Window.open() Functionality in Desktop application

Troubleshooting
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Summary

I am trying to open a new window in windows desktop application through the Developer Tools but it seems to return a BroserWindowProxy object rather than opening a new window.

Steps to reproduce

open the Developer Tool for windows application and type the following in console:

window.open('','_blank','height:200,width:200')

Expected behavior

Ideally it should open a new blank window as I have not provided any URL. It is not working even if I provide a url in window.open() method.

Observed behavior

It return a BrowserWindowProxy object.

Please let me know if I am missing something or it should be done any other way.

Thanks

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Hi Mahipal,

Returning BrowserWindowProxy is intended behavior of Electron, which is the framework we are using to create the desktop app.

Just curious, why do you need a new blank window?

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Hi yuya,

Thanks for replying.
I am trying to render a custom Component inside the new window.
Somehow, I am able to do that in Mattermost Web but unable to replicate the same in Desktop application.
In case you want some more insight on what I am trying to achieve, you can check this out.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

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Hi Mahipal,

Possibly nativeWindowOpen of webPreferences would help that. I have never used this option, so I’m not sure whether it’s appropriate.