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Subject: Detect when Chrome is minimized or out-of-focus?
From: Warren Benedetto <wmbenede...@gmail.com>
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I just released an extension (StayFocusd) which allows you to create a
blacklist of time-wasting websites, and then prevents you from
accessing them once time runs out. The elapsed time counts down
whenever you are on one of the blacklisted sites.

The problem is, if you're on a blacklisted site, and then you minimize
Chrome or maximize another site in front of it, the countdown on the
blacklisted site continues. I'd like to be able to stop the countdown
when Chrome is not the active window.

I see the chrome.windows.onFocusChanged() event, but that doesn't seem
to do what I need. It detects when focus changes between different
Chrome instances, but not when focus changes from Chrome to another
app.

Are there any existing APIs that I can use to accomplish what I need?
If not, are there any plans for something like this?