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# BrowserWindow
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> Create and control browser windows.
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Process: [Main ](../glossary.md#main-process )
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This module cannot be used until the `ready` event of the `app`
module is emitted.
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```javascript
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// In the main process.
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const { BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
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const win = new BrowserWindow({ width: 800, height: 600 })
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// Load a remote URL
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win.loadURL('https://github.com')
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// Or load a local HTML file
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win.loadFile('index.html')
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```
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## Window customization
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The `BrowserWindow` class exposes various ways to modify the look and behavior of
your app's windows. For more details, see the [Window Customization ](../tutorial/window-customization.md )
tutorial.
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## Showing the window gracefully
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When loading a page in the window directly, users may see the page load incrementally,
which is not a good experience for a native app. To make the window display
without a visual flash, there are two solutions for different situations.
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### Using the `ready-to-show` event
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While loading the page, the `ready-to-show` event will be emitted when the renderer
process has rendered the page for the first time if the window has not been shown yet. Showing
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the window after this event will have no visual flash:
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```javascript
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const { BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
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const win = new BrowserWindow({ show: false })
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win.once('ready-to-show', () => {
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win.show()
})
```
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This event is usually emitted after the `did-finish-load` event, but for
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pages with many remote resources, it may be emitted before the `did-finish-load`
event.
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Please note that using this event implies that the renderer will be considered "visible" and
paint even though `show` is false. This event will never fire if you use `paintWhenInitiallyHidden: false`
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### Setting the `backgroundColor` property
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For a complex app, the `ready-to-show` event could be emitted too late, making
the app feel slow. In this case, it is recommended to show the window
immediately, and use a `backgroundColor` close to your app's background:
```javascript
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const { BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
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const win = new BrowserWindow({ backgroundColor: '#2e2c29' })
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win.loadURL('https://github.com')
```
Note that even for apps that use `ready-to-show` event, it is still recommended
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to set `backgroundColor` to make the app feel more native.
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Some examples of valid `backgroundColor` values include:
```js
const win = new BrowserWindow()
win.setBackgroundColor('hsl(230, 100%, 50%)')
win.setBackgroundColor('rgb(255, 145, 145)')
win.setBackgroundColor('#ff00a3')
win.setBackgroundColor('blueviolet')
```
For more information about these color types see valid options in [win.setBackgroundColor ](browser-window.md#winsetbackgroundcolorbackgroundcolor ).
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## Parent and child windows
By using `parent` option, you can create child windows:
```javascript
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const { BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
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const top = new BrowserWindow()
const child = new BrowserWindow({ parent: top })
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child.show()
top.show()
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```
The `child` window will always show on top of the `top` window.
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## Modal windows
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A modal window is a child window that disables parent window, to create a modal
window, you have to set both `parent` and `modal` options:
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```javascript
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const { BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
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const child = new BrowserWindow({ parent: top, modal: true, show: false })
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child.loadURL('https://github.com')
child.once('ready-to-show', () => {
child.show()
})
```
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## Page visibility
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The [Page Visibility API][page-visibility-api] works as follows:
* On all platforms, the visibility state tracks whether the window is
hidden/minimized or not.
* Additionally, on macOS, the visibility state also tracks the window
occlusion state. If the window is occluded (i.e. fully covered) by another
window, the visibility state will be `hidden` . On other platforms, the
visibility state will be `hidden` only when the window is minimized or
explicitly hidden with `win.hide()` .
* If a `BrowserWindow` is created with `show: false` , the initial visibility
state will be `visible` despite the window actually being hidden.
* If `backgroundThrottling` is disabled, the visibility state will remain
`visible` even if the window is minimized, occluded, or hidden.
It is recommended that you pause expensive operations when the visibility
state is `hidden` in order to minimize power consumption.
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## Platform notices
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* On macOS modal windows will be displayed as sheets attached to the parent window.
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* On macOS the child windows will keep the relative position to parent window
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when parent window moves, while on Windows and Linux child windows will not
move.
* On Linux the type of modal windows will be changed to `dialog` .
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* On Linux many desktop environments do not support hiding a modal window.
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## Class: BrowserWindow
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> Create and control browser windows.
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Process: [Main ](../glossary.md#main-process )
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`BrowserWindow` is an [EventEmitter][event-emitter].
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It creates a new `BrowserWindow` with native properties as set by the `options` .
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### `new BrowserWindow([options])`
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* `options` [BrowserWindowConstructorOptions ](structures/browser-window-options.md?inline ) (optional)
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### Instance Events
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Objects created with `new BrowserWindow` emit the following events:
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**Note:** Some events are only available on specific operating systems and are
labeled as such.
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#### Event: 'page-title-updated'
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Returns:
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* `event` Event
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* `title` string
* `explicitSet` boolean
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Emitted when the document changed its title, calling `event.preventDefault()`
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will prevent the native window's title from changing.
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`explicitSet` is false when title is synthesized from file URL.
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#### Event: 'close'
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Returns:
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* `event` Event
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Emitted when the window is going to be closed. It's emitted before the
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`beforeunload` and `unload` event of the DOM. Calling `event.preventDefault()`
will cancel the close.
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Usually you would want to use the `beforeunload` handler to decide whether the
window should be closed, which will also be called when the window is
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reloaded. In Electron, returning any value other than `undefined` would cancel the
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close. For example:
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```javascript
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window.onbeforeunload = (e) => {
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console.log('I do not want to be closed')
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// Unlike usual browsers that a message box will be prompted to users, returning
// a non-void value will silently cancel the close.
// It is recommended to use the dialog API to let the user confirm closing the
// application.
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e.returnValue = false
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}
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```
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_**Note**: There is a subtle difference between the behaviors of `window.onbeforeunload = handler` and `window.addEventListener('beforeunload', handler)` . It is recommended to always set the `event.returnValue` explicitly, instead of only returning a value, as the former works more consistently within Electron._
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#### Event: 'closed'
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Emitted when the window is closed. After you have received this event you should
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remove the reference to the window and avoid using it any more.
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#### Event: 'session-end' _Windows_
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Emitted when window session is going to end due to force shutdown or machine restart
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or session log off.
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#### Event: 'unresponsive'
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Emitted when the web page becomes unresponsive.
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#### Event: 'responsive'
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Emitted when the unresponsive web page becomes responsive again.
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#### Event: 'blur'
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Emitted when the window loses focus.
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#### Event: 'focus'
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Emitted when the window gains focus.
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#### Event: 'show'
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Emitted when the window is shown.
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#### Event: 'hide'
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Emitted when the window is hidden.
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#### Event: 'ready-to-show'
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Emitted when the web page has been rendered (while not being shown) and window can be displayed without
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a visual flash.
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Please note that using this event implies that the renderer will be considered "visible" and
paint even though `show` is false. This event will never fire if you use `paintWhenInitiallyHidden: false`
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#### Event: 'maximize'
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Emitted when window is maximized.
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#### Event: 'unmaximize'
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Emitted when the window exits from a maximized state.
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#### Event: 'minimize'
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Emitted when the window is minimized.
