From 1941a468251505a288a29f85ea519135f7fc1208 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Milan Burda Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 17:56:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: clarify that 'second-instance' is only emitted when the second instance calls `app.requestSingleInstanceLock()` (#18272) --- docs/api/app.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/api/app.md b/docs/api/app.md index 95c6e36b686..12a84f1a263 100644 --- a/docs/api/app.md +++ b/docs/api/app.md @@ -404,8 +404,10 @@ Returns: * `workingDirectory` String - The second instance's working directory This event will be emitted inside the primary instance of your application -when a second instance has been executed. `argv` is an Array of the second instance's -command line arguments, and `workingDirectory` is its current working directory. Usually +when a second instance has been executed and calls `app.requestSingleInstanceLock()`. + +`argv` is an Array of the second instance's command line arguments, +and `workingDirectory` is its current working directory. Usually applications respond to this by making their primary window focused and non-minimized.