Migrate from BrowserView to WebContentsView

js/tabState/tab.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class TabList {
 
   //tab properties that shouldn't be saved to disk
 
-  static temporaryProperties = ['hasAudio', 'previewImage', 'loaded', 'hasBrowserView']
+  static temporaryProperties = ['hasAudio', 'previewImage', 'loaded', 'hasWebContents']
 
   add (tab = {}, options = {}, emit=true) {
     var tabId = String(tab.id || Math.round(Math.random() * 100000000000000000)) // you can pass an id that will be used, or a random one will be generated.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class TabList {
       hasAudio: false,
       previewImage: '',
       isFileView: false,
-      hasBrowserView: false,
+      hasWebContents: false,
     }
 
     if (options.atEnd) {

js/util/settings/settingsMain.js

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ var settings = {
     settings.runChangeCallbacks(key)
 
     windows.getAll().forEach(function (win) {
-      win.webContents.send('settingChanged', key, value)
+      getWindowWebContents(win).send('settingChanged', key, value)
     })
   },
   initialize: function (userDataPath) {
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ var settings = {
       settings.runChangeCallbacks(key)
 
       windows.getAll().forEach(function (win) {
-        if (win.webContents.id !== e.sender.id) {
-          win.webContents.send('settingChanged', key, value)
+        if (getWindowWebContents(win).id !== e.sender.id) {
+          getWindowWebContents(win).send('settingChanged', key, value)
         }
       })
     })

js/webviews.js

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ const webviews = {
   events: [],
   IPCEvents: [],
   hasViewForTab: function(tabId) {
-    return tabId && tasks.getTaskContainingTab(tabId) && tasks.getTaskContainingTab(tabId).tabs.get(tabId).hasBrowserView
+    return tabId && tasks.getTaskContainingTab(tabId) && tasks.getTaskContainingTab(tabId).tabs.get(tabId).hasWebContents
   },
   bindEvent: function (event, fn) {
     webviews.events.push({
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ const webviews = {
     }
 
     tasks.getTaskContainingTab(tabId).tabs.update(tabId, {
-      hasBrowserView: true
+      hasWebContents: true
     })
   },
   setSelected: function (id, options) { // options.focus - whether to focus the view. Defaults to true.
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ const webviews = {
 
     if (webviews.hasViewForTab(id)) {
       tasks.getTaskContainingTab(id).tabs.update(id, {
-        hasBrowserView: false
+        hasWebContents: false
       })
     }
     //we may be destroying a view for which the tab object no longer exists, so this message should be sent unconditionally

main/download.js

@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@ function isAttachment (header) {
 }
 
 function downloadHandler (event, item, webContents) {
-  const sourceView = Object.values(viewMap).find(view => view.webContents.id === webContents.id)
-  let sourceWindow
-  if (sourceView) {
-    sourceWindow = BrowserWindow.fromBrowserView(sourceView)
-  }
+  let sourceWindow = windows.windowFromContents(webContents)?.win
   if (!sourceWindow) {
     sourceWindow = windows.getCurrent()
   }
@@ -64,10 +60,7 @@ function listenForDownloadHeaders (ses) {
     if (details.resourceType === 'mainFrame' && details.responseHeaders) {
       let sourceWindow
       if (details.webContents) {
-        const sourceView = Object.values(viewMap).find(view => view.webContents.id === details.webContents.id)
-        if (sourceView) {
-          sourceWindow = BrowserWindow.fromBrowserView(sourceView)
-        }
+        sourceWindow = windows.windowFromContents(details.webContents)?.win
       }
       if (!sourceWindow) {
         sourceWindow = windows.getCurrent()

main/main.js

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ const path = require('path')
 const {
   app, // Module to control application life.
   protocol, // Module to control protocol handling
-  BrowserWindow, // Module to create native browser window.
+  BaseWindow, // Module to create native browser window.
+  BrowserWindow,
   webContents,
   session,
   ipcMain: ipc,
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ const {
   dialog,
   nativeTheme,
   shell,
-  net
+  net,
+  WebContentsView
 } = electron
 
 crashReporter.start({
@@ -98,24 +100,24 @@ function sendIPCToWindow (window, action, data) {
     return
   }
 
-  if (window && window.webContents && window.webContents.isLoadingMainFrame()) {
+  if (window && getWindowWebContents(window).isLoadingMainFrame()) {
     // immediately after a did-finish-load event, isLoading can still be true,
     // so wait a bit to confirm that the page is really loading
     setTimeout(function() {
-      if (window.webContents.isLoadingMainFrame()) {
-        window.webContents.once('did-finish-load', function () {
-          window.webContents.send(action, data || {})
+      if (getWindowWebContents(window).isLoadingMainFrame()) {
+        getWindowWebContents(window).once('did-finish-load', function () {
+          getWindowWebContents(window).send(action, data || {})
         })
       } else {
-        window.webContents.send(action, data || {})
+         getWindowWebContents(window).send(action, data || {})
       }
     }, 0)
   } else if (window) {
-    window.webContents.send(action, data || {})
+    getWindowWebContents(window).send(action, data || {})
   } else {
     var window = createWindow()
-    window.webContents.once('did-finish-load', function () {
-      window.webContents.send(action, data || {})
+    getWindowWebContents(window).once('did-finish-load', function () {
+      getWindowWebContents(window).send(action, data || {})
     })
   }
 }
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ function createWindow (customArgs = {}) {
 }
 