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#### Event: 'restore'
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Emitted when the window is restored from a minimized state.
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#### Event: 'will-resize' _macOS_ _Windows_
Returns:
* `event` Event
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* `newBounds` [Rectangle ](structures/rectangle.md ) - Size the window is being resized to.
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* `details` Object
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* `edge` (string) - The edge of the window being dragged for resizing. Can be `bottom` , `left` , `right` , `top-left` , `top-right` , `bottom-left` or `bottom-right` .
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Emitted before the window is resized. Calling `event.preventDefault()` will prevent the window from being resized.
Note that this is only emitted when the window is being resized manually. Resizing the window with `setBounds` /`setSize` will not emit this event.
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The possible values and behaviors of the `edge` option are platform dependent. Possible values are:
* On Windows, possible values are `bottom` , `top` , `left` , `right` , `top-left` , `top-right` , `bottom-left` , `bottom-right` .
* On macOS, possible values are `bottom` and `right` .
* The value `bottom` is used to denote vertical resizing.
* The value `right` is used to denote horizontal resizing.
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#### Event: 'resize'
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Emitted after the window has been resized.
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#### Event: 'resized' _macOS_ _Windows_
Emitted once when the window has finished being resized.
This is usually emitted when the window has been resized manually. On macOS, resizing the window with `setBounds` /`setSize` and setting the `animate` parameter to `true` will also emit this event once resizing has finished.
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#### Event: 'will-move' _macOS_ _Windows_
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Returns:
* `event` Event
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* `newBounds` [Rectangle ](structures/rectangle.md ) - Location the window is being moved to.
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Emitted before the window is moved. On Windows, calling `event.preventDefault()` will prevent the window from being moved.
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Note that this is only emitted when the window is being moved manually. Moving the window with `setPosition` /`setBounds`/`center` will not emit this event.
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#### Event: 'move'
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Emitted when the window is being moved to a new position.
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#### Event: 'moved' _macOS_ _Windows_
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Emitted once when the window is moved to a new position.
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**Note**: On macOS this event is an alias of `move` .
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#### Event: 'enter-full-screen'
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Emitted when the window enters a full-screen state.
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#### Event: 'leave-full-screen'
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Emitted when the window leaves a full-screen state.
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#### Event: 'enter-html-full-screen'
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Emitted when the window enters a full-screen state triggered by HTML API.
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#### Event: 'leave-html-full-screen'
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Emitted when the window leaves a full-screen state triggered by HTML API.
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#### Event: 'always-on-top-changed'
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Returns:
* `event` Event
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* `isAlwaysOnTop` boolean
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Emitted when the window is set or unset to show always on top of other windows.
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#### Event: 'app-command' _Windows_ _Linux_
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Returns:
* `event` Event
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* `command` string
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Emitted when an [App Command ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/inputdev/wm-appcommand )
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is invoked. These are typically related to keyboard media keys or browser
commands, as well as the "Back" button built into some mice on Windows.
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Commands are lowercased, underscores are replaced with hyphens, and the
`APPCOMMAND_` prefix is stripped off.
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e.g. `APPCOMMAND_BROWSER_BACKWARD` is emitted as `browser-backward` .
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```javascript
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const { BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
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const win = new BrowserWindow()
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win.on('app-command', (e, cmd) => {
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// Navigate the window back when the user hits their mouse back button
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if (cmd === 'browser-backward' & & win.webContents.canGoBack()) {
win.webContents.goBack()
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}
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})
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```
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The following app commands are explicitly supported on Linux:
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* `browser-backward`
* `browser-forward`
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#### Event: 'scroll-touch-begin' _macOS_ _Deprecated_
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Emitted when scroll wheel event phase has begun.
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> **Note**
> This event is deprecated beginning in Electron 22.0.0. See [Breaking
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> Changes](../breaking-changes.md#deprecated-browserwindow-scroll-touch--events)
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> for details of how to migrate to using the [WebContents
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> `input-event`](./web-contents.md#event-input-event) event.
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#### Event: 'scroll-touch-end' _macOS_ _Deprecated_
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Emitted when scroll wheel event phase has ended.
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> **Note**
> This event is deprecated beginning in Electron 22.0.0. See [Breaking
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> Changes](../breaking-changes.md#deprecated-browserwindow-scroll-touch--events)
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> for details of how to migrate to using the [WebContents
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> `input-event`](./web-contents.md#event-input-event) event.
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#### Event: 'scroll-touch-edge' _macOS_ _Deprecated_
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Emitted when scroll wheel event phase filed upon reaching the edge of element.
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> **Note**
> This event is deprecated beginning in Electron 22.0.0. See [Breaking
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> Changes](../breaking-changes.md#deprecated-browserwindow-scroll-touch--events)
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> for details of how to migrate to using the [WebContents
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> `input-event`](./web-contents.md#event-input-event) event.
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#### Event: 'swipe' _macOS_
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Returns:
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* `event` Event
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* `direction` string
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Emitted on 3-finger swipe. Possible directions are `up` , `right` , `down` , `left` .
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The method underlying this event is built to handle older macOS-style trackpad swiping,
where the content on the screen doesn't move with the swipe. Most macOS trackpads are not
configured to allow this kind of swiping anymore, so in order for it to emit properly the
'Swipe between pages' preference in `System Preferences > Trackpad > More Gestures` must be
set to 'Swipe with two or three fingers'.
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#### Event: 'rotate-gesture' _macOS_
Returns:
* `event` Event
* `rotation` Float
Emitted on trackpad rotation gesture. Continually emitted until rotation gesture is
ended. The `rotation` value on each emission is the angle in degrees rotated since
the last emission. The last emitted event upon a rotation gesture will always be of
value `0` . Counter-clockwise rotation values are positive, while clockwise ones are
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#### Event: 'sheet-begin' _macOS_
Emitted when the window opens a sheet.
#### Event: 'sheet-end' _macOS_
Emitted when the window has closed a sheet.
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#### Event: 'new-window-for-tab' _macOS_
Emitted when the native new tab button is clicked.
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#### Event: 'system-context-menu' _Windows_
Returns:
* `event` Event
* `point` [Point ](structures/point.md ) - The screen coordinates the context menu was triggered at
Emitted when the system context menu is triggered on the window, this is
normally only triggered when the user right clicks on the non-client area
of your window. This is the window titlebar or any area you have declared
as `-webkit-app-region: drag` in a frameless window.
Calling `event.preventDefault()` will prevent the menu from being displayed.
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### Static Methods
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The `BrowserWindow` class has the following static methods:
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#### `BrowserWindow.getAllWindows()`
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Returns `BrowserWindow[]` - An array of all opened browser windows.
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#### `BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow()`
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Returns `BrowserWindow | null` - The window that is focused in this application, otherwise returns `null` .
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#### `BrowserWindow.fromWebContents(webContents)`
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* `webContents` [WebContents ](web-contents.md )
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Returns `BrowserWindow | null` - The window that owns the given `webContents`
or `null` if the contents are not owned by a window.
