*Conditional* Refresh of IRR

Question

I have an Interactive Report Region on a page which I have automatically refreshing. I am doing this with the following block placed in the Region Footer:
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
  setInterval("jQuery('#US_INTRADAY_IRR').trigger('apexrefresh');", 300000);
//-->
</script>
This is working as it should and the page is refreshing on the schedule.
However, my users have complained that, if they are in the middle of using one of the action panels, e.g. setting a filter, creating a calculated column, etc. the refresh kicks off and they lose thier work.
I have found a way to determine if one of these panels is open. This can be based on:
$("#apexir_CONTROL_PANEL_DROP").css('display');Basically, the pseudo-code would be:
if CONTROL PANEL IS NOT DISPLAYED then REFRESH
else
SLEEP until next refresh interval
end
Can anyone help me figure out how to put this test in place?
Thanks,
-Joe

Answer 1

Why not instead of triggering the refresh in your interval, call a function
function test_refresh_ir(){
   if($("#apexir_CONTROL_PANEL_DROP").css('display')=="none"){
      $('#US_INTRADAY_IRR').trigger('apexrefresh');
setInterval(function(){test_refresh_ir();}, 300000);No need to sleep, after another 3000000ms the test will happen again.