Monorepo for Aesthetic.Computer
aesthetic.computer
ac-electron: menubar-daemon mode for persistent tray on macOS
- launchAtLogin default true; setLoginItemSettings synced every boot
- Skip opening AC window when launched silently at login (wasOpenedAtLogin)
- syncDockVisibility() hides dock when no windows, shows when any open
- window-all-closed on macOS keeps process + trays alive (dock hidden)
Tray icons persist across window closes; clicking notepat tray launches
the piece without opening the AC pane.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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ac-electron/main.js
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ac-electron/main.js
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let preferences = {
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showTrayTitle: true,
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trayTitleText: 'AC', // Short text next to tray icon
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launchAtLogin: false,
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launchAtLogin: true,
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defaultMode: 'ac-pane',
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// Window float behavior. When true, new AC Pane / Notepat windows
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// open with alwaysOnTop so they float above other apps (the old
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}
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} catch (e) {
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console.warn('Could not set dock icon:', e.message);
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}
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}
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// On macOS, hide the dock icon when there are no visible windows so the app
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// acts as a pure menubar daemon. Shown again as soon as any window opens.
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function syncDockVisibility() {
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if (process.platform !== 'darwin' || !app.dock) return;
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const hasVisibleWindow = BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().some(
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(w) => !w.isDestroyed() && w.isVisible()
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);
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if (hasVisibleWindow) {
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if (!app.dock.isVisible()) app.dock.show().catch(() => {});
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} else {
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if (app.dock.isVisible()) app.dock.hide();
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}
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}
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// App lifecycle
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app.whenReady().then(async () => {
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loadPreferences();
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// Always sync the OS login-item setting with our stored preference on boot.
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// This way the preference survives updates / re-signing and is always honored.
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if (process.platform === 'darwin' || process.platform === 'win32') {
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try {
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app.setLoginItemSettings({
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openAtLogin: preferences.launchAtLogin,
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openAsHidden: true,
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});
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} catch (e) {
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console.warn('[main] setLoginItemSettings failed:', e.message);
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}
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}
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// Detect whether this launch was triggered by macOS at login (or with the
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// hidden flag). If so, we stay in menubar-daemon mode and don't pop the AC
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// window — the user will open things explicitly from the tray.
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let launchedSilently = false;
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if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
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try {
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const lis = app.getLoginItemSettings();
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launchedSilently = !!(lis.wasOpenedAtLogin || lis.wasOpenedAsHidden);
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} catch (e) {
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/* noop */
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}
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}
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// Hide the dock immediately so launch-at-login has zero visible footprint
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// until the user clicks a tray icon.
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if (launchedSilently) syncDockVisibility();
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createMenu();
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createSystemTray();
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createNotepatTray();
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setInterval(checkRebootMarker, 2000);
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// Create initial window(s)
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// Always start with an AC Pane window
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openAcPaneWindow();
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// When launched silently at login, stay in menubar-daemon mode: no AC
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// window, no dock icon. The user opens things explicitly from the tray.
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if (!launchedSilently) {
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openAcPaneWindow();
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}
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app.on('activate', () => {
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if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) {
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openAcPaneWindow();
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}
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});
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// Keep dock visibility in sync with window state on macOS so the app
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// fades out of the dock / app-switcher whenever all windows close, and
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// comes back as soon as a window opens.
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app.on('browser-window-created', (_, win) => {
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syncDockVisibility();
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win.on('show', syncDockVisibility);
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win.on('hide', syncDockVisibility);
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win.on('closed', syncDockVisibility);
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});
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// Allow webview preload scripts (required for webview-preload.js to work)
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app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
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// Keep tray icons (AC + Notepat) alive on macOS so the menu bar remains an entry point.
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// Cmd+Q still quits explicitly. On Windows/Linux, close-all still quits.
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if (process.platform !== 'darwin') app.quit();
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if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
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app.quit();
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return;
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}
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// Drop out of the dock / app-switcher — pure menubar daemon mode.
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syncDockVisibility();
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});
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app.on('will-quit', () => {