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# Electron Issues



- [Closed Issues With Comments After Closure](#closed_issues_with_comments_after_closure)

- [Closed Issues With Low Sentiment Score After Closure](#closed_issues_with_low_sentiment_score_after_closure)

- [Closed Issues With High Sentiment Score](#closed_issues_with_high_sentiment_score)

- [Closed Issues With Low Sentiment Score](#closed_issues_with_low_sentiment_score)

- [Oldest Open Issues](#oldest_open_issues)

- [Top Open Issues By Comment Count](#top_open_issues_by_comment_count)

- [Top Closed Issues By Comment Count](#top_closed_issues_by_comment_count)

- [Open Issues With High Sentiment Score](#open_issues_with_high_sentiment_score)

- [Open Issues With Low Sentiment Score](#open_issues_with_low_sentiment_score)



Closed Issues With Comments After Closure


#titlecommentsAfterClosure3871Electron broken on OS X in Apple Sandboxed apps (App Store)85254jQuery isn't set globally because "module" is defined66562Mobile Support431484PHP app438297Globalmenu: dbusmenu-object on Dbus does not contain full layout432003Expected app bundle size?39381Support for window transparency312048How to inject jquery into Browserwindow293271Feature Request - WebVR283041Source Code Protection27262Notifications on Windows26573Enable removing the X-Frame-Options header for frames242170Transparent window has white background window221283"auto-update" dosen't work properly on both Windows and Mac.201298URI behavior on Windows201843Webview preload script not surviving webview src change193145Implement Single-Instance for Windows / Linux194017[v0.36.2 mac] require('electron').app undefined194175window.open doesn't support all standard functionality196919Add sandbox option and support native window.open19474Windows: Allow Alt-key bindings to override menus.182085Loading pepper plugins and EME support via CDMs183888Create transparent window on top of everything18465[Linux] Notifications Not Showing  Properly17942Add support for spell checking 171611Using electron and React171809Build instructions are out of date, and do not work for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS out of the box174241Can't change taskbar application name174519WidevineCDM - "DRM: Unable to instantiate a key system supporting the required combinations"177300Requiring electron outside of main.js causes a TypeError17



Closed Issues With Low Sentiment Score After Closure


#titlewordscommentssentiment4881Error compiling v8-profilerfails, problem, failed, errors, warning, warn, missing, falling, warnings, blocking7-286621app.restart() app.quit() on OSX says ".. quit unexpectedly"failed, warning, problem, suspect6-125306EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT): CrBrowserMainunlikely, crash, alert, problem5-96306defaultPath option to showSaveDialog() has no effect on macOSproblem, mistake3-78677Modal Windows don't yield on closeproblem, garbage, hide6-62558[Windows] test.py errorsfail, errors, failing, broke, accidentally, waste, broken, ignore, support, hard4-67591Debug webContents crashed eventcrash, wrong, dump, help5-54640Intermittent electron app crash - with backtrace pointing to RegexPattern::operator!=unable, warning, violation, crash, problem5-53883Invalid documentation on IPC modulewrong, sorry, oops3-51815Zombie processes on windows ?leave, bad, problems, failure, failed, errors, afraid, unable, sorry, suspecting, problem, crash, kill11-51252how to terminate app if intercepting will-quitidiot, problems3-58790constant renderer process CPU usage with transparent visualsforgot, misleading, avoid3-46892BrowserWindow.loadURL not working in macOS 10.12 (Sierra)refuses, errors5-46484Restore support for  without Node integrationproblems, trust, lack, supported, support8-46292crash when attempting to quit while a modal browser window is openunable, crash, suspect, preventing3-45307NSAllowsArbitraryLoadsunsafe, blocked, insecure, warning, prevent3-44304cookies and session not getting forwarded / persisted in webviewproblem, wasting, sorry, bad5-41657Link with DLL version of VC++ runtimestopped, fatal, conflicts, warning, failures, lost3-41155Recursive fs.readdir blocks browser window blocks, starves, suspect, blocking7-41083Mailto: openExternal does not work on Windows.blaming, problem, blame, leave, errors, warn, fail, fails7-4768Errors executing "Quick start" example with prebuilt binary of Atom-shell v0.19 for Linux 64 bits errors, wasting, stupid4-49224Block non-`file://` URLs when `nodeIntegration` is enabledpostponed, good, blocking, defer, insecure, blocked, broken, wrong3-38333Cannot load highcharts when run inside electrondisabling, problem4-38102Electron App Build On windowsstop, problem3-37971make npm install instructions more prominentfire, broken, fail4-37954[Windows] Bug with open file dialog with forward slash (`file_dialog::ShowOpenDialog`)slash, failed, limitation, warning, sorry5-37286webContents.send slow for large objectsafraid, wrong, unclear, trouble, clear6-37165Some menu accelerators don't work in Windowsbad3-35985Spell check works wrong with Germanwrong, problem, hard, discards3-35856app.makeSingleInstance()block, want, confusing3-3



