npm install electron@v6.0.0-beta.1

yarn add electron@v6.0.0-beta.1

Release Notes

Breaking Changes

• Fixed disparity between net module headers and Node.js' http.IncomingMessage headers. #17517
• Made ShowItemInFolder asynchronous with no return value. #17121
• Made app log directory creation opt-in with a new function app.setAppLogsPath. #17841
• Upgraded to Chromium 76.0.3774.1

Features

• Added Promise support for the Cookies API. #16464
• Added chrome.runtime.getManifest API for Chrome extensions. #16891
• Added <webview>.getWebContentsId(), which does not depend of the remote module. #17407
• Added all_frames support for Chrome extension content scripts. #17258
• Added disableHtmlFullscreenWindowResize option to webPreferences to allow preventing window from resizing when entering HTML5 fullscreen. #17203
• Added excludedFromShownWindowsMenu property to allow for windows to be excluded from the windows menu. #17404
• Added process.getSystemVersion(), which is available in sandboxed renderers and returns the actual operating system version instead of kernel version on macOS. #16599
• Added process.versions.electron to get the electron version in the forked process. #16450
• Added renderer-process-crashed event to app, which is emitted when any renderer process crashes. #17315
• Added systemPreferences.getAnimationSettings() returning system animation settings provided by Chromium. #17382
• Added tray.getTitle() to allows users to see the title set next to the status bar icon on macOS. #17385
• Added a new Event property triggeredByAccelerator, which is called back in custom click events on MenuItems. #16954
• Added ability disable fetching thumbnails for in desktopCapturer.getSources(). #14906
• Added additional error information to errors thrown when using the remote module. #17851
• Added an option to enable MenuItems on macOS to work optionally when visible: false. #16853
• Added file preview for file picker in Linux. #16447
• Added flexible autoresize option for BrowserViews in BrowserWindow. #16184
• Added native Touch ID authentication support for macOS. #16707
• Added new monochrome, internal, acceleratorEnabled, colorDepth and depthPerComponent properties to the Display API Structure. #16870
• Added new inspectSharedWorker() API to enable opening devtools for a shared worker. #16615
• Added safer nativeImage.createFromBitmap(), which does not decode PNG/JPEG. #17337
• Added support for Scroll Lock accelerator. #16873
• Added world isolation to Chrome extension content scripts. #17032
• Converted app.dock.show() such that it now returns a Promise. #16904
• Converted contentTracing.getCategories() to return a promise instead taking a callback. #16583
• Converted contentTracing.getTraceBufferUsage() to return a Promise instead of taking a callback. #16600
• Converted contents.executeJavaScript(), webFrame.executeJavaScript(), webFrame.executeJavaScriptInIsolatedWorld() and webviewTag.executeJavaScript() to return Promises instead of taking callbacks. #17312
• Converted dialog.showCertificateTrustDialog() to return a Promise instead of taking a callback. #17181
• Converted netLog.stopLogging() to return a Promise instead of taking a callback. #16862
• Converted session.clearAuthCache() to return a promise instead of optionally taking a callback. #17259
• Converted session.clearHostResolverCache() to return a Promise instead of taking a callback. #17229
• Converted session.clearStorageData() such that it returns a Promise instead of taking a callback. #17249
• Converted session.getBlobData() to return a Promise instead of taking a callback. #17303
• Converted session.getCacheSize() and session.clearCache() to return promises instead of taking callbacks. #17185
• Converted session.setProxy() and session.resolveProxy() to return Promises instead of taking callbacks. #17222
• Converted webContents.hasServiceWorker() to return a promise instead of taking a callback. #16535
• Converted webContents.printToPDF() to return a Promise instead of taking a callback. #16795
• Converted webContents.savePage() to return a Promise instead of taking a callback. #16742
• Enabled NodeIntegrationInSubFrames option usage for webview tags. #17226
• Exposed colorSpace to the Display object. #17405
• Feat: add native emoji and color picker methods for Windows and MacOS. #17359
• Fixed Chrome extension content scripts not loading in sandboxed renderer. #16218
• For security reasons, preload scripts can now only be loaded from a subpath of app path (app.getAppPath()). #17308
• Implemented BrowserWindow.moveTop() on Linux/x11. #16629
• Moved webFrame custom scheme APIs to browser process under protocol. #16416
• Process now emits 'loaded' event in sandboxed renderers. #17680
• Promisified inAppPurchase.getProducts() and inAppPurchase.purchaseProduct(). #17355
• Replaced powerMonitor querySystemIdleState and querySystemIdleTime with synchronous APIs. #17144
• Split dialog.showMessageBox() into a synchronous version and a version that returns a Promise. #17298
• Split dialog.showOpenDialog() into a synchronous version and a version that returns a Promise. #16973
• Split dialog.showSaveDialog() into a synchronous version and a version that returns a Promise. #17054

