Electron Window Manager

Easily manage electron windows.

Install

npm install --save @electron-helpers/window-manager

Usage

Create a new window

const { createWindow } = require('@electron-helpers/window-manager');
const settingsWindow = createWindow('settings', 'https://localhost:3000/settings', { width: 420, height: 540 }, { x: 'center', y: 100 });

Get a window by name

const { getWindow } = require('@electron-helpers/window-manager');
const settingsWindow = getWindow('settings');

Set default window options

const { setDefaultOptions } = require('@electron-helpers/window-manager');
setDefaultOptions({ backgroundColor: '#fff' });

Get default window options

const { getDefaultOptions } = require('@electron-helpers/window-manager');
const defaultOptions = getDefaultOptions();

Set base URL

const { setBaseURL, createWindow } = require('@electron-helpers/window-manager');
setBaseURL('https://localhost:3000/');
...
const settingsWindow = createWindow('settings', 'settings', { width: 420, height: 540 }, { x: 'center', y: 100 });

Docs

createWindow(name, url, options, position, showGracefully)

Creates a new BrowserWindow.

• name - String - the name of the window
• url - String - the url to open in the window
• position - Object - the position of the window. e.g. { x: 'left', y: 'center', xOffset: 10, yOffset: -10} will position the window to 10 pixel from the left (horizontally) and -10 pixels from the center of the screen (vertically)
• showGracefully - Boolean - whether to show the windown only when ready.

getWindow(name)

Returns a window by it's name.

• name - String

setDefaultOptions(options)

Sets the default options.

• options - Object

getDefaultOptions(options)

Returns default options.

• options - Object

License

MIT