 function createWindowWithBounds (bounds, customArgs) {
-  const newWin = new BrowserWindow({
+  const newWin = new BaseWindow({
     width: bounds.width,
     height: bounds.height,
     x: bounds.x,
@@ -201,6 +203,15 @@ function createWindowWithBounds (bounds, customArgs) {
     frame: settings.get('useSeparateTitlebar'),
     alwaysOnTop: settings.get('windowAlwaysOnTop'),
     backgroundColor: '#fff', // the value of this is ignored, but setting it seems to work around https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/10559
+  })
+
+  // windows and linux always use a menu button in the upper-left corner instead
+  // if frame: false is set, this won't have any effect, but it does apply on Linux if "use separate titlebar" is enabled
+  if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
+    newWin.setMenuBarVisibility(false)
+  }
+
+  const mainView = new WebContentsView({
     webPreferences: {
       nodeIntegration: true,
       contextIsolation: false,
@@ -217,20 +228,19 @@ function createWindowWithBounds (bounds, customArgs) {
       ]
     }
   })
+  mainView.webContents.loadURL(browserPage)
+  mainView.setBounds({x: 0, y: 0, width: bounds.width, height: bounds.height})
+  newWin.contentView.addChildView(mainView)
 
-  // windows and linux always use a menu button in the upper-left corner instead
-  // if frame: false is set, this won't have any effect, but it does apply on Linux if "use separate titlebar" is enabled
-  if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
-    newWin.setMenuBarVisibility(false)
-  }
-
-  // and load the index.html of the app.
-  newWin.loadURL(browserPage)
+  newWin.on('resize', function() {
+    const winBounds = newWin.getBounds()
+    mainView.setBounds({x: 0, y: 0, width: winBounds.width, height: winBounds.height})
+  })
 
   if (bounds.maximized) {
     newWin.maximize()
 
-    newWin.webContents.once('did-finish-load', function () {
+    mainView.webContents.once('did-finish-load', function () {
       sendIPCToWindow(newWin, 'maximize')
     })
   }
@@ -269,7 +279,7 @@ function createWindowWithBounds (bounds, customArgs) {
 
   newWin.on('blur', function () {
     // if the devtools for this window are focused, this check will be false, and we keep the focused class on the window
-    if (BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow() !== newWin) {
+    if (BaseWindow.getFocusedWindow() !== newWin) {
       sendIPCToWindow(newWin, 'blur')
     }
   })
@@ -311,7 +321,7 @@ function createWindowWithBounds (bounds, customArgs) {
   }
 
   // prevent remote pages from being loaded using drag-and-drop, since they would have node access
-  newWin.webContents.on('will-navigate', function (e, url) {
+  mainView.webContents.on('will-navigate', function (e, url) {
     if (url !== browserPage) {
       e.preventDefault()
     }
@@ -340,7 +350,7 @@ app.on('ready', function () {
 
   const newWin = createWindow()
 
-  newWin.webContents.on('did-finish-load', function () {
+  getWindowWebContents(newWin).on('did-finish-load', function () {
     // if a URL was passed as a command line argument (probably because Min is set as the default browser on Linux), open it.
     handleCommandLineArguments(process.argv)
 
@@ -403,8 +413,7 @@ app.on('activate', function (/* e, hasVisibleWindows */) {
 })
 
 ipc.on('focusMainWebContents', function () {
-  //TODO fix
-  windows.getCurrent().webContents.focus()
+  getWindowWebContents(windows.getCurrent()).focus()
 })
 
 ipc.on('showSecondaryMenu', function (event, data) {
@@ -430,25 +439,30 @@ ipc.on('quit', function () {
 })
 
 ipc.on('tab-state-change', function(e, events) {
+  const sourceWindowId = windows.windowFromContents(e.sender)?.id
+  if (!sourceWindowId) {
+    console.warn('warning: received tab state update from window after destruction, ignoring')
+    return
+  }
   windows.getAll().forEach(function(window) {
-    if (window.webContents.id !== e.sender.id) {
-      window.webContents.send('tab-state-change-receive', {
-        sourceWindowId: windows.windowFromContents(e.sender).id,
+    if (getWindowWebContents(window).id !== e.sender.id) {
+      getWindowWebContents(window).send('tab-state-change-receive', {
+        sourceWindowId,
         events
       })
     }
   })
 })
 
 ipc.on('request-tab-state', function(e) {
-  const otherWindow = windows.getAll().find(w => w.webContents.id !== e.sender.id)
+  const otherWindow = windows.getAll().find(w => getWindowWebContents(w).id !== e.sender.id)
   if (!otherWindow) {
     throw new Error('secondary window doesn\'t exist as source for tab state')
   }
   ipc.once('return-tab-state', function(e2, data) {
     e.returnValue = data
   })
-  otherWindow.webContents.send('read-tab-state')
+  getWindowWebContents(otherWindow).send('read-tab-state')
 })
 
 /* places service */
@@ -472,4 +486,8 @@ app.once('ready', function() {
 
 ipc.on('places-connect', function (e) {
   placesWindow.webContents.postMessage('places-connect', null, e.ports)
-})
+})
+
+function getWindowWebContents (win) {
+  return win.getContentView().children[0].webContents
+}

main/menu.js

@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ function buildAppMenu (options = {}) {
                 if (process.platform === 'darwin') { return 'Shift+Cmd+Alt+I' } else { return 'Ctrl+Shift+Alt+I' }
               })(),
               click: function (item, focusedWindow) {
-                if (focusedWindow) focusedWindow.toggleDevTools()
+                if (focusedWindow) getWindowWebContents(focusedWindow).toggleDevTools()
               }
             },
             {