Fixes

• Added missing module name to the exception message thrown when require fails in sandboxed renderers. #17413
• DevTools Extensions now load correctly. #17614
• Enabled autofill popups on Mac. #16308
• Ensured that webContents.hasServiceWorker() rejects with an error for invalid URLs. #16571
• Fixed beginFrameSubscription returning blurred images on HiDPI displays. #17444
• Fixed webFrame.setSpellCheckProvider memory leak. #16448
• Fixed a crash when failed to get devices in desktopCapturer on Windows. #17973
• Fixed a possible crash on exit. #17879
• Fixed an issue preventing the Flash plugin from loading on Linux. #17823
• Fixed crash when Electron run from SMB network share. #17909
• Fixed inconsistent behavior where modifying the buffer would change nativeImage pixels, while decoded PNG / JPEG data is a copy. #17843
• Fixed issue where sandboxed renderers could sometimes leak globals outside of the preload script. #17712
• Fixed offscreen rendering not working with viz compositor. #17538
• Fixed race condition where the remote module would sometimes fail to fetch properties of a remote object. #17464
• Fixed the callback of beginFrameSubscription passing Buffer instead of NativeImage. #17548
• Focus methods no longer steal focus when users are active on other apps. #16400
• Improved the way frameless windows are handled on Windows. #16596
• Injected chrome extensions that have content scripts with a . in the pattern field now treat it as a raw . instead of a wildcard. #17593
• No-notes. #17214
• Removed non-existent gpu-crashed event on <webview>. #17317
• Updated the protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged API options key. #16601
• Using webContents.sendInputEvent to send a WebMouseWheelEvent now has the expected effect. #17757

Other Changes

• no-notes. #16552
• Converted accessibilitySupportEnabled to a proper JS property on app. #17362
• Converted applicationMenu to a proper JS property on the app module. #17361
• Enabled sandbox and disabled remote module in default_app. #17318
• Enabled sandboxing of devtools and chrome extension background script host renderers. #16864
• Fixed race condition in the desktopCapturer module where some requests for sources would never be resolved or unhandled exceptions would be thrown in the main process. #18042
• No-notes. #16685
• Removed Vulkan validation layers DLLs from electron.zip, which are only meant to be used for Chromium development. #18062
• Removed hasServiceWorker and unregisterServiceWorker APIs from the WebContents modules. #16717
• Removed deprecated modules internally using remote.require in sandboxed renderer context. Use remote.require explicitly instead (unless the remote module is disabled). #15957
• Removed native mksnapshot binaries for arm/arm64 as they no longer work. #17561
• Removed special handling that forced dialog methods called over the remote module to return their result synchronously but not block the main process. #17412
• Reset version to 6.0.0-beta.0 in prep for 6.0.0-beta.1. 37f4bd4d
• The clipboard module in renderers no longer depends on the remote module on Linux. #17200

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #16496, #16593, #16700, #16762, #16775, #16865, #16874, #16966, #17467, #17866