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Electron wayland tray activation bug
// Modules to control application life and create native browser window
const { app, BrowserWindow, Notification, Tray, Menu } = require('electron')
const path = require('node:path')
let tray;
let mainWindow;
function createWindow () {
// Create the browser window.
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')
// Open the DevTools.
// mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools()
mainWindow.on('close', (event) => {
event.preventDefault();
mainWindow.hide(); // Hide instead of closing
});
}
function createTray () {
tray = new Tray("/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/aegisub.png"); // Path to any image you have
const menu = Menu.buildFromTemplate([
{
label: 'Show App',
click: () => {
mainWindow.show();
mainWindow.focus();
}
}
]);
tray.setToolTip('Electron Tray App');
tray.on('click', () => {
// If window is already visible, focus it, otherwise show it
if (mainWindow.isVisible()) {
mainWindow.focus();
} else {
mainWindow.show();
}
});
tray.setContextMenu(menu);
};
// 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()
createTray()
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.
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