Firing redux actions from the application menu

[slightlytyler]

What's the preferred way of hooking the application menu into redux? I've implemented undo / redo but am having trouble firing the actions from the menu click. It would be nice to have an example of this included in the repo

[jhen0409]

We can use ipc to do it.
Also, if we done #108, it may become easier. :)

[slightlytyler]

@jhen0409 I am interested in #108 however I would like to see the starter include an example of how to accomplish it without redux-electron-store.

In my app I created a function bindStoreToMenu that is called when the store is configured. Also created a middleware undoRedoMenuState to properly set the enabled boolean for the menu items.

https://github.com/slightlytyler/mocksy/blob/master/app/store/bindStoreToMenu.js
https://github.com/slightlytyler/mocksy/blob/master/app/store/undoRedoMenuState.js

Any feedback on my logic is welcome, I'll gladly contribute what I can if this is something the project would like to include

[amilajack]

@burkhardr is it possible to do this with electron-redux?

[ghost]

@amilajack Yeah, couldn't see why not!

[amilajack]

Great! Closing this in favor of #968.

[wandonye]

Can anyone explain a little bit how this is done with electron-redux? Do I need to create a container for MenuBuilder just like other components?

[wandonye]

ok, looks like #1615 is the answer for me

[wandonye]

never mind, this stackoverflow solution is the simplest. I tried electron-redux, but in my case it creates some weird sync problem.