- 1 year ago
How do i make a separate menu for a specific window in electron?
To create a separate menu for a specific window in Electron, you can follow these steps:
Create a new menu template: Define a separate menu template for the specific window. This menu template will contain the menu items specific to that window.
Create a menu object: Use the
Menu.buildFromTemplate()
function to create a menu object from the menu template.Set the menu for the window: Once you have the menu object, you can set it as the menu for the specific window using the
window.setMenu()
method.
Here's an example code snippet to illustrate the process:
javascriptconst { app, BrowserWindow, Menu } = require('electron');
// Create a new menu template for the specific window
const windowMenuTemplate = [
{
label: 'File',
submenu: [
{ label: 'Open' },
{ label: 'Save' },
{ label: 'Exit' },
]
},
// Add more menu items as needed
];
// Create a new window and set its menu
function createWindow() {
const window = new BrowserWindow();
// Create the menu object from the menu template
const windowMenu = Menu.buildFromTemplate(windowMenuTemplate);
// Set the menu for the window
window.setMenu(windowMenu);
}
// Create the main window when the app is ready
app.on('ready', createWindow);
In this example, we create a separate menu template windowMenuTemplate
specific to the window. When a new window is created, we build a menu object from the template and set it as the menu for that window using window.setMenu()
.
By following this approach, you can have separate menus for different windows in your Electron application. Make sure to customize the menu template according to your specific requirements for each window.