Correct place to run a function every time something happens

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Hey all,

I’d like to get some design feedback. We need to implement a timeout checker on our app so that if they do something after the timeout, we can redirect them to the login page. I was trying to find the best place to run a small snippet of JS on every “action” - route transition, action, etc. It doesn’t need to happen on mouseup/down/move, just every time somebody does something real.

I was thinking of just putting some default code in Ember.View’s didInsertElement or similar, but that seems hacky. I looked at Ember.run.schedule(), but that only seemed to run once. I was hoping that might run something every time the Run Loop runs.

Any ideas on where best to place this would be most appreciated!

Thanks, Scott

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This is probably appropriate for StackOverflow, but have a few options available to you

  • Observe the currentPath property on ApplicationController for changes (which happens after every route change)
  • Put logic in activate or deactivate in Ember.Route, which will fire when entering or exiting a route, respectively

And of course just enhancing your {{action}} handlers in your controllers or routes to do whatever you want makes sense;

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Observing currentPath will not work for ember-engine