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355 votes
21 answers
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Problem: while developing using Electron, when you try to use any JS plugin that requires jQuery, the plugin doesn't find jQuery, even if you load in the correct path using script tags. For example, ...
252 votes
11 answers
256k views

I'm creating an Electron app for my own purpose. My problem is when I'm using node functions inside my HTML page it throws an error of: 'require()' is not defined. Is there any way to use Node ...
28 votes
2 answers
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I was running an Electron project, and everything worked just fine. But now when I run any of the scripts in my package.json (including npm start), it just escapes a line and doesn't do anything. My ...
31 votes
2 answers
91k views

I'm currently in the process practicing using electron, but I'm quite new with javascript and I've come across a problem which has me completely baffled. I have the following code: function ...
107 votes
6 answers
116k views

I'm trying to use Node modules (in this example, fs) in my renderer processes, like this: // main_window.js const fs = require('fs') function action() { console.log(fs) } Note: The action ...
96 votes
4 answers
106k views

I am trying to add functionality to a button in index.html file is as follows: I have a button element in index.html <button id="auth-button">Authorize</button> In main.js of the app, I ...
61 votes
5 answers
129k views

I'm working on an Electron application and I want to use async await in an anonymous function in my Main like this: process.on("uncaughtException", async (error: Error) => { await this....
227 votes
18 answers
248k views

How do you set the app icon for your Electron app? I am trying BrowserWindow({icon:'path/to/image.png'}); but it does not work. Do I need to pack the app to see the effect?
57 votes
7 answers
29k views

Is there a good solution on how to include third party pre compiled binaries like imagemagick into an electron app? there are node.js modules but they are all wrappers or native binding to the system ...
113 votes
10 answers
136k views

I want to develop desktop app using electron that uses sqlite3 package installed via npm with the command npm install --save sqlite3 but it gives the following error in electron browser console ...
108 votes
25 answers
488k views

I can see in this file (https://github.com/ReactTraining/react-router/blob/v0.13.3/modules/createRouter.js) that there is a refresh function but I have no idea how to call it. I'm fairly new to react-...
87 votes
13 answers
126k views

I want to generate a unique .exe file to execute the app or a .msi to install the application. How to do that?
263 votes
2 answers
377k views

I have packed my Electron application using the following command: asar pack app app.asar Now, I need to unpack it and get the whole code back. Is there any way to do so?
82 votes
12 answers
48k views

I'm using the BrowserWindow to display an app and I would like to force the external links to be opened in the default browser. Is that even possible or I have to approach this differently?
69 votes
3 answers
138k views

I have some template files that contain a few variable strings each, I'd like to build a very simple input form with Electron (https://www.electronjs.org/) and I want to save the composed output file ...

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