Release Notes for v6.0.0-beta.1

Note: This is a beta release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm i [email protected].

Breaking Changes

Fixed disparity between net module headers and Node.js' http.IncomingMessage headers. #17517

Made ShowItemInFolder asynchronous with no return value. #17121

Made app log directory creation opt-in with a new function app.setAppLogsPath . #17841

Upgraded to Chromium 76.0.3774.1

Features

Added Promise support for the Cookies API. #16464

Added chrome.runtime.getManifest API for Chrome extensions. #16891

Added <webview>.getWebContentsId() , which does not depend of the remote module. #17407

Added all_frames support for Chrome extension content scripts. #17258

Added disableHtmlFullscreenWindowResize option to webPreferences to allow preventing window from resizing when entering HTML5 fullscreen. #17203

Added excludedFromShownWindowsMenu property to allow for windows to be excluded from the windows menu. #17404

Added process.getSystemVersion() , which is available in sandboxed renderers and returns the actual operating system version instead of kernel version on macOS. #16599

Added process.versions.electron to get the electron version in the forked process. #16450

Added renderer-process-crashed event to app , which is emitted when any renderer process crashes. #17315

Added systemPreferences.getAnimationSettings() returning system animation settings provided by Chromium. #17382

Added tray.getTitle() to allows users to see the title set next to the status bar icon on macOS. #17385

Added a new Event property triggeredByAccelerator , which is called back in custom click events on MenuItems . #16954

Added ability disable fetching thumbnails for in desktopCapturer.getSources() . #14906

Added additional error information to errors thrown when using the remote module. #17851

Added an option to enable MenuItems on macOS to work optionally when visible: false . #16853

Added file preview for file picker in Linux. #16447

Added flexible autoresize option for BrowserView s in BrowserWindow . #16184

Added native Touch ID authentication support for macOS. #16707

Added new monochrome , internal , acceleratorEnabled , colorDepth and depthPerComponent properties to the Display API Structure. #16870

Added new inspectSharedWorker() API to enable opening devtools for a shared worker. #16615

Added safer nativeImage.createFromBitmap() , which does not decode PNG/JPEG. #17337

Added support for Scroll Lock accelerator. #16873

Added world isolation to Chrome extension content scripts. #17032

Converted app.dock.show() such that it now returns a Promise. #16904

Converted contentTracing.getCategories() to return a promise instead taking a callback. #16583

Converted contentTracing.getTraceBufferUsage() to return a Promise instead of taking a callback. #16600

Converted contents.executeJavaScript() , webFrame.executeJavaScript() , webFrame.executeJavaScriptInIsolatedWorld() and webviewTag.executeJavaScript() to return Promises instead of taking callbacks. #17312

Converted dialog.showCertificateTrustDialog() to return a Promise instead of taking a callback. #17181

Converted netLog.stopLogging() to return a Promise instead of taking a callback. #16862

Converted session.clearAuthCache() to return a promise instead of optionally taking a callback. #17259

Converted session.clearHostResolverCache() to return a Promise instead of taking a callback. #17229

Converted session.clearStorageData() such that it returns a Promise instead of taking a callback. #17249

Converted session.getBlobData() to return a Promise instead of taking a callback. #17303

Converted session.getCacheSize() and session.clearCache() to return promises instead of taking callbacks. #17185

Converted session.setProxy() and session.resolveProxy() to return Promises instead of taking callbacks. #17222

Converted webContents.hasServiceWorker() to return a promise instead of taking a callback. #16535

Converted webContents.printToPDF() to return a Promise instead of taking a callback. #16795

Converted webContents.savePage() to return a Promise instead of taking a callback. #16742

Enabled NodeIntegrationInSubFrames option usage for webview tags. #17226

Exposed colorSpace to the Display object. #17405

Feat: add native emoji and color picker methods for Windows and MacOS. #17359

Fixed Chrome extension content scripts not loading in sandboxed renderer. #16218

For security reasons, preload scripts can now only be loaded from a subpath of app path ( app.getAppPath() ). #17308

Implemented BrowserWindow.moveTop() on Linux/x11. #16629

Moved webFrame custom scheme APIs to browser process under protocol . #16416

Process now emits 'loaded' event in sandboxed renderers. #17680

Promisified inAppPurchase.getProducts() and inAppPurchase.purchaseProduct() . #17355

Replaced powerMonitor querySystemIdleState and querySystemIdleTime with synchronous APIs. #17144

Split dialog.showMessageBox() into a synchronous version and a version that returns a Promise. #17298

Split dialog.showOpenDialog() into a synchronous version and a version that returns a Promise. #16973

Split dialog.showSaveDialog() into a synchronous version and a version that returns a Promise. #17054

Fixes

Added missing module name to the exception message thrown when require fails in sandboxed renderers. #17413

DevTools Extensions now load correctly. #17614

Enabled autofill popups on Mac. #16308

Ensured that webContents.hasServiceWorker() rejects with an error for invalid URLs. #16571

Fixed beginFrameSubscription returning blurred images on HiDPI displays. #17444

Fixed webFrame.setSpellCheckProvider memory leak. #16448

Fixed a crash when failed to get devices in desktopCapturer on Windows. #17973

Fixed a possible crash on exit. #17879

Fixed an issue preventing the Flash plugin from loading on Linux. #17823

Fixed crash when Electron run from SMB network share. #17909

Fixed inconsistent behavior where modifying the buffer would change nativeImage pixels, while decoded PNG / JPEG data is a copy. #17843

Fixed issue where sandboxed renderers could sometimes leak globals outside of the preload script. #17712

Fixed offscreen rendering not working with viz compositor. #17538

Fixed race condition where the remote module would sometimes fail to fetch properties of a remote object. #17464

Fixed the callback of beginFrameSubscription passing Buffer instead of NativeImage . #17548

Focus methods no longer steal focus when users are active on other apps. #16400

Improved the way frameless windows are handled on Windows. #16596

Injected chrome extensions that have content scripts with a . in the pattern field now treat it as a raw . instead of a wildcard. #17593

No-notes. #17214

Removed non-existent gpu-crashed event on <webview> . #17317

Updated the protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged API options key. #16601

Using webContents.sendInputEvent to send a WebMouseWheelEvent now has the expected effect. #17757

Other Changes

no-notes. #16552

Converted accessibilitySupportEnabled to a proper JS property on app . #17362

Converted applicationMenu to a proper JS property on the app module. #17361

Enabled sandbox and disabled remote module in default_app. #17318

Enabled sandboxing of devtools and chrome extension background script host renderers. #16864

Fixed race condition in the desktopCapturer module where some requests for sources would never be resolved or unhandled exceptions would be thrown in the main process. #18042

No-notes. #16685

Removed Vulkan validation layers DLLs from electron.zip, which are only meant to be used for Chromium development. #18062

Removed hasServiceWorker and unregisterServiceWorker APIs from the WebContents modules. #16717

Removed deprecated modules internally using remote.require in sandboxed renderer context. Use remote.require explicitly instead (unless the remote module is disabled). #15957

Removed native mksnapshot binaries for arm/arm64 as they no longer work. #17561

Removed special handling that forced dialog methods called over the remote module to return their result synchronously but not block the main process. #17412

Reset version to 6.0.0-beta.0 in prep for 6.0.0-beta.1. 37f4bd4d

The clipboard module in renderers no longer depends on the remote module on Linux. #17200

Documentation

Documentation changes: #16496, #16593, #16700, #16762, #16775, #16865, #16874, #16966, #17467, #17866