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Electron Fiddle Gist
(in webview)
<a href="child.html" target="_blank">new window</a>
<body>
<webview id=webview src="child.html" allowpopups></webview>
<script src="renderer.js"></script>
// Modules to control application life and create native browser window
const { app, BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
const path = require('path')
function createWindow () {
// Create the browser window.
const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
width: 800,
height: 600,
webPreferences: {
preload: path.join(__dirname, 'preload.js'),
webviewTag: true
}
})
mainWindow.webContents.on('did-attach-webview', (event, wc) => {
wc.setWindowOpenHandler((details) => {
mainWindow.webContents.send('webview-new-window', wc.id, details)
return {action: 'deny'}
})
})
// and load the index.html of the app.
mainWindow.loadFile('index.html')
// Open the DevTools.
// mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools()
}
// 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.whenReady().then(() => {
createWindow()
app.on('activate', function () {
// On macOS 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()
})
})
// Quit when all windows are closed, except on macOS. There, it's common
// for applications and their menu bar to stay active until the user quits
// explicitly with Cmd + Q.
app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
if (process.platform !== 'darwin') app.quit()
})
// 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.
{
"name": "likely-degree-dare-xz0xb",
"productName": "likely-degree-dare-xz0xb",
"description": "My Electron application description",
"keywords": [],
"main": "./main.js",
"version": "1.0.0",
"author": "jeremy.rose",
"scripts": {
"start": "electron ."
},
"dependencies": {},
"devDependencies": {
"electron": "999.999.999"
}
}
const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron')
ipcRenderer.on('webview-new-window', (e, wcId, arg) => {
console.log('webview-new-window', wcId, arg)
webview.dispatchEvent(new Event('new-window'))
})
webview.addEventListener('new-window', () => {
console.log('got new-window event')
})
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