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Take screenshot of a specific area with Electron
I am using Electron to create a Windows application that creates a fullscreen transparent overlay window. The purpose of this application is to:
Take a snapshot of a specific area of the screen (by ...
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Cypress allows me to keep the session and avoid logging in between specs using Electron, but not using Chrome
I am using Cypress v12.7.0, with Chrome v112 and Electron v106. I have several test specs and I want to run them with npx cypress run --browser chrome. Also, I want the first test to log in the ...
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In Electron, why is it only possible to set frame rate in offscreen rendering?
Electron methods that are only possible to use with offscreen rendering
This picture was taken from the Electron documentation.
My question is why is it only possible to use theses methods in ...
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How to track URL and apps using Electron.js
I am making team management software with electron js. I want to track the URL and apps visited by the user of our app. Then it will go to our server and we will store it. But how to track the URL and ...
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How to override `location.href` in Electron to a custom URL?
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Is it possible to modify or override the perceived current location and origin in Electron.js?
I am loading a local .html file in Electron, and I need to manually override location.href, ...
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google chrome gpu error in electron build
I have an electron app that works fine in development. But when I build to linux-x64, and try to open the executable, the program crashes with the error:
[xxxx:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(377)] ...
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Avoid Overlapping Browserwindows
I am developing an Electron app. I have Browserwindows on the desktop, but I want to have the same behavior as other windows on the desktop in terms of avoiding overlapping by dockable windows and ...
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How to open app using custom protocol otherwise download if not installed?
I made an application in electron and packaged it with electron-build for windows. application is registered with myapp://params/ custom protocol. There is a button on my frontend to open that ...
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electron: google 403 We're sorry, but you do not have access to this page. That’s all we know
I'm developing an electron application. When I load the google login page using iframe, I get an error: '403. That’s an error. We're sorry, but you do not have access to this page. That’s all we know.'...
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How to open an Electron application or open a browser tab/PWA app (focus on it, if already open) via a public URL?
I've been handed a feature where we're given public URLs which will contain some query parameters. Now, this URL should launch the concerned application (I'm the dev for the app) and consume those ...
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Is there a CSS selector for the actual text inside an input? (for a "text-indent" alternative) [duplicate]
I have this need to perform animations using transform that will mimic the functionality of text-indent in a text input because animating text-indent ends up jittery/laggy. Doing this on Electron so ...
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<img> loading attribute lazy load doesn't work for local images
I'm trying to implement lazy loading logic for images on my Electron desktop app. I wanted to use the <img> element with loading attribute to lazy load images; But, I noticed that it only works ...
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Electron, how to make 100% sure renderer recieves message from main?
When sending messages from main electron(backend) to renderer(browser) with ipcMain.send("plz_recieve", "hello"), i noticed that if the browser window is not in view, like if you ...
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How to use Hotjar on Electron?
According to Hotjar documentation, Hotjar does not support Electron because
Since you use it to create desktop applications and not web applications the Hotjar tracking code cannot be used.
Is there ...
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When trying to copy the css from electron app devtools it is showing empty
I am trying to copy CSS from the electron app debugger, it is showing as empty. Used context menu as well it's not working.
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