Release Notes for v6.0.0-beta.7

Note: This is a beta release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm i electron@6.0.0-beta.7.

Fixes

Clicking link with target="_blank" not emitting 'new-window' event.

window.open() not returning null when allowpopups is not set. #18556

Fixed accidental breaking API change in the deprecated dialog.* methods. #18724
Fixed issue where getEffectiveApperance and getAppLevelAppearance would return unknown instead of the correct value sometimes. #18690
Fixed issue where shell.openExternal would not activate opened window on macOS. #18722

2019-06-11 (1791 days ago) 76.0.3809.22 12.0.0

Note: This is a beta release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm i electron@6.0.0-beta.6.

Corrected the boolean cancellation value for showOpenDialog on Windows. #18509
Fixed issues where some chrome://* URLs would not render correctly. #18552
Removed inadvertently included mojom.js files from distribution bundle. #18486
Removed incorrectly published internal V8 symbols and CRT methods from node.lib, causing heap corruptions with node modules using the dynamic CRT on Windows. #18619
Spellcheck providers are now (again) called with contractions and their parts. #18538
Updated Chromium to 76.0.3809.3. #18504

Fixed electron.zip size increase regression on Linux (compared to Electron 3) by stripping swiftshader libraries (libEGL.so, libGLESv2.so). #18600
Removed Vulkan mock ICD from electron.zip, which is only meant to be used for Chromium development. #18596

2019-06-05 (1797 days ago) 76.0.3809.3 12.0.0