electron-hotkeys.js

'use strict';
const electron = require('electron');
const app = electron.app;
const globalShortcut = electron.globalShortcut;

// report crashes to the Electron project
require('crash-reporter').start();

// adds debug features like hotkeys for triggering dev tools and reload
require('electron-debug')();

// prevent window being garbage collected
let mainWindow;

function onClosed() {
	// dereference the window
	// for multiple windows store them in an array
	mainWindow = null;
}

function createMainWindow() {
	const win = new electron.BrowserWindow({
		width: 600,
		height: 400
	});

	win.loadURL(`file://${__dirname}/index.html`);
	win.on('closed', onClosed);

	return win;
}

app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
	if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
		app.quit();
	}
});

app.on('activate-with-no-open-windows', () => {
	if (!mainWindow) {
		mainWindow = createMainWindow();
	}
});

app.on('ready', () => {
  // Register a 'ctrl+x' shortcut listener.
  var ret = globalShortcut.register('ctrl+x', () => {
    console.log('ctrl+x is pressed');
  });

  if (!ret) {
    console.log('registration failed');
  }

  // Check whether a shortcut is registered.
  console.log(globalShortcut.isRegistered('ctrl+x'));
});

app.on('will-quit', () => {
  // Unregister a shortcut.
  globalShortcut.unregister('ctrl+x');

  // Unregister all shortcuts.
  globalShortcut.unregisterAll();
});