Closed Issues With High Sentiment Score


#titlewordscommentssentiment6620Add option to always highlight the tray icon👍, want, worth, highlight, win, good, best, clear, better, save, interesting, thanks, awesome5109243Support writing custom formats into clipboardsupport, great, supporting, supports, ✨, cool, super, want, robust, good, worth, fine, 🎉, 🚢, 👍, helpful581395Global shortcut API: add support for meta-key / windows-keypretty, want, good, chance, certain, agree, win, support, matter, free563445Found A bug with menufocused, top, perfectly, want, active, thank, good561936API to inhibit screensaverbetter, supported, best, support, good, ease, appropriate, easy, solution, stable, solutions, perfectly, popular, robust, elegant, save, thanks953138Feature request - Find/Search content in Webview Taguseful, highlight, stable, chance, please, luck, eager, thanks, awesome453547Reply from notification on Macsupport, fine, worth, 👍, free457400Update korean docs, according to most recent changes and other missing.progress, help, appreciated, kind, thanks, 👍457908protocol: register about scheme handlerbest, 👍, thanks, awesome, great, worth558129Allow to get a BrowserWindow by its nameuseful, worth, want, agree, important, help, good, thank, great658414Using Google Recaptchasupported, help, support, 👍, positive459052Native tabs on macOScool, better, helpful, thank, good, 🎆, 📑, 👍, awesome, thanks, top, great659139Passing --trace-warnings flag to node to print stack of unhandled promise rejectionsbetter, kind, active, helps, hope, supported, great, free, good, top, thanks, interested459207Default TouchBar button size with icon is massive👍, big, nice, thank, kind, thanks, fair459350Full Crawler Configuration👍, want, 😆, help, secure, corrupt, improve, interesting, solves, best, thanks, recommend559Use native open dialog?save, ensure64388Selenium and Chromedriver Compatibility?success, successfully, better, helps, share, breakthrough, help, want44562Mobile Supportsupporting, support, great, hoping, hope, kind, wish, love, awesome, nice, huge, happy, allow, responsive, want, appropriately, matter, good, important, thanks, ability, grants, benefit, help, excited, super, improvement, clear, responsibility, unified, fine, top, better, smarter, benefits, pure, advanced, please, interested, best, interesting, solution, worth, pretty, yes, agree, commitment, careful, big, dearly464702view web page without an iFrame?allow, support, interesting, exciting, wish, better, easy, super, helpful54739MenuItem with iconsupported, backing, pretty, thank, awesome, great542076Cannot show insecure image in BrowserWindowapproves, good, kind, want, better, great542415Multiple "apps"ability, clearly, interesting, want, supports, yes, curious, assets, helpful, accepting, support, help, glad, thanks, awesome, suited, best, solution742453Add support for using .ico icon files on Windowssupported, nice, great, support, unified, hoping, thanks, good543041Source Code Protectionsafe, mess, want, protect, hurt, good, ensure, appropriate, easy, popularity, strengthen, support, better, interested, innovation, pretty, solution, interest, accept, happy, certain, cool, free, gain, adopt, protected, clearly, appreciate, amazing, clear, care, pretend, rewarded, progress, motivation, great, huge, significant, agree, committed, curious, important, awesome, ease, suitable, fit, worth, successful, love, please, supported, help, solving, secure, improve, dedication, effectively, robust, capability2844907Notification Center behaviour question on OS X & Windows 10ensuring, greatest, interested, hope, top, cleared, thank, love, improve, support, clear644941Add "black background?" to FAQnice, thanks, good, sparkles445033Rebase on the correct Node commitsupport, stable, better, hopefully, thanks445183`WebContents.executeJavaScript()` never succeeds when called during a resource load, but after page loadfail, succeed, clear, success, succeeds, matter, best, happy, 👍545195Does `auto-updater` implements typical OS X update dialogs?appropriate, sparkle, kind, care, thanks, nice, great545516Lagging when playing video with JS (Raspberry Pi2)help, support, chance, great, advantage, resolution, fine, huge, solution44



