Allow openExternal to open URLs in the background #3224

atom/browser/atom_resource_dispatcher_host_delegate.cc

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bool AtomResourceDispatcherHostDelegate::HandleExternalProtocol(
     bool has_user_gesture) {
   GURL escaped_url(net::EscapeExternalHandlerValue(url.spec()));
   BrowserThread::PostTask(BrowserThread::UI, FROM_HERE,
-      base::Bind(base::IgnoreResult(platform_util::OpenExternal), escaped_url));
+      base::Bind(base::IgnoreResult(platform_util::OpenExternal), escaped_url, false));
   return true;
 }
 

atom/common/api/atom_api_shell.cc

@@ -12,12 +12,22 @@
 
 namespace {
 
+bool OpenExternal(const GURL& url, mate::Arguments* args) {
+  bool without_activation = false;
+  if (args->Length() == 2) {
+    mate::Dictionary options;
+    args->GetNext(&options);
+    options.Get("withoutActivation", &without_activation);
+  }
+  return platform_util::OpenExternal(url, without_activation);
+}
+
 void Initialize(v8::Local<v8::Object> exports, v8::Local<v8::Value> unused,
                 v8::Local<v8::Context> context, void* priv) {
   mate::Dictionary dict(context->GetIsolate(), exports);
   dict.SetMethod("showItemInFolder", &platform_util::ShowItemInFolder);
   dict.SetMethod("openItem", &platform_util::OpenItem);
-  dict.SetMethod("openExternal", &platform_util::OpenExternal);
+  dict.SetMethod("openExternal", &OpenExternal);
   dict.SetMethod("moveItemToTrash", &platform_util::MoveItemToTrash);
   dict.SetMethod("beep", &platform_util::Beep);
 }

atom/common/platform_util.h

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ void OpenItem(const base::FilePath& full_path);
 
 // Open the given external protocol URL in the desktop's default manner.
 // (For example, mailto: URLs in the default mail user agent.)
-bool OpenExternal(const GURL& url);
+bool OpenExternal(const GURL& url, const bool without_activation);
 
 // Move a file to trash.
 bool MoveItemToTrash(const base::FilePath& full_path);

atom/common/platform_util_linux.cc

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void OpenItem(const base::FilePath& full_path) {
   XDGOpen(full_path.value());
 }
 
-bool OpenExternal(const GURL& url) {
+bool OpenExternal(const GURL& url, const bool without_activation) {
   if (url.SchemeIs("mailto"))
     return XDGEmail(url.spec());
   else

atom/common/platform_util_mac.mm

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ void OpenItem(const base::FilePath& full_path) {
   }
 }
 
-bool OpenExternal(const GURL& url) {
+bool OpenExternal(const GURL& url, const bool without_activation) {
   DCHECK([NSThread isMainThread]);
   NSURL* ns_url = net::NSURLWithGURL(url);
   if (!ns_url) {
@@ -136,7 +136,15 @@ bool OpenExternal(const GURL& url) {
   }
   CFRelease(openingApp);  // NOT A BUG; LSGetApplicationForURL retains for us
 
-  return [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL:ns_url];
+  NSUInteger launchOptions = NSWorkspaceLaunchDefault;
+  if (without_activation)
+    launchOptions = launchOptions | NSWorkspaceLaunchWithoutActivation;
+
+  return [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURLs: @[ns_url]
+                                        withAppBundleIdentifier: nil
+                                        options: launchOptions
+                                        additionalEventParamDescriptor: NULL
+                                        launchIdentifiers: NULL];
 }
 
 bool MoveItemToTrash(const base::FilePath& full_path) {

atom/common/platform_util_win.cc

@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ void OpenItem(const base::FilePath& full_path) {
     ui::win::OpenFileViaShell(full_path);
 }
 
-bool OpenExternal(const GURL& url) {
+bool OpenExternal(const GURL& url, const bool without_activation) {
   // Quote the input scheme to be sure that the command does not have
   // parameters unexpected by the external program. This url should already
   // have been escaped.

docs/api/shell.md

@@ -26,12 +26,18 @@ Show the given file in a file manager. If possible, select the file.
 
 Open the given file in the desktop's default manner.
 
-### `shell.openExternal(url)`
+### `shell.openExternal(url[, options])`
 
 * `url` String
 
 Open the given external protocol URL in the desktop's default manner. (For
-example, mailto: URLs in the user's default mail agent.)
+example, mailto: URLs in the user's default mail agent.) Returns true if an
+application was available to open the URL, false otherwise.
+
+On Mac OS X, you can pass additional options to openExternal:
+
+- withoutActivation: Pass true to open the URL without bringing the
+  application into the foreground.
 
 ### `shell.moveItemToTrash(fullPath)`