User activation

The navigator.userActivation API reveals whether the user has interacted with the page through an "activation" gesture such as a click, tap, or key press. User activation gated APIs (such as the fullscreen API) fail without user interaction, and this API allows you to predict such a failure.

Baseline Status: Achieved Widely Available on May 21, 2026 (Cross-browser Newly Available since Nov 21, 2023).

Desktop Browser Engine Support

Google Chrome

72

Supported

Mozilla Firefox

120

Supported

Apple Safari

16.4

Supported

Microsoft Edge

79

Supported

Mobile Browser Engine Support

Chrome Android

72

Firefox Android

120

Safari iOS

16.4

Specifications and References

Specification ↗ Feature XML ↗

MDN Browser Compat Data Keys:

api.Navigator.userActivation ↗ api.UserActivation ↗ api.UserActivation.hasBeenActive ↗ api.UserActivation.isActive ↗