Closed Issues With Low Sentiment Score


#titlewordscommentssentiment4881Error compiling v8-profilerfails, problem, failed, errors, warning, warn, missing, falling, warnings, blocking7-242457Unable to use Pepper Flash plugin in packaged app (MacOS X)failed, missing, warning, destroyed, destroying, messed, empty, problem, solve, disabling, bad, exclude, sad11-66679Electron crash report being sendwarning, crash, leak, difficult6-57591Debug webContents crashed eventcrash, wrong, dump, help5-46621app.restart() app.quit() on OSX says ".. quit unexpectedly"failed, warning, problem, suspect6-45663Crash after opening packaged appcrash, failed, deny, killed, problem6-43538test.py intermittent fatal error on Windows crash, unable, leave, fatal, failures, failed, fired, stuck4-43107Few crash reports with Electron 0.26.1 on OSX 10.11 (El Capitan)problem, corruption, dumps, crash, wrong, hard, severe5-42558[Windows] test.py errorsfail, errors, failing, broke, accidentally, waste, broken, ignore, support, hard4-47805Electron fails to install with npm.missing, errors, empty, help4-37490Sandbox mode: "Check failed: !wrapper_.IsEmpty()" crash after preventDefault in new-windowlost, prevented, block, blocked, problem, expose, crash, prevent, blocking, destroyed, stop, fired, worry, stopped, destroy, garbage13-37109Building Electron on Linux errors, stopped, missing, killed, failed, unable, fatal, problem6-36717App hanging on close if dialog.showOpenDialog() is usedkilling, kill, trouble, alarm, sorry, weird, disappeared4-33803Crash in 0.36.0 on Linux 12.04 (TravisCI)crash, problem, dump, dumped, fired, fails, dumps, severe, crazy, warning, kill, corruption, fail18-32906Resolving promise causes renderer to crash.problem, support, want, weird, broken, stop5-32365crashReporter not working on x64 Windowscrash, mock, wrong, problem, sorry, lost, problems, broken8-32064Crash after IPC connection failureunable, stop, crash, kill, kills, failure, fired4-31815Zombie processes on windows ?leave, bad, problems, failure, failed, errors, afraid, unable, sorry, suspecting, problem, crash, kill11-3982WebContents.reload doesn't stop at breakpoints set at beforeunload and unload handlerstop, failed, fired, warning, problem, boring, unable5-3908Can't prevent dropped file from opening in Windowstops, prevent, drop, preventing, stop, problem, drag, prevents, firing, accidentally, dropped, rig6-39614unable to generate MSVS solution file via bootstrapfatal, errors, missing, warning4-29078Render process is consistently crashing when continuing after pausing at a break pointcrash, sorry, stopping, weird5-28594Sometimes, electron application disappears from the task viewproblem5-28481Support standard C++ headers / libs when building addons for Electronleave, failed, warnings, fatal, warning, errors, problem, sorry, fail, missing, mistake, falling, inadvertently15-28339Failed at the [email protected] postinstall script 'node install.js'fails, problem, failed, warn, silly, denied, wrong, sentence, trouble14-28294AutoUpdater throws an error before emitting update-downloadedproblem, errors5-28214There was something wrong when using event.sender.sendfailed, destroyed5-28045Crash Reporter in Mac uses submit-url from the main process for crashes in Renderer processcrash, support, misunderstood, confusing5-27954[Windows] Bug with open file dialog with forward slash (`file_dialog::ShowOpenDialog`)slash, failed, limitation, warning, sorry5-27899Strange fs async lock issue.struggling, wrong, problems, problem, stalled, fire, afraid6-2



