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Auto-update not installing after quit and reopen on macOS 13 Ventura (Electron)
Environment
Electron: 25.x (tested)
electron-builder / electron-updater: tested with electron-builder 23.x / electron-updater (versions may vary)
macOS: 13.x Ventura
Relevant code (main process/...
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How to correctly package a n electron app into a Flatpak with a custom app icon and set up file associations?
I'm packaging an Electron app (Grist Desktop) as a Flatpak, but I'm having trouble getting the app icon to show up and file associations to work properly. The icon is not displayed in the application ...
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How can I do a synchronous fetch in a web worker in Node-Webkit? [duplicate]
I'm trying to do a synchronous fetch in web workers, where the worker blocks as it waits for a response from the main thread. Unfortunately, given the context in which my code will run using ...
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Using Azure Speech Translation SDK in Electron JS throwing error audio config error
I am working on a mac OS app that uses the Azure Speech Translation SDK in React + Typescript. The SDK's types are not altogether correct or at least seem to be a bit convoluted. Running the set up ...
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How to use async/await with autoUpdater.checkForUpdates() from electron-updater?
I want to use async await mechanism for the checkForUpdates function of the autoUpdater in Electron.
Currently, I am using autoUpdater.checkForUpdates() without await in one of my asynchronous ...
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Electron + React app with sidebar navigation not working with top toolbar [closed]
I’m building an Electron desktop app with React. I want to open new Electron tabs when clicking sidebar items, and each tab should load content from an external URL (where my React project is deployed)...
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Issue with Loading HeroUI Styles in Electron with Vite, Tailwind CSS v4, and React
I am developing an Electron application using React and Vite, incorporating the @heroui/react library (a UI component set) for buttons. The buttons display the click animation (ripple effect) ...
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electron Process failed: rpmbuild failed (exit code 1)
I don't know why I have this error when trying to make dist from fedora with rpm and I have everything about rpm that says it is not there and nothing works, I will leave the package.json and the ...
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VS Code extension Test Runner: How to assert values copied to the clipboard?
Summary/Intent
I'm writing tests for a VS Code extension that uses vscode.env.clipboard.writeText() to copy a generated string to the system clipboard.
I want to assert that the clipboard contains the ...
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Why does my Electron app not focus on input fields? [closed]
I have a rather complex application which is all about fast data input. To make this faster, it’s necessary to focus specific input fields and tab your way through the following depending on the use-...
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Font rendering differences between Chromium 89 (Electron 12) and Chromium 132 (Electron 34) - Meiryo font appears bolder with same CSS
Problem Description
I'm experiencing inconsistent font rendering between different Electron versions on the same machine with the same font installed. The Meiryo font appears significantly bolder in ...
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"Cannot read properties of null (reading 'update')" when closing all panels with leftHeader/rightHeader
I’m building an Electron app using React and Dockview.
Everything works fine until I add a custom leftHeader or rightHeader to my Dockview layout.
If I close the panels one by one until there are none ...
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Electron: Updating a value exposed through the contextBridge
I am working with a web application that is also used in an Electron application. It calls "window.electron.selfInfo" to access certain information.
In the Electron preload script, it used ...
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python standalone builds causes problem with pillow tkinter
I am trying to embed python standalone builds to my electron app. I downloaded standalone from https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone
Everything seems to work fine until pillow is ...
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How do I allow room for scrollbars when creating a WebContentsView in Electron?
My Electron application temporarily uses a WebContentsView, layered on top of part of the main window, during a login process. The user needs to interact with the web page in this view.
Simplified ...
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Sync issue between Howler.js and Wavesurfer.js on drag/seek in React
Howler.js and Wavesurfer.js sync issue when dragging - seeking sometimes fails
I'm using Howler.js for audio playback and Wavesurfer.js for waveform visualization in a React app. I have a sync issue ...
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Create an Module Federation monorepo React projects using the Nx CLI with electron app
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Create an Module Federation monorepo React projects using the Nx CLI - npx nx
g @nx/react:host apps/erp--remotes=hr,pm,crm
installed nx-electron using nx g nx-electron:app ...
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Text Input Field Not Working In React/Electron/Express App
Basically code is for an electron app with a react frontend and an express server connected to a local postgresql db.
I have a page with a list of employees on one side and an add icon. If you click ...
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IPC delay from main process to renderer with Claude Integration [closed]
I have written a simple Electron Project with Claude integration.
Idea here is to use Claude-code npm package to access terminal and make the query to claude to get the required results and display it ...
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WinSW: Service crashes with unhandled IOException when stdout/stderr log files are locked
I'm facing a problem with a client-server application running as a Windows service using WinSW (Windows Service Wrapper).
The service is restarting repeatedly due to this unhandled exception:
The ...
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Electron-builder content is not available for windows build production but work on mac and linux
i have a challenge since 3 days and even chatGpt couldn't resolve my issue :)
I have a react/capacitor/electron app packaged with vite to build. Everything ok for capacitor and Mac/Linux Electron. But ...
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Electron.js form input fields freeze for a few seconds after inserting data
I'm building a desktop app using Electron.js with a Bootstrap-based form that includes input fields and dropdowns.
Everything works fine initially, but after I insert data once or while filling the ...
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I was implementing an app for getting data from tally. i was able to get customer data like name, alias etc. but not able to get contact details
I was implementing an app for getting data from tally. i was able to get customer data like name, alias etc. but not able to get contact details and country, state, pincode etc. Below given is the xml ...
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How to properly include SQLite3 with an Electron, Electron Forge, Sequelizer set-up in production?
