I am running an express app via electron.
Below is the main.js
const electron = require("electron"),
app = electron.app,
BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow;
let mainWindow;
function createWindow () {
mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
width: 1200,
height: 800,
frame: false,
kiosk: true
});
mainWindow.loadURL(`file://${__dirname}/index.html`)
mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools();
mainWindow.on("closed", function () {
mainWindow = null;
})
}
app.on("ready", createWindow);
app.on("browser-window-created",function(e,window) {
window.setMenu(null);
});
app.on("window-all-closed", function () {
if (process.platform !== "darwin") {
app.quit();
}
});
app.on("activate", function () {
if (mainWindow === null) {
createWindow();
}
});
and below is a button in the view that upon click i would like it to close the app
<button id="close-btn"><i class="fa fa-cube" aria-hidden="true"></i> Close application</button>
Essentially I want to activate this part of the code once the button has been clicked
app.on("window-all-closed", function () {
if (process.platform !== "darwin") {
app.quit();
}
});
you can use
const remote = require('electron').remote
let w = remote.getCurrentWindow()
w.close()
to close your app.
if you are using jQuery
const remote = require('electron').remote
$('#close-btn').on('click', e => {
remote.getCurrentWindow().close()
})
if you are using Vue.js
<template>
<button @click="close"><i class="fa fa-cube" aria-hidden="true"></i> Close application</button>
</template>
<script>
const remote = require('electron').remote
export default{
data(){
return {
w: remote.getCurrentWindow(),
}
},
methods: {
close() {
this.w.close()
}
}
}
</script>
I use the line below to close the app.
window.close()