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#### `BrowserWindow.fromBrowserView(browserView)`
* `browserView` [BrowserView ](browser-view.md )
Returns `BrowserWindow | null` - The window that owns the given `browserView` . If the given view is not attached to any window, returns `null` .
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#### `BrowserWindow.fromId(id)`
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* `id` Integer
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Returns `BrowserWindow | null` - The window with the given `id` .
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### Instance Properties
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Objects created with `new BrowserWindow` have the following properties:
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```javascript
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const { BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
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// In this example `win` is our instance
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const win = new BrowserWindow({ width: 800, height: 600 })
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win.loadURL('https://github.com')
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```
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#### `win.webContents` _Readonly_
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A `WebContents` object this window owns. All web page related events and
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operations will be done via it.
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See the [`webContents` documentation ](web-contents.md ) for its methods and
events.
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#### `win.id` _Readonly_
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A `Integer` property representing the unique ID of the window. Each ID is unique among all `BrowserWindow` instances of the entire Electron application.
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#### `win.autoHideMenuBar`
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A `boolean` property that determines whether the window menu bar should hide itself automatically. Once set, the menu bar will only show when users press the single `Alt` key.
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If the menu bar is already visible, setting this property to `true` won't
hide it immediately.
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#### `win.simpleFullScreen`
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A `boolean` property that determines whether the window is in simple (pre-Lion) fullscreen mode.
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#### `win.fullScreen`
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A `boolean` property that determines whether the window is in fullscreen mode.
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#### `win.focusable` _Windows_ _macOS_
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A `boolean` property that determines whether the window is focusable.
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#### `win.visibleOnAllWorkspaces` _macOS_ _Linux_
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A `boolean` property that determines whether the window is visible on all workspaces.
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**Note:** Always returns false on Windows.
#### `win.shadow`
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A `boolean` property that determines whether the window has a shadow.
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#### `win.menuBarVisible` _Windows_ _Linux_
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A `boolean` property that determines whether the menu bar should be visible.
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**Note:** If the menu bar is auto-hide, users can still bring up the menu bar by pressing the single `Alt` key.
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#### `win.kiosk`
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A `boolean` property that determines whether the window is in kiosk mode.
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#### `win.documentEdited` _macOS_
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A `boolean` property that specifies whether the window’ s document has been edited.
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The icon in title bar will become gray when set to `true` .
#### `win.representedFilename` _macOS_
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A `string` property that determines the pathname of the file the window represents,
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and the icon of the file will show in window's title bar.
#### `win.title`
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A `string` property that determines the title of the native window.
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**Note:** The title of the web page can be different from the title of the native window.
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#### `win.minimizable` _macOS_ _Windows_
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A `boolean` property that determines whether the window can be manually minimized by user.
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On Linux the setter is a no-op, although the getter returns `true` .
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#### `win.maximizable` _macOS_ _Windows_
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A `boolean` property that determines whether the window can be manually maximized by user.
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On Linux the setter is a no-op, although the getter returns `true` .
#### `win.fullScreenable`
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A `boolean` property that determines whether the maximize/zoom window button toggles fullscreen mode or
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maximizes the window.
#### `win.resizable`
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A `boolean` property that determines whether the window can be manually resized by user.
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#### `win.closable` _macOS_ _Windows_
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A `boolean` property that determines whether the window can be manually closed by user.
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On Linux the setter is a no-op, although the getter returns `true` .
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#### `win.movable` _macOS_ _Windows_
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A `boolean` property that determines Whether the window can be moved by user.
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On Linux the setter is a no-op, although the getter returns `true` .
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#### `win.excludedFromShownWindowsMenu` _macOS_
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A `boolean` property that determines whether the window is excluded from the application’ s Windows menu. `false` by default.
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```js
const win = new BrowserWindow({ height: 600, width: 600 })
const template = [
{
role: 'windowmenu'
}
]
win.excludedFromShownWindowsMenu = true
const menu = Menu.buildFromTemplate(template)
Menu.setApplicationMenu(menu)
```
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#### `win.accessibleTitle`
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A `string` property that defines an alternative title provided only to
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accessibility tools such as screen readers. This string is not directly
visible to users.
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### Instance Methods
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Objects created with `new BrowserWindow` have the following instance methods:
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**Note:** Some methods are only available on specific operating systems and are
labeled as such.
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#### `win.destroy()`
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Force closing the window, the `unload` and `beforeunload` event won't be emitted
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for the web page, and `close` event will also not be emitted
for this window, but it guarantees the `closed` event will be emitted.
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#### `win.close()`
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Try to close the window. This has the same effect as a user manually clicking
the close button of the window. The web page may cancel the close though. See
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the [close event ](#event-close ).
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#### `win.focus()`
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Focuses on the window.
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#### `win.blur()`
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Removes focus from the window.
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#### `win.isFocused()`
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window is focused.
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#### `win.isDestroyed()`
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window is destroyed.
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#### `win.show()`
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Shows and gives focus to the window.
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#### `win.showInactive()`
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Shows the window but doesn't focus on it.
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#### `win.hide()`
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Hides the window.
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#### `win.isVisible()`
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window is visible to the user.
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#### `win.isModal()`
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Returns `boolean` - Whether current window is a modal window.
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#### `win.maximize()`
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Maximizes the window. This will also show (but not focus) the window if it
isn't being displayed already.
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#### `win.unmaximize()`
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Unmaximizes the window.
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#### `win.isMaximized()`
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window is maximized.
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#### `win.minimize()`
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Minimizes the window. On some platforms the minimized window will be shown in
the Dock.
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#### `win.restore()`
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Restores the window from minimized state to its previous state.
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#### `win.isMinimized()`
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window is minimized.
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#### `win.setFullScreen(flag)`
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* `flag` boolean
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Sets whether the window should be in fullscreen mode.
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**Note:** On macOS, fullscreen transitions take place asynchronously. If further actions depend on the fullscreen state, use the ['enter-full-screen' ](browser-window.md#event-enter-full-screen ) or ['leave-full-screen' ](browser-window.md#event-leave-full-screen ) events.
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#### `win.isFullScreen()`
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window is in fullscreen mode.
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#### `win.setSimpleFullScreen(flag)` _macOS_
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* `flag` boolean
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Enters or leaves simple fullscreen mode.
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Simple fullscreen mode emulates the native fullscreen behavior found in versions of macOS prior to Lion (10.7).
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#### `win.isSimpleFullScreen()` _macOS_
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window is in simple (pre-Lion) fullscreen mode.
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#### `win.isNormal()`
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window is in normal state (not maximized, not minimized, not in fullscreen mode).
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#### `win.setAspectRatio(aspectRatio[, extraSize])`
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* `aspectRatio` Float - The aspect ratio to maintain for some portion of the
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content view.
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* `extraSize` [Size ](structures/size.md ) (optional) _macOS_ - The extra size not to be included while
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maintaining the aspect ratio.
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This will make a window maintain an aspect ratio. The extra size allows a
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developer to have space, specified in pixels, not included within the aspect
ratio calculations. This API already takes into account the difference between a
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window's size and its content size.