I've been trying to set-up a working Electron application using Electron Forge with Sqlite3 and Sequelize. This has worked great up until where I need to actually build and package, and distribute the ...
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Electron app images in build assets directory giving 404, even after base href ./?
I am working on a production app so I can't reveal too much.
I am turning an angular 19 app into an electron app. It was going fine until the images gave a 404 error when the electron app was finished ...
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Electron does not support dragging photos into the area to upload
The application made with Electron has a drag-and-drop upload feature, but it is not working. The console reports an error:
Could not get file path from drop event. This indicates a sandbox issue.
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electron-builder building issue "can't detect abi"
I was trying to use electron-builder to build my app, and I get an error.
It worked a month ago and I didn't change anything in the package.json file, but now it doesn't work. The app does work when I ...
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Bundle Next js App route with API route in Electron JS NOT WORKING
I have a baisc todo app with full crud functionality and connected to Next JS app router with API route. and i tried to bundle in in an electron JS. SO what i did was
in package.json
the script
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Bar with title shows up on transparent overlay window
I currently want to write an overlay that uses Electron. The overlay is supposed to be transparent.
The window in question:
const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
width: 100,
height: 100,
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Start Electron app as background process on login
I have made an Electron app to set notifications. This app works correctly.
I want to add code to this app to start the app on login as a background process, so that it can display notifications, ...
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Pass base URL to .exe installer when downloading it
I have my Azure pipeline generating a .exe installer file to be downloaded by user when clicking a download button in web application. The user will be able to install the electron application through ...
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AppContainer for Electron Apps
I am packaging an electron app as an msix package, using makeappx.exe.
However, I want to use the container features of AppContainer, which should be possible for an MSIX.
I find conflicting ...
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Can the electron-forge packaging entry point be configured dinamically?
We are building an Electron application, and we are using Electron Forge to do the build. But we have the requirement of having different builds with different capabilities, although a lot of the ...
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How to filter out unavailable printers from `webContents.getPrintersAsync()` result?
I’d like to filter the list returned by webContents.getPrintersAsync() to include only printers that are currently available — meaning they are connected, have paper and ink, and are ready to print.
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Playwright test fails on an electron application, but running electron application is working fine
I am facing a bit of a situation.
I have an electron application built with webpack for which I have written tests in the Playwright framework.
Building the electron application with the following ...
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Having following error while compiling for electron-vite v8 bytecode : vite bytecode Electron uninstall
I have cloned the repo, did pnpm i and when i run pnpm test:fully, i get following error,
vite v4.2.1 building for production...
4 modules transformed.
out/main/bytecode-loader.js 2.28 kB
out/main/...
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ElectronJS will not execute. No Error Messages
I am having some issues with executing an Electron application.
I had a working version last night that started without issue but this morning the Electron application that was previously working ...
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How to disable Electron.js panel window movable area click event on macOS?
In Electron.js, a panel type Browser window has an approximately 28-pixel top area that acts as a moveable area. Clicking in this area focuses the application, bringing the app menu to the top taskbar,...
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vite-react/electron problem, UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning with sqlite3
I am trying to create a React desktop app with electron, and everything was working fine for the frontend, and when i started the backend, a problem popped up and it's persistent.
for now this is my ...
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Why would ReactDOMServer.renderToString(createElement(SomeComponent)) fail without an error message in an ElectronJS app's main process?
preamble: this question was rewritten in the light of Estus Flask's message below (where I have also added a fix, if not an answer)
In an Electron app I have this simple React component
const ...
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Unable to change app icon for exe file in electron-vite electron builder
I am trying to change app icon for my exe file, attaching my electron-builder.yml file, the build is successful but my exe file icon does not change, it is 256x256 size and icon file, but does not ...
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Custom Protocol Handler | Process Requests in the BrowserWindow?
When implementing a custom protocol handler in Electron, is there a way that you can process requests within the BrowserWindow? I'm attempting to configure my login flow using oauth2, which requires a ...
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Electron Browser OAuth
I'm trying to make a unique browser using Electron, and it was going well until I hit the issue of Google sign in. When I go, for example, into gmail.com, and click sign in with google (on any site), ...
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Electron Nodejs App breaks when signed, but works unsigned
This is probably a rookie error, so bear with me please.
I have a built an app for ARM Mac that works when building it without explicitly signing it as well as in dev mode.
When successfully signing ...
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BaseWindow doesnt show when electron app starts
import { app, BaseWindow } from "electron";
app.whenReady().then(() => {
const window = new BaseWindow({
title: "main",
show: true,
url: "https://www.google....
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Electron app in Automatic Assessment Configuration always prompts for "login" keychain on macOS, how to stop it?
I'm trying to ship an Electron / macOS desktop app that must run inside Automatic Assessment Configuration.
The build signs and notarizes successfully, and assessment mode itself starts on Apple-arm64 ...
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Websocket connection error for "file://" origin
I have an angular app within electron that talks to a quarkus backend. When i try to open a Websocket connection I get a 403 error, because electron adds the "file://" Origin in the request ...
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node-thermal-printer ask for printer driver while printing label
i have done this code but it ask for driver while printing from usb
const { printer: ThermalPrinter, types: PrinterTypes } = require("node-thermal-printer");
let printer = new ...
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Is there a way to get normal output from electron-forge commands?
We have recently added some Electron apps into our application suite, and these are being packaged up with the command electron-forge package.
Unfortunately, it looks like that command is doing all ...
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Field in Modal dialog become non-interactive after delete records
I have a desktop web application that I'm building with Electron and React.js.
The problem is as follows:
When creating and updating records, everything works fine; this is achieved through a modal ...
