experiments in a post-browser web
fix repeated default browser prompt
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index.js
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index.js
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// handle peek://
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initAppProtocol();
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// Register as default handler for http/https URLs
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app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient('http');
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app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient('https');
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// Register as default handler for http/https URLs (if not already and user hasn't declined)
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const defaultBrowserPrefFile = path.join(profileDataPath, 'default-browser-pref.json');
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let shouldPromptForDefault = true;
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// Check if user has previously declined
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try {
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if (fs.existsSync(defaultBrowserPrefFile)) {
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const pref = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(defaultBrowserPrefFile, 'utf8'));
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if (pref.declined === true) {
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shouldPromptForDefault = false;
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console.log('User previously declined default browser prompt');
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}
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}
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} catch (e) {
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// Ignore errors reading pref file
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}
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// Only try to register if user hasn't declined and we're not already default
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if (shouldPromptForDefault) {
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const isDefaultHttp = app.isDefaultProtocolClient('http');
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const isDefaultHttps = app.isDefaultProtocolClient('https');
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if (!isDefaultHttp || !isDefaultHttps) {
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console.log('Registering as default protocol client for http/https');
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app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient('http');
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app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient('https');
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// Check if registration succeeded - if not, user likely declined
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setTimeout(() => {
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const nowDefaultHttp = app.isDefaultProtocolClient('http');
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const nowDefaultHttps = app.isDefaultProtocolClient('https');
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if (!nowDefaultHttp && !nowDefaultHttps) {
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// User declined, save preference
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console.log('User declined default browser, saving preference');
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try {
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fs.writeFileSync(defaultBrowserPrefFile, JSON.stringify({ declined: true, timestamp: Date.now() }));
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} catch (e) {
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console.error('Failed to save default browser preference:', e);
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}
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}
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}, 2000);
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} else {
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console.log('Already default protocol client for http/https');
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}
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}
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// Handle CLI arguments (e.g., yarn start -- "https://example.com")
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const urlArg = process.argv.find(arg =>