Electron Releases - v1.7.6

npm install electron@v1.7.6
yarn add electron@v1.7.6

Release Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed query string parsing in PDF Viewer #10008
  • Fixed crash that occurred when loading URL in detached WebContents #9819
  • Fixed chrome storage access scope to be shared across domains #9951
  • Fixed content scripts matches #10075
  • Fixed bug that returned an object instead of an empty string when reading from an empty asar file with 'utf8' option #10160
  • Prevented async tasks from crashing after the Node environment is destroyed #10099

Linux

  • Fixed issue where opening menu would cause high CPU usage on certain Linux distributions #10070

macOS

  • Added code and domain as properties to error events emitted by autoUpdater module #10125
  • Fixed bug where TouchBarScrubber.continuous was getting ignored #10133

Windows

  • Added labels for common accept file types #10015

API Changes

  • Added BrowserView.fromId() which returned the BrowserView with the given id #10039
  • Added BrowserWindow.addExtension, BrowserWindow.removeExtension, BrowserWindow.getExtensions to add/remove/get Chrome extensions in an Electron app #9918

macOS

  • Added treatPackageAsDirectory flag to dialog.showOpenDialog, in order to treat packages, such as .app folders, as a directory instead of a file #9834