This module allow you to set the window attached to the HWND handle to disable minimized.

Electron indeed have a minimizable: false but it minimized at Windows + D (Show Desktop) Event.

This module uses the following c++ code. (Thanks to tordex)

HWND nWinHandle = FindWindowEx(NULL, NULL, "Progman", NULL);
nWinHandle = FindWindowEx(nWinHandle, NULL, "SHELLDLL_DefView", NULL);
SetWindowLongPtr(hwnd, -8, (LONG_PTR)nWinHandle);

Installation

npm i -S electron-disable-minimize   # install the module

"./node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild" -f -w electron-disable-minimize   # rebuild the module to match your electron version

Usage

Look at the index.html, index.js and package.json file to integrate it into your Electron application

Basically it consists of 2 steps

• Include the module in your .js file:

import { DisableMinimize } from 'electron-disable-minimize';
 - or -
const { DisableMinimize } = require('electron-disable-minimize');

• Create your Electron BrowserWindow

let mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
    height: 800,
    width: 800,
    useContentSize: true,
    transparent: !isDev,
    frame: isDev,
    focusable: isDev,
    show: false
});

// load it
mainWindow.loadURL(__dirname + "/index.html");

//show it
mainWindow.show();

// get the native HWND handle
let handle = mainWindow.getNativeWindowHandle();

// Disable Minimize Perfectly!
DisableMinimize(handle); // boolean

If false returned, disable failed. It works specific Windows status. I don't know why disable failed. Windows restart recommend.

Forked from

• electron-bottom-most

Authors

• tbvjaos510 - tbvjaos510

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details