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Website refresh after last touch input

Justin

February 18, 2026 12:37

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Hello everyone,
I am using a BightSign LS445 player to display an HTML5 website. This can be used via touch input.
However, I would like to set it so that approximately 5 minutes after the last touch input, the page is reloaded similar to a timeout event.
Is there a specific setting for this?

Thanks in advance. 

 

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  Justin March 16, 2026 13:14

  Hello Norman, thank you for your answer. 

  In my case, it’s not a locally hosted website - I’m only using the BrightAuthor:Connected software. So I don’t have access to make any JavaScript adjustments.

  I’ve already configured a timeout event within BrightAuthor:Connected, but it triggers independently of any last touch input. That’s the behavior I’m currently trying to address.

  When I tried adjusting the Timeout Setting , the touch variable was still ignored, and the page would reload entirely every 5 minutes.

  Thanks in advance.

   

   

   

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  Steven Green March 18, 2026 02:02

  You can handle this with JavaScript by tracking the last touch event and using a timeout to reload the page. Have you tried adding an event listener for touchstart and resetting a timer on each interaction? @fnf

   

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  Ian MacColl June 26, 2026 22:04

  @Justin: Did you work out a way to do this? I’m also looking for this, but I can’t find any way to do it other than JavaScript in the content.

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  Justin June 29, 2026 07:25

  @Ian MacColl sadly I wasn´t able to find another way except the JavaScript version. 

  In the End now I just used an Timeout Event, without any connection to the Touch input. 

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  Brandon June 29, 2026 08:31

  1. Create a User Variable named idleTimeout (or whatever you want, just replace appropriately later)
     Set the default value to whatever you want the idle timeout to be in seconds - so 300 for 5 minutes
     
     
  2. Add a Zone Message event on the HTML state that transitions back to the same HTML state (this will be the reload) set message to reloadPage (or whatever you want, just replace appropriately later)
     
     
  3. Create a new Image zone
     
     
  4. Set the zone size to the full screen or whatever the HTML area is
     
     
  5. Put a transparent PNG in the zone
     
     
  6. Put a 1-second Timeout event on the transparent PNG
     Add Conditional Target:
     Condition: If idleTimeout > 0 transition back to the same transparent PNG
     Command: Other>Decrement variable idleTimeout
     > This counts the timer down if it isn't exhausted
     Add Conditional Target:
     Condition: If idleTimeout = 0 transition back to the same transparent PNG
     Command: Send>Zone Message reloadPage
     Command: Other>Reset variable idleTimeout
     > This reloads the page and resets the timer again
     
     
  7. Add Rectangular Touch event to the transparent PNG
     Add touch item set to the full area
     Command: Other>Reset Variable idleTimeout
     > This resets the countdown every time there's a touch.
     
     
  8. Add another Image Zone
     
     
  9. Add a Live Text zone to the Image Zone
     Add item: User Variable idleTimeout
     > This will let you see the countdown go down and reset when touches occur - you wouldn't have this visible in a production screen unless you want a message/countdown visible.

  If you want to be more sophisticated (and don't have any other means of navigation other than touch on the HTML), you could add more logic to have the first touch start the timer, rather than unnecessarily reloading the page every idleTimeout seconds when nobody's interacting with the screen.

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  Ian MacColl June 29, 2026 09:55

  Thanks, Brandon

  Sorry, the player is elsewhere, otherwise I would test this myself...

  Does a touch get handled by both the Touch Event in 7 and also by the HTML Widget (HTML etc loaded by Chromium)?

  So if, say, a link is touched, idleTimeout resets and the link is opened?

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  Brandon June 29, 2026 14:51

  @Ian - yes, the touch is still recognized by the HTML content.
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