This API enables developers to complete their work as fast as possible if the user isn't interacting, but respond to user input as fast as possible if input occurs.

Motivation

Improve user responsiveness and main thread scheduling - by enabling developers to complete their work as fast as possible if the user isn't interacting, but respond to user input as fast as possible if input occurs.

Demo

• https://wicg.github.io/is-input-pending/#examples-of-usage

Documentation

• https://github.com/WICG/is-input-pending

Specification

Specification link

Status: Unknown standards status - check spec link for status

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>Scheduling

Implementation status: Enabled by default (tracking bug)

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: No signal
• Safari: No signal
• Web Developers: Strongly positive

Owners

• panicker@chromium.org
• tdresser@chromium.org
• acomminos@fb.com

Intent to Prototype url

Last updated on 2021-12-13