main.js

const electron = require('electron')
// Module to control application life.
const app = electron.app
// Module to create native browser window.
const BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow
const ipcMain = electron.ipcMain

const menu = electron.Menu

const path = require('path')
const url = require('url')
var close = false;

// Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
// be closed automatically when the JavaScript object is garbage collected.
let mainWindow

function createWindow () {
  // Create the browser window.
  mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({width:930, height:700, frame:false})


  // and load the index.html of the app.
  mainWindow.loadURL(url.format({
    pathname: path.join(__dirname, 'index.html'),
    protocol: 'file:',
    slashes: true
  }))

  // Open the DevTools.
  // mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools()
  // mainWindow.setMenu(null)
  // Emitted when the window is closed.
  mainWindow.on('closed', function () {
    // Dereference the window object, usually you would store windows
    // in an array if your app supports multi windows, this is the time
    // when you should delete the corresponding element.
    mainWindow = null
  })

  mainWindow.on('close', (event) => {
    if (!close) {
      event.preventDefault();
      mainWindow.webContents.send('save' , {msg:'hello from main process'});
    }
  })
}

ipcMain.on('exit', () => {
  close = true;
  app.quit()
})
// This method will be called when Electron has finished
// initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
// Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
app.on('ready', () => {
  createWindow()
  if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
    var template = [{
      label: 'FromScratch',
      submenu: [{
        label: 'Quit',
        accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+Q',
        click: function() { app.quit(); }
      }]
    }, {
      label: 'Edit',
      submenu: [{
        label: 'Undo',
        accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+Z',
        selector: 'undo:'
      }, {
        label: 'Redo',
        accelerator: 'Shift+CmdOrCtrl+Z',
        selector: 'redo:'
      }, {
        type: 'separator'
      }, {
        label: 'Cut',
        accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+X',
        selector: 'cut:'
      }, {
        label: 'Copy',
        accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+C',
        selector: 'copy:'
      }, {
        label: 'Paste',
        accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+V',
        selector: 'paste:'
      }, {
        label: 'Select All',
        accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+A',
        selector: 'selectAll:'
      }]
    }];
    var osxMenu = menu.buildFromTemplate(template);
    menu.setApplicationMenu(osxMenu);
  }
})

// Quit when all windows are closed.
app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
  // On OS X it is common for applications and their menu bar
  // to stay active until the user quits explicitly with Cmd + Q
  if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
    app.quit()
  }
})

app.on('activate', function () {
  // On OS X it's common to re-create a window in the app when the
  // dock icon is clicked and there are no other windows open.
  if (mainWindow === null) {
    createWindow()
  }
})

// In this file you can include the rest of your app's specific main process
// code. You can also put them in separate files and require them here.