在搜索这个问题时，我发现了一个建议，即应该使用Page Visibility API。根据Can I Use: http://caniuse.com/#feat=pagevisibility，大多数现代浏览器都支持此API。

下面是一个工作示例(从这个代码片段派生出来):

$(document).ready(function() {
  var hidden, visibilityState, visibilityChange;

  if (typeof document.hidden !== "undefined") {
    hidden = "hidden", visibilityChange = "visibilitychange", visibilityState = "visibilityState";
  } else if (typeof document.msHidden !== "undefined") {
    hidden = "msHidden", visibilityChange = "msvisibilitychange", visibilityState = "msVisibilityState";
  }

  var document_hidden = document[hidden];

  document.addEventListener(visibilityChange, function() {
    if(document_hidden != document[hidden]) {
      if(document[hidden]) {
        // Document hidden
      } else {
        // Document shown
      }

      document_hidden = document[hidden];
    }
  });
});

更新:上面的例子曾经为Gecko和WebKit浏览器提供前缀属性，但我删除了这个实现，因为这些浏览器已经提供了一段时间没有前缀的页面可见性API。为了与IE10兼容，我保留了微软特有的前缀。

这是10年前的。下面是一个更新的版本:切换选项卡时暂停/恢复CSS动画

基本上使用Mozillas Javascript https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/focus_event

 function pause() {

 //Do something

 }

 function play() {

 //Do something

 }
 window.addEventListener('blur', pause);
 window.addEventListener('focus', play);

跨浏览器jQuery解决方案!原始可在GitHub

有趣且易于使用!

下面的插件将通过各种版本的IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari等的标准测试。并相应地建立您所声明的方法。它还涉及以下问题:

onblur | .blur /聚焦事件|。关注“重复”呼叫 通过选择替代应用程序，如word，窗口失去焦点 这往往是不受欢迎的，因为，如果你有一个银行页面打开，它的onblur事件告诉它掩盖页面，然后如果你打开计算器，你不能再看到页面! 不触发页面加载

使用非常简单:向下滚动到“运行代码段”

$.winFocus(function(event, isVisible) {
    console.log("Combo\t\t", event, isVisible);
});

//  OR Pass False boolean, and it will not trigger on load,
//  Instead, it will first trigger on first blur of current tab_window
$.winFocus(function(event, isVisible) {
    console.log("Combo\t\t", event, isVisible);
}, false);

//  OR Establish an object having methods "blur" & "focus", and/or "blurFocus"
//  (yes, you can set all 3, tho blurFocus is the only one with an 'isVisible' param)
$.winFocus({
    blur: function(event) {
        console.log("Blur\t\t", event);
    },
    focus: function(event) {
        console.log("Focus\t\t", event);
    }
});

//  OR First method becoms a "blur", second method becoms "focus"!
$.winFocus(function(event) {
    console.log("Blur\t\t", event);
},
function(event) {
    console.log("Focus\t\t", event);
});

