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Electron desktop capturer bug
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<link href="./styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
<title>Hello World!</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- You can also require other files to run in this process -->
<script src="./renderer.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
// Modules to control application life and create native browser window
const { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain, desktopCapturer } = require('electron')
const path = require('node:path')
function createWindow () {
// Create the browser window.
const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
width: 800,
height: 600,
webPreferences: {
preload: path.join(__dirname, 'preload.js')
}
})
// and load the index.html of the app.
mainWindow.loadFile('index.html')
mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools({ mode: 'detach' })
// 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(() => {
ipcMain.handle('getSources', () => {
return desktopCapturer.getSources({
types: ['screen', 'window'],
thumbnailSize: {
width: 235,
height: 132,
},
fetchWindowIcons: true,
}).then(sources => {
console.log(sources[0]);
return sources.map(source => ({
...source,
thumbnail: source.thumbnail.toDataURL(),
}));
})
});
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": "creepy-perspective-file-j0zwu",
"productName": "creepy-perspective-file-j0zwu",
"description": "My Electron application description",
"keywords": [],
"main": "./main.js",
"version": "1.0.0",
"author": "test",
"scripts": {
"start": "electron ."
},
"dependencies": {},
"devDependencies": {
"electron": "29.0.1"
}
}
const { contextBridge, ipcRenderer } = require('electron');
contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electron', {
getSources() {
return ipcRenderer.invoke('getSources');
}
})
/**
* This file is loaded via the <script> tag in the index.html file and will
* be executed in the renderer process for that window. No Node.js APIs are
* available in this process because `nodeIntegration` is turned off and
* `contextIsolation` is turned on. Use the contextBridge API in `preload.js`
* to expose Node.js functionality from the main process.
*/
window.electron.getSources().then(sources => {
sources.forEach(source => {
const img = document.createElement('img');
img.src = source.thumbnail;
document.body.appendChild(img);
})
})
/* styles.css */
/* Add styles here to customize the appearance of your app */
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