Oldest Open Issues


#titleopened228Headless version for testing3 years ago230Restart or shutdown of OS X is always cancelled3 years ago259Provide compiled binary for popular Linux distributions3 years ago360Datalist elements do not work3 years ago414Remove Border Radius From Frameless Window On Mac3 years ago527Add Menu.remove3 years ago528Menu delegates and data-driven menus3 years ago611mouseleave event isn't fired when moving the mouse outside the window (Windows)3 years ago673Idea of runtime mode3 years ago738Developer DesignView3 years ago749Support adding files to  elements3 years ago765[Linux - GTK] Titlebar/Menu GTKRC not matching when using the Browser option 'dark-theme'3 years ago804Request: Add Command-Line Interface(CLI) as of Cordova3 years ago839full support for multiple webkitdirectory3 years ago844Crash Reporter + WebView3 years ago869Chromecast3 years ago1005Contractions always appear as spelling errors2 years ago1043Support HTML5 form validation notifications2 years ago1130Embedding  tags within eachother2 years ago1334Can I make non global accelerators without putting things in a menu?2 years ago1335Support click-through of transparency2 years ago1360WebContents.loadUrl() without cache2 years ago1374webview dialog event2 years ago1412Setting process.title before app ready event crashes main process on OSX2 years ago1582Support for dark window chrome2 years ago1615power-monitor does nothing on OSX 10.10.32 years ago1632Accelerators should be localized in the menu2 years ago1692App should offer to move itself to /Applications if run from elsewhere2 years ago1779PPAPI process opening console windows when run from non-console2 years ago1788Hovering disabled item of tray's menu makes the submenu disappear2 years ago



Top Open Issues By Comment Count


#titlecomments673Idea of runtime mode1755851bundle v8 that is compatible with bundled node662927Consider replacing GTK2 w GTK3 in Linux builds64228Headless version for testing558455Globalmenu consumes 100% CPU and does not work442867Windows 10: Window is not put to front on focus()404380Black screen with an Nvidia GPU34360Datalist elements do not work292280Add Clipboard change event to clipboard API281334Can I make non global accelerators without putting things in a menu?271335Support click-through of transparency271821Electron windows causing repaint issues when DWM composition disabled261956Add support for custom certificate266773The click event is ignored when using an app indicator tray icon256345Auto-updater not relaunching/updating246437Launching electron.exe while offline causes the executable to terminate immediately247714Distinguishing "development" from "production"24528Menu delegates and data-driven menus231582Support for dark window chrome236295Allow to run Electron apps without ASAR support226759Slowdown while typing in 22230Restart or shutdown of OS X is always cancelled21611mouseleave event isn't fired when moving the mouse outside the window (Windows)212407Fade in/out browser window215020autoUpdater does not work when have authenticated proxy216139Webview sometimes crashes on page navigation on linux217079setTimeout not working reliably218124Cache data is written to `userData` dir instead of `cache` dir211692App should offer to move itself to /Applications if run from elsewhere205151window.open allows a malicious script to read arbitrary local files20



Top Closed Issues By Comment Count


#titlecomments3871Electron broken on OS X in Apple Sandboxed apps (App Store)1087351Uncaught Error remote.js77254jQuery isn't set globally because "module" is defined68249Mac App Store66169How much faster can we make `require`?591378webview navigation events562085Loading pepper plugins and EME support via CDMs56381Support for window transparency53915React devtools not working as described in docs51262Notifications on Windows48465[Linux] Notifications Not Showing  Properly47562Mobile Support461484PHP app46734Chrome appears for frameless windows when resizing and on first load, and content is clipped448297Globalmenu: dbusmenu-object on Dbus does not contain full layout441647Uncaught Error: UnknownSystemError: Unknown system error, uv_pipe_open434875Provide official .d.ts typings for Electron432409[Electron 0.33.6] Render process crashed - white screen422003Expected app bundle size?403666Unable to open asar archive when having no execution permission on $HOME 408728Frameless maximize overflow39251App packaging381404Cache directory on windows should be %localappdata% by default384733Exception in objects-registry when doing remote work385267Strange overflowing window when maximizing a frameless window38861default window background color376919Add sandbox option and support native window.open377096add option to disable devtools372170Transparent window has white background window362889Child process crashes when downloading large files36



