shell.openExternal() option workingDirectory not working with Unicode characters. #20905menu.popup(). #20808recentDocuments role on macOS. #20670remote could sometimes not be correctly freed. #20693webContents.printToPDF() multiple times. #20810BrowserViews. #20846remote module. #20715remote module is used in sub-frames (<iframe> or scriptable popup). #20814| Stack | Version in Electron 6 | Version in Electron 7 | What's New |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chromium | 76.0.3809.146 | 78.0.3905.1 | 77 , 78 |
| V8 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.7 , 7.8 |
| Node.js | 12.4.0 | 12.8.1 | 12.5 , 12.6 , 12.7 , 12.8 , 12.8.1 |
Added ipcRenderer.invoke() and ipcMain.handle() for asynchronous request/response-style IPC. These are strongly recommended over the remote module. See this "Electron’s ‘remote’ module considered harmful" blog post for more information. #18449
Added nativeTheme API to read and respond to changes in the OS's theme and color scheme. #19758, #20486
Switched to a new TypeScript Definitions generator, which generates more precise definitions. If your TypeScript build fails, this is the likely cause. #18103
More information about these and future changes can be found on project's Planned Breaking Changes page.
Removed deprecated APIs:
Tray.setHighlightMode() (macOS). #18981app.enableMixedSandbox() #17894app.getApplicationMenu(),app.setApplicationMenu(),powerMonitor.querySystemIdleState(),powerMonitor.querySystemIdleTime(),webFrame.setIsolatedWorldContentSecurityPolicy(),webFrame.setIsolatedWorldHumanReadableName(),webFrame.setIsolatedWorldSecurityOrigin() #18159Session.clearAuthCache() no longer allows filtering the cleared cache entries. #17970electron module to use @electron/get. The minimum supported node version is now Node 8. #18413electron.asar file no longer exists. Any packaging scripts that depend on its existence should be updated. #18577netLog.startLogging() now returns a promise which resolves when the net log has started recording.webContents / <webview> methods now return a Promise. #18792always-on-top-changed event emission for macOS. #19462app.resignCurrentActivity() to allows marking inactive the current Handoff user activity without invalidating it. #18659captureMode and maxFileSize options to the netLog API. #19215creationTime / sandboxed / integrityLevel to app.getAppMetrics() output. #18718failureReason parameter to the webContents.print() callback function to distinguish between success, failure, and cancellation. #19000getBounds() method for BrowserView. #19370gpu-info-update event to app, which is emitted whenever there is a GPU info update. #18250memory to app.getAppMetrics(). #18831process.getBlinkMemoryInfo(). #17762removeInsertedCSS() to webFrame / webContents / <webview>. #16579zoom-changed event to webContents, which is emitted when the user zooms using the mouse wheel on Windows, even if the focus is inside an (x-origin) iframe. #17747Tray from custom to native view to be compatible with Catalina (macOS). #18981MenuItem.toolTip property macOS. #19099app.moveToApplicationsFolder. #18916ELECTRON_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE in the GPU process. #17728origin in webFrame.insertCSS(). #19268mouse-move event of Tray API on Windows. #19265systemPreferences.isDarkMode() API on Windows. #19217systemPreferences.isHighContrastColorScheme() API on macOS. #19331BrowserWindow for macOS. #19294BrowserWindow enables nodeIntegrationInSubFrames. #18650ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1 environment variable to skip electron binary download. #17627netLog.currentlyLoggingPath. #18289webContents primitive getters and setters to actual properties. #18998badgeCount to an actual property on the app module. #17363app.name is now a property. #17701nativeImage.templateImage is now a property on the nativeImage prototype. #18124appLevelAppearance to be a property on systemPreferences. #18477autoHideMenuBar to a property on BrowserWindow instances. #18555savePath accessor to a property on DownloadItem instances. #18677closable, fullscreenable, maximizable, minimizable, movable, and resizable to be properties on the BrowserWindow prototype. #18618ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE now correctly parses both node options and v8 flags. E.g. --expose_gc #19403triggeredByAccelerator Event property behavior for MenuItems. #18865window.print(). #19728deviceName not working. #19668close event would not emit upon closing modal window on macOS. #19014addExtraParameter / removeExtraParameter methods undefined in macOS node child processes. #15790src on <webview> being too slow. #18990document.visibilityState would be incorrect. The win.show() and win.hide() methods now correctly update visibility state. #20134webkitdirectory attribute on input[type=file] elements. #18343process, Buffer, etc.) are no longer removed from the global scope if you have contextIsolation enabled as it is safe for those variables to still exist in their isolated world. #18967getPath('logs') now throws a more descriptive error if it fails to find the logs path. #19514web-contents-created and browser-window-created no longer emit an empty object in place of Event. #19465netLog.startLogging() would silently fail when called immediately during app.on('ready').Electron 4.x.y has reached end-of-support as per the project's support policy. Developers and applications are encouraged to upgrade to a newer version of Electron.
webContents.setBackgroundThrottling. #21359<webview>.capturePage() resolving with an empty object instead of NativeImage instance. #21105backgroundThrottling: false not having an effect. #21014globalShortcut.registerAll() on Windows and Linux. #20982| Key | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| / | Focus the search bar | |
| Esc | Focus the search bar and cleans it | |
| ↓ | Select the next search result | |
| ↑ | Select the previous search result | |
| Enter | Open the selected search result | |
| cmdEnter | Ctrl+Enter | Open the selected search result in a new tab |