will-resize event returning wrong bounds on macOS. #19704window.print(). #19677process.uptime() returning the wrong time. #19567tray.displayBalloon() not working with custom icon on Windows. #19528window.open) could cause a crash. #19633webRequest url pattern filtering in onBeforeRequest. #19570alwaysOnTop status returned when always-on-top-changed was emitted was correct. #19534backgroundColor property on TouchBarButton to default by assigning null after the item is constructed. #19471clearRecentDocuments MenuItem role on Windows. #19637getPath('logs') now throws better error when it fails to find the logs path. #1954576.0.3809.88, Node.js 12.4.0, and V8 7.6.303.22net module headers and Node.js' http.IncomingMessage headers. #17517ShowItemInFolder asynchronous with no return value. #17121app.setAppLogsPath. #17841hasServiceWorker and unregisterServiceWorker APIs from the WebContents modules. #16717Electron 6.0 continues a project started in 5.0 to improve Promise support. See the project notes for more information.
These functions now return Promises and still support older callback-based invocation:
contentTracing.getCategories() #16583contentTracing.getCategories() #16583contentTracing.getTraceBufferUsage() #16600contents.executeJavaScript() #17312cookies.flushStore() #16464cookies.get() #16464cookies.remove() #16464cookies.set() #16464dialog.showCertificateTrustDialog() #17181inAppPurchase.getProducts() #17355inAppPurchase.purchaseProduct()#17355netLog.stopLogging() #16862session.clearAuthCache() #17259session.clearCache() #17185session.clearHostResolverCache() #17229session.clearStorageData() #17249session.getBlobData() #17303session.getCacheSize() #17185session.resolveProxy() #17222session.setProxy() #17222webContents.hasServiceWorker() #16535webContents.printToPDF() #16795webContents.savePage() #16742webFrame.executeJavaScript() #17312webFrame.executeJavaScriptInIsolatedWorld() #17312webviewTag.executeJavaScript() #17312These functions now have two forms, synchronous and Promise-based asynchronous:
These functions now return Promises:
app.dock.show() #16904chrome.runtime.getManifest API for Chrome extensions. #16891<webview>.getWebContentsId(), which does not depend of the remote module. #17407all_frames support for Chrome extension content scripts. #17258disableHtmlFullscreenWindowResize option to webPreferences to allow preventing window from resizing when entering HTML5 fullscreen. #17203excludedFromShownWindowsMenu property to allow for windows to be excluded from the windows menu. #17404process.getSystemVersion(), which is available in sandboxed renderers and returns the actual operating system version instead of kernel version on macOS. #16599process.versions.electron to get the electron version in the forked process. #16450renderer-process-crashed event to app, which is emitted when any renderer process crashes. #17315requestingUrl and isMainFrame properties to the permission request and permission check handlers details objects so that apps can check the origin of the requesting frame rather than the root frame. #18772systemPreferences.getAnimationSettings() returning system animation settings provided by Chromium. #17382tray.getTitle() to allow users to see the title set next to the status bar icon on macOS. #17385triggeredByAccelerator, which is called back in custom click events on MenuItems. #16954desktopCapturer.getSources(). #14906remote module. #17851MenuItems on macOS to work optionally when visible: false. #16853BrowserViews in BrowserWindow. #16184app.allowRendererProcessReuse property that allows apps to disable the site instance overrides Electron has patched into Chromium. This can be used to prevent the automatic renderer process restarting that Electron currently does. #18554app.userAgentFallback property to allow setting the app's useragent globally. #18473monochrome, internal, acceleratorEnabled, colorDepth and depthPerComponent properties to the Display API Structure. #16870nativeImage.createFromBitmap(), which does not decode PNG/JPEG. #17337app.setUserTasks() / app.setJumpList(). #18291NodeIntegrationInSubFrames option usage for webview tags. #17226colorSpace to the Display object. #17405BrowserWindow.moveTop() on Linux/X11. #16629webFrame custom scheme APIs to browser process under protocol. #16416systemPreferences.isDarkMode() now correctly detects dark mode on macOS Catalina. #18958'page-title-updated' event on webContents to documentation. Also fixed forwarding of the explicitSet argument when emitted on BrowserWindow. #18319showSaveDialog on the Windows platform. #18383showOpenDialog on Windows. #18509webContents.hasServiceWorker() rejects with an error for invalid URLs. #16571--inspect-brk argument does not cause a crash. #19332<webview> not working in scriptable popups when nativeWindowOpen is enabled. #19218app.getAppPath() returning default-app path when running electron app with no package.json or electron app/index.js. Now the directory containing the executed file is returned. #18888beginFrameSubscription returning blurred images on HiDPI displays. #17444fs.promises APIs not working with ASAR paths. #18114new-window event not being emitted from a link with target="_blank" in a sandboxed <webview> #18556webContents.print() callback not returning boolean correctly in all cases. #18803webFrame.setSpellCheckProvider memory leak. #16448window.open() not returning null when allowpopups was not set in a sandboxed webview #18556window.opener null after cross-origin navigation. #18624systemPreferences.getAccentColor(). #18195enable_negotiate_port option was inadvertently changed from false to true; this restores the former behavior and aligns with Chromium. #18285dialog.* methods. #18724.show() on a BrowserWindow did not focus the window. #18081enable_run_as_node disabled. #18892loadURL and loadFile would be rejected with ERR_ABORTED if you triggered a virtual navigation before the page had finished loading. E.g. Used history.pushState or set location.hash. #18143win.webContents.destroy(). #18793display-* events. #19022--disable-gpu. #18904libEGL.so, libGLESv2.so). #18600nativeImage pixels, while decoded PNG / JPEG data is a copy. #17843getEffectiveApperance and getAppLevelAppearance would return unknown instead of the correct value sometimes. #18690require('timers').setTimeout would sometimes never fire in the renderer process. #18961shell.openExternal would not activate opened window on macOS. #18722chrome://* URLs would not render correctly. #18552node_modules inside ASAR files. #18192desktopCapturer module where some requests for sources would never be resolved or unhandled exceptions would be thrown in the main process. #18042remote module would sometimes fail to fetch properties of a remote object. #17464<webview> being too slow. #19190MessagePort.postMessage) not working. #19106input[type=file] element not showing a file dialog. #18341beginFrameSubscription passing Buffer instead of NativeImage. #17548. in the pattern field now treat it as a raw . instead of a wildcard. #17593<iframe> in <webview> are no longer executed when nodeIntegrationInSubFrames is enabled. #19298gpu-crashed event on <webview>. #17317prefers-color-scheme CSS media query now works correctly. #19250.executeJavaScript will never leave a Promise dangling now, scripts that fail to execute will correctly be rejected. #18714Uint8Array and Uint16Array can now be sent correctly in Chrome Extension MessagePort instances. #19252powerMonitor querySystemIdleState and querySystemIdleTime with synchronous APIs. #17144accessibilitySupportEnabled to a proper JS property on app. #17362applicationMenu to a proper JS property on the app module. #17361sandbox and disabled remote module in default_app. #17318remote.require in sandboxed renderer context. Use remote.require explicitly instead (unless the remote module is disabled). #15957dialog methods called over the remote module to return their result synchronously but not block the main process. #17412clipboard module in renderers no longer depends on the remote module on Linux. #17200require fails in sandboxed renderers. #17413NSMicrophoneUsageDescription and NSCameraUsageDescription strings to info.plist. #19950will-resize event returning wrong bounds on macOS. #19705window.print(). #19678setOpacity() API in BrowserWindow. #19724| 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 |