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macOS `webContents.print` error repro
<!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'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'">
<link href="./styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
<title>Hello World!</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello World!</h1>
We are using Node.js <span id="node-version"></span>,
Chromium <span id="chrome-version"></span>,
and Electron <span id="electron-version"></span>.<br /><br />
<button id="print-native">Print native</button>
<button id="print-js">Print JS</button>
<h2>Notes</h2>
<ul>
<li>Pressing "Print native" on macOS with no installed printers should yield no dialog and an error in the console</li>
<li>Pressing "Print JS" on macOS with no installed printers should yield a dialog, and when said dialog is closed, `true` should show up in the log</li>
</ul>
<!-- You can also require other files to run in this process -->
<script src="./renderer.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
const { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain } = require('electron')
const path = require('path')
function createWindow() {
const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
width: 800,
height: 600,
webPreferences: {
preload: path.join(__dirname, 'preload.js')
}
})
mainWindow.loadFile('index.html')
registerPrintHandlers(mainWindow);
}
app.whenReady().then(() => {
createWindow()
app.on('activate', function () {
if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) createWindow()
})
})
app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
if (process.platform !== 'darwin') app.quit()
})
/** @param window {BrowserWindow} */
function registerPrintHandlers(window) {
ipcMain.handle("print-native", () =>
new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => window.webContents.print(undefined, (s, f) => {
if (f) return reject(f);
resolve(s);
})),
)
ipcMain.handle("print-js", () =>
new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => window.webContents
.executeJavaScript("window.print()")
.then(() => resolve(true)).catch(reject)
),
)
}
{
"name": "spiffy-association-entertain-88tpu",
"productName": "spiffy-association-entertain-88tpu",
"description": "My Electron application description",
"keywords": [],
"main": "./main.js",
"version": "1.0.0",
"author": "skysail",
"scripts": {
"start": "electron ."
},
"dependencies": {},
"devDependencies": {
"electron": "20.1.4"
}
}
const { contextBridge, ipcRenderer } = require("electron")
/**
* The preload script runs before. 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])
}
})
contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("electronAPI", {
printNative: () => ipcRenderer.invoke("print-native"),
printJS: () => ipcRenderer.invoke("print-js"),
})
document.getElementById("print-native").addEventListener("click", () => {
window.electronAPI.printNative().then(console.log).catch(console.error)
})
document.getElementById("print-js").addEventListener("click", () => {
window.electronAPI.printJS().then(console.log).catch(console.error)
})
/* styles.css */
/* Add styles here to customize the appearance of your app */
* {
font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;
}
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