---
title: Page Visibility API
category: games, apps
firefox_status: 10
bugzilla: 690056
mdn_url: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Page_Visibility_API
spec_url: https://w3c.github.io/page-visibility/
spec_repo: https://github.com/w3c/page-visibility
chrome_ref: 5689697795833856
webkit_status: shipped
ie_ref: Page Visibility API
---

An API to programmatically determine the visibility state of a page, and to be notified if the visibility state changes.

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