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Consider a normal window with an HD video player and associated controls.
Perhaps there are 15 pixels of controls on the left edge, 25 pixels of controls
on the right edge and 50 pixels of controls below the player. In order to
maintain a 16:9 aspect ratio (standard aspect ratio for HD @1920x1080 ) within
the player itself we would call this function with arguments of 16/9 and
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{ width: 40, height: 50 }. The second argument doesn't care where the extra width and height
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are within the content view--only that they exist. Sum any extra width and
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height areas you have within the overall content view.
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The aspect ratio is not respected when window is resized programmatically with
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APIs like `win.setSize` .
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To reset an aspect ratio, pass 0 as the `aspectRatio` value: `win.setAspectRatio(0)` .
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#### `win.setBackgroundColor(backgroundColor)`
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* `backgroundColor` string - Color in Hex, RGB, RGBA, HSL, HSLA or named CSS color format. The alpha channel is optional for the hex type.
Examples of valid `backgroundColor` values:
* Hex
* #fff (shorthand RGB)
* #ffff (shorthand ARGB)
* #ffffff (RGB)
* #ffffffff (ARGB)
* RGB
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* rgb\((\[\d]+),\s*(\[\d]+),\s*(\[\d]+)\)
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* e.g. rgb(255, 255, 255)
* RGBA
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* rgba\((\[\d]+),\s*(\[\d]+),\s*(\[\d]+),\s*(\[\d.]+)\)
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* e.g. rgba(255, 255, 255, 1.0)
* HSL
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* hsl\((-?\[\d.]+),\s*(\[\d.]+)%,\s*(\[\d.]+)%\)
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* e.g. hsl(200, 20%, 50%)
* HSLA
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* hsla\((-?\[\d.]+),\s*(\[\d.]+)%,\s*(\[\d.]+)%,\s*(\[\d.]+)\)
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* e.g. hsla(200, 20%, 50%, 0.5)
* Color name
* Options are listed in [SkParseColor.cpp ](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/skia/src/utils/SkParseColor.cpp;l=11-152;drc=eea4bf52cb0d55e2a39c828b017c80a5ee054148 )
* Similar to CSS Color Module Level 3 keywords, but case-sensitive.
* e.g. `blueviolet` or `red`
Sets the background color of the window. See [Setting `backgroundColor` ](#setting-the-backgroundcolor-property ).
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#### `win.previewFile(path[, displayName])` _macOS_
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* `path` string - The absolute path to the file to preview with QuickLook. This
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is important as Quick Look uses the file name and file extension on the path
to determine the content type of the file to open.
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* `displayName` string (optional) - The name of the file to display on the
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Quick Look modal view. This is purely visual and does not affect the content
type of the file. Defaults to `path` .
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Uses [Quick Look][quick-look] to preview a file at a given path.
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#### `win.closeFilePreview()` _macOS_
Closes the currently open [Quick Look][quick-look] panel.
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#### `win.setBounds(bounds[, animate])`
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* `bounds` Partial< [Rectangle](structures/rectangle.md)>
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* `animate` boolean (optional) _macOS_
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Resizes and moves the window to the supplied bounds. Any properties that are not supplied will default to their current values.
```javascript
const { BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
const win = new BrowserWindow()
// set all bounds properties
win.setBounds({ x: 440, y: 225, width: 800, height: 600 })
// set a single bounds property
win.setBounds({ width: 100 })
// { x: 440, y: 225, width: 100, height: 600 }
console.log(win.getBounds())
```
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#### `win.getBounds()`
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Returns [`Rectangle` ](structures/rectangle.md ) - The `bounds` of the window as `Object` .
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#### `win.getBackgroundColor()`
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Returns `string` - Gets the background color of the window in Hex (`#RRGGBB`) format.
See [Setting `backgroundColor` ](#setting-the-backgroundcolor-property ).
**Note:** The alpha value is _not_ returned alongside the red, green, and blue values.
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#### `win.setContentBounds(bounds[, animate])`
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* `bounds` [Rectangle ](structures/rectangle.md )
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* `animate` boolean (optional) _macOS_
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Resizes and moves the window's client area (e.g. the web page) to
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the supplied bounds.
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#### `win.getContentBounds()`
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Returns [`Rectangle` ](structures/rectangle.md ) - The `bounds` of the window's client area as `Object` .
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#### `win.getNormalBounds()`
Returns [`Rectangle` ](structures/rectangle.md ) - Contains the window bounds of the normal state
**Note:** whatever the current state of the window : maximized, minimized or in fullscreen, this function always returns the position and size of the window in normal state. In normal state, getBounds and getNormalBounds returns the same [`Rectangle` ](structures/rectangle.md ).
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#### `win.setEnabled(enable)`
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* `enable` boolean
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Disable or enable the window.
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#### `win.isEnabled()`
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Returns `boolean` - whether the window is enabled.
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#### `win.setSize(width, height[, animate])`
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* `width` Integer
* `height` Integer
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* `animate` boolean (optional) _macOS_
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Resizes the window to `width` and `height` . If `width` or `height` are below any set minimum size constraints the window will snap to its minimum size.
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#### `win.getSize()`
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Returns `Integer[]` - Contains the window's width and height.
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#### `win.setContentSize(width, height[, animate])`
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* `width` Integer
* `height` Integer
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* `animate` boolean (optional) _macOS_
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Resizes the window's client area (e.g. the web page) to `width` and `height` .
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#### `win.getContentSize()`
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Returns `Integer[]` - Contains the window's client area's width and height.
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#### `win.setMinimumSize(width, height)`
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* `width` Integer
* `height` Integer
Sets the minimum size of window to `width` and `height` .
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#### `win.getMinimumSize()`
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Returns `Integer[]` - Contains the window's minimum width and height.
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#### `win.setMaximumSize(width, height)`
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* `width` Integer
* `height` Integer
Sets the maximum size of window to `width` and `height` .
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#### `win.getMaximumSize()`
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Returns `Integer[]` - Contains the window's maximum width and height.
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#### `win.setResizable(resizable)`
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* `resizable` boolean
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Sets whether the window can be manually resized by the user.
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#### `win.isResizable()`
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window can be manually resized by the user.
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#### `win.setMovable(movable)` _macOS_ _Windows_
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* `movable` boolean
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Sets whether the window can be moved by user. On Linux does nothing.
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#### `win.isMovable()` _macOS_ _Windows_
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window can be moved by user.
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On Linux always returns `true` .
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#### `win.setMinimizable(minimizable)` _macOS_ _Windows_
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* `minimizable` boolean
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Sets whether the window can be manually minimized by user. On Linux does nothing.
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#### `win.isMinimizable()` _macOS_ _Windows_
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window can be manually minimized by the user.
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On Linux always returns `true` .
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#### `win.setMaximizable(maximizable)` _macOS_ _Windows_
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* `maximizable` boolean
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Sets whether the window can be manually maximized by user. On Linux does nothing.
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#### `win.isMaximizable()` _macOS_ _Windows_
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window can be manually maximized by user.
