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Bind BrowserView to ResizeObserver output
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<!-- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP -->
<!-- <meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'"> -->
<title>Hello World!</title>
<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>
</head>
<body class="flex flex-col h-screen">
<div class="flex h-full">
<div class="bg-red-500 w-full" id="div1">
div 1
</div>
<div class="bg-green-500 w-full" id="div2">
div 2
</div>
<div class="bg-blue-500 w-full" id="div3">
div 3
</div>
</div>
<div class="flex h-full">
<div class="bg-yellow-500 w-full" id="div4">
div 4
</div>
<div class="bg-indigo-500 w-full" id="div5">
div 5
</div>
<div class="bg-neutral-500 w-full" id="div6">
div 6
</div>
</div>
<div class="flex h-full">
<div class="bg-orange-500 w-full" id="div7">
div 7
</div>
<div class="bg-amber-500 w-full" id="div8">
div 8
</div>
<div class="bg-purple-500 w-full" id="div9">
div 9
</div>
</div>
<!-- You can also require other files to run in this process -->
<script src="./renderer.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
// Modules to control application life and create native browser window
const { app, BrowserWindow, BrowserView, ipcMain } = require('electron')
const path = require('node:path')
function createWindow() {
// Create the browser window.
const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
width: 800,
height: 600,
webPreferences: {
preload: path.join(__dirname, 'preload.js'),
nodeIntegration: true,
contextIsolation: false
}
})
// and load the index.html of the app.
mainWindow.loadFile('index.html')
// Open the DevTools.
mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools({})
const view = new BrowserView()
view.webContents.loadURL('https://youtube.com')
view.setBounds({
x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 100
})
ipcMain.on('resize-element', (_, bounds) => {
console.log(bounds)
view.setBounds({
x: Math.round(bounds.x),
y: Math.round(bounds.y),
width: Math.round(bounds.width),
height: Math.round(bounds.height),
})
})
mainWindow.addBrowserView(view)
}
// This method will be called when Electron has finished
// initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
// Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
app.whenReady().then(() => {
createWindow()
app.on('activate', function () {
// On macOS it's common to re-create a window in the app when the
// dock icon is clicked and there are no other windows open.
if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) createWindow()
})
})
// Quit when all windows are closed, except on macOS. There, it's common
// for applications and their menu bar to stay active until the user quits
// explicitly with Cmd + Q.
app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
if (process.platform !== 'darwin') app.quit()
})
// In this file you can include the rest of your app's specific main process
// code. You can also put them in separate files and require them here.
{
"name": "moaning-sense-commit-6p1kc",
"productName": "moaning-sense-commit-6p1kc",
"description": "My Electron application description",
"keywords": [],
"main": "./main.js",
"version": "1.0.0",
"author": "trulysinclair",
"scripts": {
"start": "electron ."
},
"dependencies": {},
"devDependencies": {
"electron": "30.0.0"
}
}
/**
* The preload script runs before `index.html` is loaded
* in the renderer. It has access to web APIs as well as
* Electron's renderer process modules and some polyfilled
* Node.js functions.
*
* https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/sandbox
*/
window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
const replaceText = (selector, text) => {
const element = document.getElementById(selector)
if (element) element.innerText = text
}
for (const type of ['chrome', 'node', 'electron']) {
replaceText(`${type}-version`, process.versions[type])
}
})
const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron')
/**
* This file is loaded via the <script> tag in the index.html file and will
* be executed in the renderer process for that window. No Node.js APIs are
* available in this process because `nodeIntegration` is turned off and
* `contextIsolation` is turned on. Use the contextBridge API in `preload.js`
* to expose Node.js functionality from the main process.
*/
const observer = new ResizeObserver((elements, observer) => {
const elBounds = elements[0].contentRect
console.log(elements[0].contentRect)
ipcRenderer.send('resize-element', {
x: elBounds.right,
y: elBounds.bottom,
width: elBounds.width,
height: elBounds.height
})
})
observer.observe(document.getElementById("div5"))
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