Open Issues With High Sentiment Score


#titlewordscommentssentiment9029Support printing in native PDF renderingsupport, great, love, curious, excellent, super, ability559534Provide ffmpeg.so file that plays all common videoslegal, care, help, supported, capable, awesome, support, yes, recommend, nice, want, chances, good, interesting556219Is there any official electron application style guide?helpful, great, recommended, hoping, thanks, smart, happy, applaud, encourage, help, 😏, leading, interest748394Ability to register MacOS servicessolution, want, interested, great, advantage, good, ability548567Support "spellcheck=true" attributethanks, perfect, help, solve, solution, good, support, respect, awesome, agree548688Pass correct window to menu itemshelp, please, thanks, curious, focused, win, honest, wow749498 No storage quota provided in QuotaSettingsstable, promoted, growing, increase, better, durable, great, cleared, certain, recommend, increased, thanks441334Can I make non global accelerators without putting things in a menu?nice, super, hoping, worth, help, respects, good, happy, solution, cool, welcome, active, focused, fit, clearly, easy, support, firing, useful, thanks, agree, yes, win, solved, want2732911Use desktop environment-aware file pickergood, easy, want, interesting, interested, support, progress, happy833797Add FreeBSD support to electronaccept, happy, interested, support, encourage, please, love, popular, curious, great, awesome, thanks, enjoyed, impressive, desire, congratulate, compliments, chances1436712Allow electron renderers to be run inside chromium sandboxallow, ambitious, help, better, good, curious, free, pretty, thanks, recommended, nice, secure, want, recommend, accessible, great, benefit, worth, share, support, progress, increase, commits, top, dedicated1736993Ability to choose where MenuItem label overflow ellipses are positioned good, clear, super, ability, want, important, better, appreciate, agree, 👍, thanks, supports1337118webContents.startDrag on Windows disallows Electron as drop targetannoying, hopefully, worth, nice, good, best, care, cleaner, hoping, pretty, better, solutions, solution, accepting, happy, glad, awesome, free1437206Allow Mac accessibility for apps other than VoiceOverbest, thanks, great, accessible, allow, improvement, thank, yes, reach, solve, popularity, good, super, popular, leave, extends, significant, happy1037714Distinguishing "development" from "production"solution, easy, nice, agree, 👍, yes, good, important, solving, glad, useful, appropriate, want, love, allow, funky, clear, agreed, advantage, welcome, accepting, fame, meaningful, reliably, thanks, interested, reliable2438293No way/API to know why a window is closingclean, great, save, yes, solution, acceptable, 👍, good538305Border renders wrong when using Vibrancyvibrant, hopefully, solution43527Add Menu.removehelp, hope, want, easy, support, wish, solution, top, smile, appreciated, great, clear, solved, pretty62673Idea of runtime modehelpful, progress, easy, best, support, good, allow, solving, worth, great, useful, accepts, appropriate, interested, super, big, wins, huge, trust, benefits, want, granted, kind, yes, suffer, chance, benefit, help, successfully, free, increased, solution, thanks, awesome, shared, fair, please, nice, solve, recommended, saved, supports, interesting, courageous, care, cool, better, supported, important, perfect, ability, prepared, recommend, advantage, fine, agree, clear, cleaner, matter, clean, popular, certain, hope, safe, pretty, shares, resolves, fit, stable, solved, extend, careful, spam, ensure, agreed, vision, win, promises, share, worthy, cute, innovative, effectively, exciting, top, growing, natural, forgive, resolve, success, solutions, exploration, love, fascinating, opportunities, faith, thank, quality, powerful, solves, intact, asset, launched, gain1752869Chromecastperfectly, popular, support, fine, fit, significant, supporting, want, resolve, accepts821335Support click-through of transparencypretty, support, love, interested, top, worth, chance, progress, resolved, active, 😄, want, carefully, easy, super, accept, interest, solution, thanks, please, good, recommend, better, yes, certain, lol, interesting, fire, nice, hilarious2721582Support for dark window chromesolve, supporting, nice, support, hopefully, top, good, aura, improve, pretty, want, focused, yes, perfect, easy, solutions, love, interested, better, best, appreciate2321615power-monitor does nothing on OSX 10.10.3good, bad, want, support, great, love1021692App should offer to move itself to /Applications if run from elsewheregreat, agree, want, good, pretty, care, feeling, allow, better, desired, nice, friendly, free, kind, succeeds, saved, huge, cool, yes, thanks, excellent, interested, 😄, help2021836BrowserWindow should be capable of targeting dedicated monitorspretty, interest, feeling, good, easy, dedicated, ability, active, great522407Fade in/out browser windowsmile, best, great, fine, honor, cool, agreed, supports, appreciate, love, better, recommended, curious, thanks, noticeable, want, help, kind, win2122504[Windows] Menus don't follow native keyboard conventionsaccept, solution, good, advantage, improving, best, hope, better, big, pretty, fine, support, top, focused, gains, advanced, easy, accessible, progress, 🙌, happy1624424Add support for Notification Actions (added in Chrome 48)worth, good, cool, rich, super, effectively, haha, unified, robust, extend, helps725439Tray with only titlebig, happy, want, supports, cool, nice, thanks, pretty625612Add internal electron support for the `chrome.mdns` APIwow, kind, keen, cool52