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On Linux always returns `true` .
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#### `win.setFullScreenable(fullscreenable)`
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* `fullscreenable` boolean
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Sets whether the maximize/zoom window button toggles fullscreen mode or maximizes the window.
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#### `win.isFullScreenable()`
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the maximize/zoom window button toggles fullscreen mode or maximizes the window.
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#### `win.setClosable(closable)` _macOS_ _Windows_
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* `closable` boolean
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Sets whether the window can be manually closed by user. On Linux does nothing.
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#### `win.isClosable()` _macOS_ _Windows_
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window can be manually closed by user.
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On Linux always returns `true` .
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#### `win.setHiddenInMissionControl(hidden)` _macOS_
* `hidden` boolean
Sets whether the window will be hidden when the user toggles into mission control.
#### `win.isHiddenInMissionControl()` _macOS_
Returns `boolean` - Whether the window will be hidden when the user toggles into mission control.
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#### `win.setAlwaysOnTop(flag[, level][, relativeLevel])`
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* `flag` boolean
* `level` string (optional) _macOS_ _Windows_ - Values include `normal` ,
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`floating` , `torn-off-menu` , `modal-panel` , `main-menu` , `status` ,
`pop-up-menu` , `screen-saver` , and ~~`dock`~~ (Deprecated). The default is
`floating` when `flag` is true. The `level` is reset to `normal` when the
flag is false. Note that from `floating` to `status` included, the window is
placed below the Dock on macOS and below the taskbar on Windows. From
`pop-up-menu` to a higher it is shown above the Dock on macOS and above the
taskbar on Windows. See the [macOS docs][window-levels] for more details.
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* `relativeLevel` Integer (optional) _macOS_ - The number of layers higher to set
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this window relative to the given `level` . The default is `0` . Note that Apple
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discourages setting levels higher than 1 above `screen-saver` .
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Sets whether the window should show always on top of other windows. After
setting this, the window is still a normal window, not a toolbox window which
can not be focused on.
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#### `win.isAlwaysOnTop()`
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window is always on top of other windows.
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#### `win.moveAbove(mediaSourceId)`
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* `mediaSourceId` string - Window id in the format of DesktopCapturerSource's id. For example "window:1869:0".
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Moves window above the source window in the sense of z-order. If the
`mediaSourceId` is not of type window or if the window does not exist then
this method throws an error.
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#### `win.moveTop()`
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Moves window to top(z-order) regardless of focus
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#### `win.center()`
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Moves window to the center of the screen.
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#### `win.setPosition(x, y[, animate])`
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* `x` Integer
* `y` Integer
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* `animate` boolean (optional) _macOS_
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Moves window to `x` and `y` .
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#### `win.getPosition()`
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Returns `Integer[]` - Contains the window's current position.
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#### `win.setTitle(title)`
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* `title` string
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Changes the title of native window to `title` .
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#### `win.getTitle()`
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Returns `string` - The title of the native window.
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**Note:** The title of the web page can be different from the title of the native
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window.
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#### `win.setSheetOffset(offsetY[, offsetX])` _macOS_
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* `offsetY` Float
* `offsetX` Float (optional)
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Changes the attachment point for sheets on macOS. By default, sheets are
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attached just below the window frame, but you may want to display them beneath
a HTML-rendered toolbar. For example:
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```javascript
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const { BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
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const win = new BrowserWindow()
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const toolbarRect = document.getElementById('toolbar').getBoundingClientRect()
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win.setSheetOffset(toolbarRect.height)
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```
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#### `win.flashFrame(flag)`
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* `flag` boolean
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Starts or stops flashing the window to attract user's attention.
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#### `win.setSkipTaskbar(skip)` _macOS_ _Windows_
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* `skip` boolean
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Makes the window not show in the taskbar.
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#### `win.setKiosk(flag)`
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* `flag` boolean
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Enters or leaves kiosk mode.
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#### `win.isKiosk()`
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window is in kiosk mode.
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#### `win.isTabletMode()` _Windows_
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window is in Windows 10 tablet mode.
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Since Windows 10 users can [use their PC as tablet ](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17210/windows-10-use-your-pc-like-a-tablet ),
under this mode apps can choose to optimize their UI for tablets, such as
enlarging the titlebar and hiding titlebar buttons.
This API returns whether the window is in tablet mode, and the `resize` event
can be be used to listen to changes to tablet mode.
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#### `win.getMediaSourceId()`
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Returns `string` - Window id in the format of DesktopCapturerSource's id. For example "window:1324:0".
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More precisely the format is `window:id:other_id` where `id` is `HWND` on
Windows, `CGWindowID` (`uint64_t`) on macOS and `Window` (`unsigned long`) on
Linux. `other_id` is used to identify web contents (tabs) so within the same
top level window.
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#### `win.getNativeWindowHandle()`
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Returns `Buffer` - The platform-specific handle of the window.
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The native type of the handle is `HWND` on Windows, `NSView*` on macOS, and
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`Window` (`unsigned long`) on Linux.
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#### `win.hookWindowMessage(message, callback)` _Windows_
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* `message` Integer
* `callback` Function
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* `wParam` Buffer - The `wParam` provided to the WndProc
* `lParam` Buffer - The `lParam` provided to the WndProc
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Hooks a windows message. The `callback` is called when
the message is received in the WndProc.
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#### `win.isWindowMessageHooked(message)` _Windows_
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* `message` Integer
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Returns `boolean` - `true` or `false` depending on whether the message is hooked.
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#### `win.unhookWindowMessage(message)` _Windows_
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* `message` Integer
Unhook the window message.
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#### `win.unhookAllWindowMessages()` _Windows_
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Unhooks all of the window messages.
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#### `win.setRepresentedFilename(filename)` _macOS_
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* `filename` string
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Sets the pathname of the file the window represents, and the icon of the file
will show in window's title bar.
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#### `win.getRepresentedFilename()` _macOS_
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Returns `string` - The pathname of the file the window represents.
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#### `win.setDocumentEdited(edited)` _macOS_
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* `edited` boolean
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Specifies whether the window’ s document has been edited, and the icon in title
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bar will become gray when set to `true` .
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#### `win.isDocumentEdited()` _macOS_
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window's document has been edited.
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#### `win.focusOnWebView()`
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#### `win.blurWebView()`
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#### `win.capturePage([rect, opts])`
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* `rect` [Rectangle ](structures/rectangle.md ) (optional) - The bounds to capture
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* `opts` Object (optional)
* `stayHidden` boolean (optional) - Keep the page hidden instead of visible. Default is `false` .
* `stayAwake` boolean (optional) - Keep the system awake instead of allowing it to sleep. Default is `false` .
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Returns `Promise<NativeImage>` - Resolves with a [NativeImage ](native-image.md )
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Captures a snapshot of the page within `rect` . Omitting `rect` will capture the whole visible page. If the page is not visible, `rect` may be empty. The page is considered visible when its browser window is hidden and the capturer count is non-zero. If you would like the page to stay hidden, you should ensure that `stayHidden` is set to true.
