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Document: hidden property

The Document.hidden read-only property returns a Boolean value indicating if the page is considered hidden or not.

Note: This property is described as "historical" in the Page Visibility Level 2 specification. Consider using the Document.visibilityState property instead.

Syntax

js

document.hidden

Examples

js

document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", () => {
  console.log(document.hidden);
  // Modify behavior…
});

Usage notes

Warning: Due to prerendering, it may happen that document.hidden is true, even if the page is actually visible to the user. In such scenario the page load starts with document.visibilityState = "prerender" and transitions to document.visibilityState = "visible" after some delay. This scenario can be reproduced by opening a new browser tab in Safari, pasting a URL in the URL bar, and navigating to that URL.

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-document-hidden

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
hidden 3313 12
18Since Firefox 56 it also returns true on macOS when the window is completely hidden by another non-translucent application.
10–52		 10 12.1 7 ≤374.4.3 3318
18Since Firefox 56 it also returns true on macOS when the window is completely hidden by another non-translucent application.
10–52		 12.1 7 2.01.0

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/hidden