centralized view refreshing

[sophiathekitty]

i think i should probably see about creating some refresh loops that can be used to refresh the data in different views.

• [ ] clock refresh loop for clock stuff... like every second or something
• [ ] slideshow refresh loop for cycling display stuff automatically. (should use a shared setting with the micro display slideshow)
• [ ] every_minute, every_five_minutes, every_ten_minutes, every_hour, every_day update loops
• [ ] should maybe be able to filter which views to update based on if they're being displayed
• [ ] should also be able to pause refreshing when browser is in a different tab and then do a refresh when tab is focused
• [ ] if filtering by current section make sure to update when switching sections
• [ ] have the add view to update loop function also take a section and element to do the .is(:visible) check on

[sophiathekitty]

the clock loop could technically be the only interval... and the views could register as ever_minute, every_five_minute, every_ten_minutes, or every_hour... basically like the cronjobs... have them happen at like the mid point of the minute....

[sophiathekitty]

Use the jQuery :visible Selector to avoid refreshing stuff that isn't visible and add some sort of hooks for having views update when switching sections or room details

if($("p").is(":visible")){
    alert("The paragraph  is visible.");
} else{
    alert("The paragraph  is hidden.");
}

[sophiathekitty]

use these to detect when window is focused and blurred

$(window).on('focus', function() { // your code });

$(window).on('blur', function() { // your code });

could maybe also use

$(window).focus(()=>{});

$(window).blur(()=>{});