snippets - electron

TypeScript
import path from 'path';
import { protocol } from 'electron';

export async function registerProtocol(): Promise<void> {
  protocol.registerFileProtocol('images', (request, callback) => {
    const url = request.url.substring(7);
    callback(decodeURI(path.normalize(url)));
  });
}
// use: images:///...

TypeScript
import { Notification } from 'electron';
import type { NotificationConstructorOptions } from 'electron';

const showNotification = (title: string, body: string): void => {
  const notice = {
    title,
    body,
  } as NotificationConstructorOptions;
  new Notification(notice).show();
};

export default showNotification;

TypeScript
import { BrowserWindow, globalShortcut, shell } from 'electron';

export function registerShortcut(_mainWindow: BrowserWindow): void {
  globalShortcut.register('Control+Shift+I', async () => {
    await shell.openPath(/* */);
  });
  globalShortcut.register('Control+Shift+D', async () => {
    _mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools();
  });
}