panelID
string - The panelID.
Find and return an editor window that contains the panelID.
BrowserWindow
win
Returns Array
- panelID(s)
Get all panels in window.
panelID
string - Panel ID.message
string - Ipc message....args
... - Whatever arguments the message needs.callback
function - You can specify a callback function to receive IPC reply at the last or the 2nd last argument.timeout
number - You can specify a timeout for the callback at the last argument. If no timeout specified, it will be 5000ms.
Send message
with ...args
to panel defined in renderer process asynchronously. It is possible to add a callback as the last or the 2nd last argument to receive replies from the IPC receiver.
Example:
Send IPC message (main process)
const panel = require('electron-panel');
panel.send('foobar', 'foobar:say-hello', err => {
if ( err.code === 'ETIMEOUT' ) {
console.error('Timeout for ipc message foobar:say-hello');
return;
}
console.log('foobar replied');
});