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#### `win.loadURL(url[, options])`
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* `url` string
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* `options` Object (optional)
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* `httpReferrer` (string | [Referrer ](structures/referrer.md )) (optional) - An HTTP Referrer URL.
* `userAgent` string (optional) - A user agent originating the request.
* `extraHeaders` string (optional) - Extra headers separated by "\n"
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* `postData` ([UploadRawData](structures/upload-raw-data.md) | [UploadFile ](structures/upload-file.md ))[] (optional)
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* `baseURLForDataURL` string (optional) - Base URL (with trailing path separator) for files to be loaded by the data URL. This is needed only if the specified `url` is a data URL and needs to load other files.
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Returns `Promise<void>` - the promise will resolve when the page has finished loading
(see [`did-finish-load` ](web-contents.md#event-did-finish-load )), and rejects
if the page fails to load (see [`did-fail-load` ](web-contents.md#event-did-fail-load )).
Same as [`webContents.loadURL(url[, options])`](web-contents.md#contentsloadurlurl-options).
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The `url` can be a remote address (e.g. `http://` ) or a path to a local
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HTML file using the `file://` protocol.
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To ensure that file URLs are properly formatted, it is recommended to use
Node's [`url.format` ](https://nodejs.org/api/url.html#url_url_format_urlobject )
method:
```javascript
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const url = require('url').format({
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protocol: 'file',
slashes: true,
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pathname: require('path').join(__dirname, 'index.html')
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})
win.loadURL(url)
```
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You can load a URL using a `POST` request with URL-encoded data by doing
the following:
```javascript
win.loadURL('http://localhost:8000/post', {
postData: [{
type: 'rawData',
bytes: Buffer.from('hello=world')
}],
extraHeaders: 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
})
```
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#### `win.loadFile(filePath[, options])`
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* `filePath` string
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* `options` Object (optional)
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* `query` Record< string , string > (optional) - Passed to `url.format()` .
* `search` string (optional) - Passed to `url.format()` .
* `hash` string (optional) - Passed to `url.format()` .
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Returns `Promise<void>` - the promise will resolve when the page has finished loading
(see [`did-finish-load` ](web-contents.md#event-did-finish-load )), and rejects
if the page fails to load (see [`did-fail-load` ](web-contents.md#event-did-fail-load )).
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Same as `webContents.loadFile` , `filePath` should be a path to an HTML
file relative to the root of your application. See the `webContents` docs
for more information.
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#### `win.reload()`
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Same as `webContents.reload` .
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#### `win.setMenu(menu)` _Linux_ _Windows_
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* `menu` Menu | null
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Sets the `menu` as the window's menu bar.
#### `win.removeMenu()` _Linux_ _Windows_
Remove the window's menu bar.
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#### `win.setProgressBar(progress[, options])`
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* `progress` Double
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* `options` Object (optional)
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* `mode` string _Windows_ - Mode for the progress bar. Can be `none` , `normal` , `indeterminate` , `error` or `paused` .
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Sets progress value in progress bar. Valid range is \[0, 1.0].
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Remove progress bar when progress < 0 ;
Change to indeterminate mode when progress > 1.
On Linux platform, only supports Unity desktop environment, you need to specify
the `*.desktop` file name to `desktopName` field in `package.json` . By default,
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it will assume `{app.name}.desktop` .
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On Windows, a mode can be passed. Accepted values are `none` , `normal` ,
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`indeterminate` , `error` , and `paused` . If you call `setProgressBar` without a
mode set (but with a value within the valid range), `normal` will be assumed.
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#### `win.setOverlayIcon(overlay, description)` _Windows_
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* `overlay` [NativeImage ](native-image.md ) | null - the icon to display on the bottom
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right corner of the taskbar icon. If this parameter is `null` , the overlay is
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cleared
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* `description` string - a description that will be provided to Accessibility
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screen readers
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Sets a 16 x 16 pixel overlay onto the current taskbar icon, usually used to
convey some sort of application status or to passively notify the user.
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#### `win.invalidateShadow()` _macOS_
Invalidates the window shadow so that it is recomputed based on the current window shape.
`BrowserWindows` that are transparent can sometimes leave behind visual artifacts on macOS.
This method can be used to clear these artifacts when, for example, performing an animation.
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#### `win.setHasShadow(hasShadow)`
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* `hasShadow` boolean
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Sets whether the window should have a shadow.
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#### `win.hasShadow()`
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window has a shadow.
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#### `win.setOpacity(opacity)` _Windows_ _macOS_
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* `opacity` number - between 0.0 (fully transparent) and 1.0 (fully opaque)
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Sets the opacity of the window. On Linux, does nothing. Out of bound number
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values are clamped to the \[0, 1] range.
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#### `win.getOpacity()`
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Returns `number` - between 0.0 (fully transparent) and 1.0 (fully opaque). On
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Linux, always returns 1.
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#### `win.setShape(rects)` _Windows_ _Linux_ _Experimental_
* `rects` [Rectangle[]](structures/rectangle.md) - Sets a shape on the window.
Passing an empty list reverts the window to being rectangular.
Setting a window shape determines the area within the window where the system
permits drawing and user interaction. Outside of the given region, no pixels
will be drawn and no mouse events will be registered. Mouse events outside of
the region will not be received by that window, but will fall through to
whatever is behind the window.
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#### `win.setThumbarButtons(buttons)` _Windows_
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* `buttons` [ThumbarButton[]](structures/thumbar-button.md)
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the buttons were added successfully
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Add a thumbnail toolbar with a specified set of buttons to the thumbnail image
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of a window in a taskbar button layout. Returns a `boolean` object indicates
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whether the thumbnail has been added successfully.
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The number of buttons in thumbnail toolbar should be no greater than 7 due to
the limited room. Once you setup the thumbnail toolbar, the toolbar cannot be
removed due to the platform's limitation. But you can call the API with an empty
array to clean the buttons.
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The `buttons` is an array of `Button` objects:
* `Button` Object
* `icon` [NativeImage ](native-image.md ) - The icon showing in thumbnail
toolbar.
* `click` Function
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* `tooltip` string (optional) - The text of the button's tooltip.
* `flags` string[] (optional) - Control specific states and behaviors of the
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button. By default, it is `['enabled']` .
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The `flags` is an array that can include following `string` s:
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* `enabled` - The button is active and available to the user.
* `disabled` - The button is disabled. It is present, but has a visual state
indicating it will not respond to user action.
* `dismissonclick` - When the button is clicked, the thumbnail window closes
immediately.
* `nobackground` - Do not draw a button border, use only the image.
* `hidden` - The button is not shown to the user.
* `noninteractive` - The button is enabled but not interactive; no pressed
button state is drawn. This value is intended for instances where the button
is used in a notification.
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#### `win.setThumbnailClip(region)` _Windows_
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* `region` [Rectangle ](structures/rectangle.md ) - Region of the window
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Sets the region of the window to show as the thumbnail image displayed when
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hovering over the window in the taskbar. You can reset the thumbnail to be
the entire window by specifying an empty region:
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`{ x: 0, y: 0, width: 0, height: 0 }` .
