Questions tagged [electron]
Electron (formerly Atom Shell) is a framework created by GitHub that lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Electron is based upon Node.js and Chromium.
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How to call a JavaScript function on a web page rendered by Electron?
I'm trying to write a wrapper for Twitter using Electron (formerly Atom Shell).
My main.js file (it looks almost identical to the "Hello World" example, I just changed it in one place):
var app = ...
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Module version mismatch with headless browser and desktop Node
I'm getting a "Module version mismatch error" when I try to use a headless browser with a desktop Node shell. I've tried Zombiejs and Phantomjs with both nw.js and atom-shell; in both cases as soon as ...
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Desktop applications with Meteor.js
The options I've found for creating desktop applications in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are:
Electron (formerly Atom-Shell)
NW.js (formerly Node-Webkit)
However, there doesn't seem to be any clear ...
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Getting a app to be run on startup
I'm making a mac app using atom shell that lives in the menubar. I was wondering what my options would be for getting it to run at startup.
Does it have to be done manually by the user?
Do I need ...
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Atom-shell + AngularJS - how to open a file save dialog?
So I'm developing a native OSX/Windows app using Atom-shell and AngularJS. I'm trying to open a file save dialog.
Atom-shell has a "dialog" API:
https://github.com/atom/atom-shell/blob/master/docs/...
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Disable backspace in Atom-shell
I've been scouring the interwebz and Atom-shell documentation trying to find out how to disable the back() functionality of the backspace key within a browser window.
I would prefer not to have to ...
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How do run reload() and open() in Atom-Shell
1) Is this javascript call not supported on Atom-shell?
window.open('#/openpage','_self',false)
2) In NodeJS-Webkit, I could either reload the HTML with win.reload() without the toolbar and buttons. ...
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loadHtml instead of loadUrl in atom-shell? (trying to use jade)
atom-shell only has a method to load HTML from a URL
window.loadUrl('file://...')
But I want to use Jade
var html = jade.renderFile('file://...');
Is there a way to use the compiled html in atom-...
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How can I scroll content of <webview> tag from JavaScript?
atom-shell: https://github.com/atom/atom-shell
version: v0.20.2
I am using <webview> tag to embed a page. <webview> tag has shadow-root which has one tag, <object id="browser-plugin-1 ....
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How to disable DevTools in Atom Shell
I've been trying to figure out how to disable the devtools in Atom Shell. I've tried using a window event listener to no avail. It seems that the devtools-opened window event listener doesn't work. ...
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Tabular Browser Windows for Atom-Shell?
I'm playing around with the atom-shell and was wondering if anybody has used/written a module for making tubular browser windows?
Currently, it seems, atom-shell opens a completely new window when ...
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Can node-webkit or atom-shell take screenshot of entire desktop screen?
I want to take a screenshot of entire screen (PrintScr), not just browser window. Is this possible with either node-webkit or atom-shell?
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Open an iframe with a URL and then run some JS
I'm building an app using Atom Shell, and I'm trying to open an iframe which would load a PDF file, and then, once the PDF file is fully loaded, run some JS from the scope of that iframe (I'm willing ...
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How can online/offline versions of an HTML5 app access the same LocalStorage?
A benefit often mentioned (e.g., here, here) about HTML5 LocalStorage is support for offline apps. However, the same-origin policy makes me think that an app at foo.com won't see the same ...
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how to understand the browser-side vs. client-side of atom-shell
like node.js, atom-shell have the difference of browser-side vs. client-side, but it's explanation is very unclear(https://github.com/atom/atom-shell/blob/master/docs/api/synopsis.md). How to ...
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