer to be notified
the amount of time in seconds the user should be idle before the observer should be notified.
Remove an observer registered with addIdleObserver.
Removing an observer will remove it once, for the idle time you specify. If you have added an observer multiple times, you will need to remove it just as many times.
the observer that needs to be removed.
the amount of time they were listening for.
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This interface lets you monitor how long the user has been 'idle', i.e. not used their mouse or keyboard. You can get the idle time directly, but in most cases you will want to register an observer for a predefined interval. The observer will get an 'idle' notification when the user is idle for that interval (or longer), and receive an 'active' notification when the user starts using their computer again.