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#### `win.setThumbnailToolTip(toolTip)` _Windows_
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* `toolTip` string
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Sets the toolTip that is displayed when hovering over the window thumbnail
in the taskbar.
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#### `win.setAppDetails(options)` _Windows_
* `options` Object
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* `appId` string (optional) - Window's [App User Model ID ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/appids ).
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It has to be set, otherwise the other options will have no effect.
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* `appIconPath` string (optional) - Window's [Relaunch Icon ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/properties/props-system-appusermodel-relaunchiconresource ).
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* `appIconIndex` Integer (optional) - Index of the icon in `appIconPath` .
Ignored when `appIconPath` is not set. Default is `0` .
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* `relaunchCommand` string (optional) - Window's [Relaunch Command ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/properties/props-system-appusermodel-relaunchcommand ).
* `relaunchDisplayName` string (optional) - Window's [Relaunch Display Name ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/properties/props-system-appusermodel-relaunchdisplaynameresource ).
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Sets the properties for the window's taskbar button.
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**Note:** `relaunchCommand` and `relaunchDisplayName` must always be set
together. If one of those properties is not set, then neither will be used.
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#### `win.showDefinitionForSelection()` _macOS_
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Same as `webContents.showDefinitionForSelection()` .
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#### `win.setIcon(icon)` _Windows_ _Linux_
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* `icon` [NativeImage ](native-image.md ) | string
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Changes window icon.
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#### `win.setWindowButtonVisibility(visible)` _macOS_
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* `visible` boolean
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Sets whether the window traffic light buttons should be visible.
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#### `win.setAutoHideMenuBar(hide)` _Windows_ _Linux_
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* `hide` boolean
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Sets whether the window menu bar should hide itself automatically. Once set the
menu bar will only show when users press the single `Alt` key.
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If the menu bar is already visible, calling `setAutoHideMenuBar(true)` won't hide it immediately.
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#### `win.isMenuBarAutoHide()` _Windows_ _Linux_
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Returns `boolean` - Whether menu bar automatically hides itself.
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#### `win.setMenuBarVisibility(visible)` _Windows_ _Linux_
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* `visible` boolean
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Sets whether the menu bar should be visible. If the menu bar is auto-hide, users can still bring up the menu bar by pressing the single `Alt` key.
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#### `win.isMenuBarVisible()` _Windows_ _Linux_
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the menu bar is visible.
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#### `win.setVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(visible[, options])` _macOS_ _Linux_
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* `visible` boolean
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* `options` Object (optional)
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* `visibleOnFullScreen` boolean (optional) _macOS_ - Sets whether
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the window should be visible above fullscreen windows.
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* `skipTransformProcessType` boolean (optional) _macOS_ - Calling
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setVisibleOnAllWorkspaces will by default transform the process
type between UIElementApplication and ForegroundApplication to
ensure the correct behavior. However, this will hide the window
and dock for a short time every time it is called. If your window
is already of type UIElementApplication, you can bypass this
transformation by passing true to skipTransformProcessType.
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Sets whether the window should be visible on all workspaces.
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**Note:** This API does nothing on Windows.
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#### `win.isVisibleOnAllWorkspaces()` _macOS_ _Linux_
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window is visible on all workspaces.
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**Note:** This API always returns false on Windows.
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#### `win.setIgnoreMouseEvents(ignore[, options])`
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* `ignore` boolean
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* `options` Object (optional)
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* `forward` boolean (optional) _macOS_ _Windows_ - If true, forwards mouse move
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messages to Chromium, enabling mouse related events such as `mouseleave` .
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Only used when `ignore` is true. If `ignore` is false, forwarding is always
disabled regardless of this value.
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Makes the window ignore all mouse events.
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All mouse events happened in this window will be passed to the window below
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this window, but if this window has focus, it will still receive keyboard
events.
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#### `win.setContentProtection(enable)` _macOS_ _Windows_
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* `enable` boolean
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Prevents the window contents from being captured by other apps.
On macOS it sets the NSWindow's sharingType to NSWindowSharingNone.
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On Windows it calls SetWindowDisplayAffinity with `WDA_EXCLUDEFROMCAPTURE` .
For Windows 10 version 2004 and up the window will be removed from capture entirely,
older Windows versions behave as if `WDA_MONITOR` is applied capturing a black window.
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#### `win.setFocusable(focusable)` _macOS_ _Windows_
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* `focusable` boolean
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Changes whether the window can be focused.
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On macOS it does not remove the focus from the window.
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#### `win.isFocusable()` _macOS_ _Windows_
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Returns `boolean` - Whether the window can be focused.
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#### `win.setParentWindow(parent)`
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* `parent` BrowserWindow | null
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Sets `parent` as current window's parent window, passing `null` will turn
current window into a top-level window.
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#### `win.getParentWindow()`
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Returns `BrowserWindow | null` - The parent window or `null` if there is no parent.
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#### `win.getChildWindows()`
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Returns `BrowserWindow[]` - All child windows.
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#### `win.setAutoHideCursor(autoHide)` _macOS_
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* `autoHide` boolean
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Controls whether to hide cursor when typing.
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#### `win.selectPreviousTab()` _macOS_
Selects the previous tab when native tabs are enabled and there are other
tabs in the window.
#### `win.selectNextTab()` _macOS_
Selects the next tab when native tabs are enabled and there are other
tabs in the window.
#### `win.mergeAllWindows()` _macOS_
Merges all windows into one window with multiple tabs when native tabs
are enabled and there is more than one open window.
#### `win.moveTabToNewWindow()` _macOS_
Moves the current tab into a new window if native tabs are enabled and
there is more than one tab in the current window.
#### `win.toggleTabBar()` _macOS_
Toggles the visibility of the tab bar if native tabs are enabled and
there is only one tab in the current window.
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#### `win.addTabbedWindow(browserWindow)` _macOS_
* `browserWindow` BrowserWindow
Adds a window as a tab on this window, after the tab for the window instance.
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#### `win.setVibrancy(type)` _macOS_
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* `type` string | null - Can be `appearance-based` , `light` , `dark` , `titlebar` ,
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`selection` , `menu` , `popover` , `sidebar` , `medium-light` , `ultra-dark` , `header` , `sheet` , `window` , `hud` , `fullscreen-ui` , `tooltip` , `content` , `under-window` , or `under-page` . See
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the [macOS documentation][vibrancy-docs] for more details.
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Adds a vibrancy effect to the browser window. Passing `null` or an empty string
will remove the vibrancy effect on the window.
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Note that `appearance-based` , `light` , `dark` , `medium-light` , and `ultra-dark` have been
deprecated and will be removed in an upcoming version of macOS.
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#### `win.setWindowButtonPosition(position)` _macOS_
* `position` [Point ](structures/point.md ) | null
Set a custom position for the traffic light buttons in frameless window.
Passing `null` will reset the position to default.
#### `win.getWindowButtonPosition()` _macOS_
Returns `Point | null` - The custom position for the traffic light buttons in
frameless window, `null` will be returned when there is no custom position.