/* Begin Plugin */ ;;(function($){$.winFocus||($.extend({winFocus:function(){var a=!0,b=[];$(document).data("winFocus")||$(document).data("winFocus",$.winFocus.init());for(x in arguments)"object"==typeof arguments[x]?(arguments[x].blur&&$.winFocus.methods.blur.push(arguments[x].blur),arguments[x].focus&&$.winFocus.methods.focus.push(arguments[x].focus),arguments[x].blurFocus&&$.winFocus.methods.blurFocus.push(arguments[x].blurFocus),arguments[x].initRun&&(a=arguments[x].initRun)):"function"==typeof arguments[x]?b.push(arguments[x]): "boolean"==typeof arguments[x]&&(a=arguments[x]);b&&(1==b.length?$.winFocus.methods.blurFocus.push(b[0]):($.winFocus.methods.blur.push(b[0]),$.winFocus.methods.focus.push(b[1])));if(a)$.winFocus.methods.onChange()}}),$.winFocus.init=function(){$.winFocus.props.hidden in document?document.addEventListener("visibilitychange",$.winFocus.methods.onChange):($.winFocus.props.hidden="mozHidden")in document?document.addEventListener("mozvisibilitychange",$.winFocus.methods.onChange):($.winFocus.props.hidden= "webkitHidden")in document?document.addEventListener("webkitvisibilitychange",$.winFocus.methods.onChange):($.winFocus.props.hidden="msHidden")in document?document.addEventListener("msvisibilitychange",$.winFocus.methods.onChange):($.winFocus.props.hidden="onfocusin")in document?document.onfocusin=document.onfocusout=$.winFocus.methods.onChange:window.onpageshow=window.onpagehide=window.onfocus=window.onblur=$.winFocus.methods.onChange;return $.winFocus},$.winFocus.methods={blurFocus:[],blur:[],focus:[], exeCB:function(a){$.winFocus.methods.blurFocus&&$.each($.winFocus.methods.blurFocus,function(b,c){this.apply($.winFocus,[a,!a.hidden])});a.hidden&&$.winFocus.methods.blur&&$.each($.winFocus.methods.blur,function(b,c){this.apply($.winFocus,[a])});!a.hidden&&$.winFocus.methods.focus&&$.each($.winFocus.methods.focus,function(b,c){this.apply($.winFocus,[a])})},onChange:function(a){var b={focus:!1,focusin:!1,pageshow:!1,blur:!0,focusout:!0,pagehide:!0};if(a=a||window.event)a.hidden=a.type in b?b[a.type]: document[$.winFocus.props.hidden],$(window).data("visible",!a.hidden),$.winFocus.methods.exeCB(a);else try{$.winFocus.methods.onChange.call(document,new Event("visibilitychange"))}catch(c){}}},$.winFocus.props={hidden:"hidden"})})(jQuery); /* End Plugin */ // Simple example $(function() { $.winFocus(function(event, isVisible) { $('td tbody').empty(); $.each(event, function(i) { $('td tbody').append( $('<tr />').append( $('<th />', { text: i }), $('<td />', { text: this.toString() }) ) ) }); if (isVisible) $("#isVisible").stop().delay(100).fadeOut('fast', function(e) { $('body').addClass('visible'); $(this).stop().text('TRUE').fadeIn('slow'); }); else { $('body').removeClass('visible'); $("#isVisible").text('FALSE'); } }); }) body { background: #AAF; } table { width: 100%; } table table { border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0 auto; width: auto; } tbody > tr > th { text-align: right; } td { width: 50%; } th, td { padding: .1em .5em; } td th, td td { border: 1px solid; } .visible { background: #FFA; } <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <h3>See Console for Event Object Returned</h3> <table> <tr> <th><p>Is Visible?</p></th> <td><p id="isVisible">TRUE</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <table> <thead> <tr> <th colspan="2">Event Data <span style="font-size: .8em;">{ See Console for More Details }</span></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody></tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </table>

我会这样做(参考http://www.w3.org/TR/page-visibility/):

    window.onload = function() {

        // check the visiblility of the page
        var hidden, visibilityState, visibilityChange;

        if (typeof document.hidden !== "undefined") {
            hidden = "hidden", visibilityChange = "visibilitychange", visibilityState = "visibilityState";
        }
        else if (typeof document.mozHidden !== "undefined") {
            hidden = "mozHidden", visibilityChange = "mozvisibilitychange", visibilityState = "mozVisibilityState";
        }
        else if (typeof document.msHidden !== "undefined") {
            hidden = "msHidden", visibilityChange = "msvisibilitychange", visibilityState = "msVisibilityState";
        }
        else if (typeof document.webkitHidden !== "undefined") {
            hidden = "webkitHidden", visibilityChange = "webkitvisibilitychange", visibilityState = "webkitVisibilityState";
        }


        if (typeof document.addEventListener === "undefined" || typeof hidden === "undefined") {
            // not supported
        }
        else {
            document.addEventListener(visibilityChange, function() {
                console.log("hidden: " + document[hidden]);
                console.log(document[visibilityState]);

                switch (document[visibilityState]) {
                case "visible":
                    // visible
                    break;
                case "hidden":
                    // hidden
                    break;
                }
            }, false);
        }

        if (document[visibilityState] === "visible") {
            // visible
        }

    };  

在搜索这个问题时，我发现了一个建议，即应该使用Page Visibility API。根据Can I Use: http://caniuse.com/#feat=pagevisibility，大多数现代浏览器都支持此API。

下面是一个工作示例(从这个代码片段派生出来):

$(document).ready(function() {
  var hidden, visibilityState, visibilityChange;

  if (typeof document.hidden !== "undefined") {
    hidden = "hidden", visibilityChange = "visibilitychange", visibilityState = "visibilityState";
  } else if (typeof document.msHidden !== "undefined") {
    hidden = "msHidden", visibilityChange = "msvisibilitychange", visibilityState = "msVisibilityState";
  }

  var document_hidden = document[hidden];

  document.addEventListener(visibilityChange, function() {
    if(document_hidden != document[hidden]) {
      if(document[hidden]) {
        // Document hidden
      } else {
        // Document shown
      }

      document_hidden = document[hidden];
    }
  });
});

更新:上面的例子曾经为Gecko和WebKit浏览器提供前缀属性，但我删除了这个实现，因为这些浏览器已经提供了一段时间没有前缀的页面可见性API。为了与IE10兼容，我保留了微软特有的前缀。

奇怪的是没有人提到document.hasFocus

if (document.hasFocus()) console.log('Tab is active')

MDN有更多信息。