Open Issues With Low Sentiment Score


#titlewordscommentssentiment9494[WIP] Fix and addition on content_scripts basic supportwarning, dump, crash4-79416fs.watch causes Electron crashproblems, dump, crash, dumps4-58829Electron app crashes on electron!icu_56::RegexPattern::operator!bummer, unavailable, unable, warning, violation4-44119page disappears after using webContents.printToPDF with overflow:hidden stylecrash, fail, grey, problem, failure, fired, fire8-39102FR: Better error reporting for webContents->executeJavaScripterrors, problem, reject, await, annoying, useless, rejected, empty, bad5-28554File dialog can not show after destroying a modal child windowlimitation, warning, suspect, undesirable, blocking, problem, support, share, destroy, crash, strange8-25255Second menu item click() ignored in submenu on Linuxproblem, unable, failed, doubt8-24849Lost access to dialog after hiding bound browser windowhide, problem, delayed, errors, missing, apologize, worries, blocked7-21412Setting process.title before app ready event crashes main process on OSXunable, crash, problem, frustrating4-29604auto update mechanism freezes appwrong, warning4-19258Performance problem with window.open🕐, misread4-19231Crashes on webview.loadURL()crash, refusing, avoid, hide10-19190Keyboard events are lost when notification is dismissedmissed, problem, discord7-18836Creating BrowerWindows with a parent always makes them showlooses4-18525Hiding a minimized window in Mate breaks Appproblem, unable, sorry4-18272Spawn/ENOENT thrown if the app is moved while it is openavoid5-17815Input events from Wacom pen aren't workingproblems, bad, problem, allow, limited, broken, apologize, lag16-16033Some window operations not working when window is in fullscreen stateleave, hide, hiding5-14395Crash when setting src for invisible webviewcrash, unable, violated, destroyed, exploit11-14025Loading native modules twice during navigation results in "Native module did not self-register"problem, trouble, confused, fail, stuck, fails, failed, failing, suspected, stopped12-13767Perf problems with dns lookupwrong, delay, blocks, hate5-12579Make beforeunload event (largely) web-compatible while maintain backward compatibilitydoubt, stopping, cancel, preventing, problem, want, suspect, pretending, avoid, ignore, unclear, leave, prevent, prevented, empty, missing, missed6-19868Support printing in landscape from API409862processes persists after closing the application on packagedproblem, stop, slashes809775Typescript translation incorrect for Electron.IpcRenderer.sendSyncmisleading509671Window: backgroundColor does not match CSS colorwant, hard409649crash when creating remote object in sandboxed rendererexposes, problem, sorry409626TypeScript translation broken for NodeJS.Processallow, errors, expose, 😕, problem1209613before-quit, will-quit and quit not triggered on windows 10block, kill, blocks, fire, favor, wrong, interrupted609611Sandbox option doesn't work on webviewcrash, missing, limited, avoid, forget, confusing, sad, block, problem, exposed, limitation, restricted160