#### `win.setTrafficLightPosition(position)` _macOS_ _Deprecated_
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* `position` [Point ](structures/point.md )
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Set a custom position for the traffic light buttons in frameless window.
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Passing `{ x: 0, y: 0 }` will reset the position to default.
> **Note**
> This function is deprecated. Use [setWindowButtonPosition](#winsetwindowbuttonpositionposition-macos) instead.
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#### `win.getTrafficLightPosition()` _macOS_ _Deprecated_
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Returns `Point` - The custom position for the traffic light buttons in
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frameless window, `{ x: 0, y: 0 }` will be returned when there is no custom
position.
> **Note**
> This function is deprecated. Use [getWindowButtonPosition](#wingetwindowbuttonposition-macos) instead.
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#### `win.setTouchBar(touchBar)` _macOS_
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* `touchBar` TouchBar | null
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Sets the touchBar layout for the current window. Specifying `null` or
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`undefined` clears the touch bar. This method only has an effect if the
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machine has a touch bar.
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**Note:** The TouchBar API is currently experimental and may change or be
removed in future Electron releases.
Implement initial, experimental BrowserView API
Right now, `<webview>` is the only way to embed additional content in a
`BrowserWindow`. Unfortunately `<webview>` suffers from a [number of
problems](https://github.com/electron/electron/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aopen%20label%3Awebview%20).
To make matters worse, many of these are upstream Chromium bugs instead
of Electron-specific bugs.
For us at [Figma](https://www.figma.com), the main issue is very slow
performance.
Despite the upstream improvements to `<webview>` through the OOPIF work, it is
probable that there will continue to be `<webview>`-specific bugs in the
future.
Therefore, this introduces a `<webview>` alternative to called `BrowserView`,
which...
- is a thin wrapper around `api::WebContents` (so bugs in `BrowserView` will
likely also be bugs in `BrowserWindow` web contents)
- is instantiated in the main process like `BrowserWindow` (and unlike
`<webview>`, which lives in the DOM of a `BrowserWindow` web contents)
- needs to be added to a `BrowserWindow` to display something on the screen
This implements the most basic API. The API is expected to evolve and change in
the near future and has consequently been marked as experimental. Please do not
use this API in production unless you are prepared to deal with breaking
changes.
In the future, we will want to change the API to support multiple
`BrowserView`s per window. We will also want to consider z-ordering
auto-resizing, and possibly even nested views.
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#### `win.setBrowserView(browserView)` _Experimental_
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* `browserView` [BrowserView ](browser-view.md ) | null - Attach `browserView` to `win` .
If there are other `BrowserView` s attached, they will be removed from
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this window.
Implement initial, experimental BrowserView API
Right now, `<webview>` is the only way to embed additional content in a
`BrowserWindow`. Unfortunately `<webview>` suffers from a [number of
problems](https://github.com/electron/electron/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aopen%20label%3Awebview%20).
To make matters worse, many of these are upstream Chromium bugs instead
of Electron-specific bugs.
For us at [Figma](https://www.figma.com), the main issue is very slow
performance.
Despite the upstream improvements to `<webview>` through the OOPIF work, it is
probable that there will continue to be `<webview>`-specific bugs in the
future.
Therefore, this introduces a `<webview>` alternative to called `BrowserView`,
which...
- is a thin wrapper around `api::WebContents` (so bugs in `BrowserView` will
likely also be bugs in `BrowserWindow` web contents)
- is instantiated in the main process like `BrowserWindow` (and unlike
`<webview>`, which lives in the DOM of a `BrowserWindow` web contents)
- needs to be added to a `BrowserWindow` to display something on the screen
This implements the most basic API. The API is expected to evolve and change in
the near future and has consequently been marked as experimental. Please do not
use this API in production unless you are prepared to deal with breaking
changes.
In the future, we will want to change the API to support multiple
`BrowserView`s per window. We will also want to consider z-ordering
auto-resizing, and possibly even nested views.
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#### `win.getBrowserView()` _Experimental_
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Returns `BrowserView | null` - The `BrowserView` attached to `win` . Returns `null`
if one is not attached. Throws an error if multiple `BrowserView` s are attached.
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#### `win.addBrowserView(browserView)` _Experimental_
* `browserView` [BrowserView ](browser-view.md )
Replacement API for setBrowserView supporting work with multi browser views.
#### `win.removeBrowserView(browserView)` _Experimental_
* `browserView` [BrowserView ](browser-view.md )
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#### `win.setTopBrowserView(browserView)` _Experimental_
* `browserView` [BrowserView ](browser-view.md )
Raises `browserView` above other `BrowserView` s attached to `win` .
Throws an error if `browserView` is not attached to `win` .
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#### `win.getBrowserViews()` _Experimental_
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Returns `BrowserView[]` - an array of all BrowserViews that have been attached
with `addBrowserView` or `setBrowserView` .
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Implement initial, experimental BrowserView API
Right now, `<webview>` is the only way to embed additional content in a
`BrowserWindow`. Unfortunately `<webview>` suffers from a [number of
problems](https://github.com/electron/electron/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aopen%20label%3Awebview%20).
To make matters worse, many of these are upstream Chromium bugs instead
of Electron-specific bugs.
For us at [Figma](https://www.figma.com), the main issue is very slow
performance.
Despite the upstream improvements to `<webview>` through the OOPIF work, it is
probable that there will continue to be `<webview>`-specific bugs in the
future.
Therefore, this introduces a `<webview>` alternative to called `BrowserView`,
which...
- is a thin wrapper around `api::WebContents` (so bugs in `BrowserView` will
likely also be bugs in `BrowserWindow` web contents)
- is instantiated in the main process like `BrowserWindow` (and unlike
`<webview>`, which lives in the DOM of a `BrowserWindow` web contents)
- needs to be added to a `BrowserWindow` to display something on the screen
This implements the most basic API. The API is expected to evolve and change in
the near future and has consequently been marked as experimental. Please do not
use this API in production unless you are prepared to deal with breaking
changes.
In the future, we will want to change the API to support multiple
`BrowserView`s per window. We will also want to consider z-ordering
auto-resizing, and possibly even nested views.
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**Note:** The BrowserView API is currently experimental and may change or be
removed in future Electron releases.
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#### `win.setTitleBarOverlay(options)` _Windows_
* `options` Object
* `color` String (optional) _Windows_ - The CSS color of the Window Controls Overlay when enabled.
* `symbolColor` String (optional) _Windows_ - The CSS color of the symbols on the Window Controls Overlay when enabled.
* `height` Integer (optional) _Windows_ - The height of the title bar and Window Controls Overlay in pixels.
On a Window with Window Controls Overlay already enabled, this method updates
the style of the title bar overlay.
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[page-visibility-api]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Page_Visibility_API
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[quick-look]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Look
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[vibrancy-docs]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsvisualeffectview?preferredLanguage=objc
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[window-levels]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nswindow/level
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[event-emitter]: https://nodejs.org/api/events.html#events_class_eventemitter