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Electron Keyboard Prototype
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Hello World!</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./styles.css">
<style>html, body {background: black; color: #fff}
button {padding: 10px; border-radius: 6px; border: none;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<button data-char="A">A</Button>
<button data-char="B">B</Button>
<button data-char="C">C</Button>
<button data-char="D">D</Button>
<button data-char="E">E</Button>
<button data-char="F">F</Button>
<button data-char="G">G</Button>
<button data-char="H">H</Button>
</div>
<div id="output"></div>
<script>
const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron');
const wrapperEl = document.getElementById('wrapper');
const outputEl = document.getElementById('output');
wrapperEl.addEventListener('click', e => {
const target = e.target;
if (!target.dataset.char) return;
outputEl.innerHTML += ' ' + target.dataset.char;
ipcRenderer.send('keyboard', target.dataset.char);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
// Modules to control application life and create native browser window
const {app, BrowserView, BrowserWindow} = require('electron')
const { ipcMain } = require('electron');
function createWindow () {
// Create the browser window.
const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
width: 1000,
height: 600,
webPreferences: {
nodeIntegration: true
}
})
// and load the index.html of the app.
mainWindow.loadURL('https://www.google.com/')
let bottomView = new BrowserView({
webPreferences: {
nodeIntegration: true
}
});
mainWindow.setBrowserView(bottomView)
bottomView.setBounds({ x: 0, y: 500, width: 1000, height: 100 })
bottomView.webContents.loadFile('index.html')
// Open the DevTools.
// mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools()
ipcMain.on('keyboard', (event, char) => {
mainWindow.webContents.sendInputEvent({type: 'char', keyCode: char});
});
}
// This method will be called when Electron has finished
// initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
// Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
app.on('ready', createWindow)
// Quit when all windows are closed.
app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
// On OS X it is common for applications and their menu bar
// to stay active until the user quits explicitly with Cmd + Q
if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
app.quit()
}
})
app.on('activate', function () {
// On OS X it's common to re-create a window in the app when the
// dock icon is clicked and there are no other windows open.
if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) {
createWindow()
}
})
// In this file you can include the rest of your app's specific main process
// code. You can also put them in separate files and require them here.
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