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Electron Projects

You're reading from   Electron Projects Build over 9 cross-platform desktop applications from scratch

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838552206
Length 436 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Denys Vuika Denys Vuika
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Philipp Langhans Philipp Langhans
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Building Your First Electron Application 2. Building a Markdown Editor FREE CHAPTER 3. Integrating with Angular, React, and Vue 4. Building a Screenshot Snipping Tool 5. Making a 2D Game 6. Building a Music Player 7. Analytics, Bug Tracking, and Licensing 8. Building a Group Chat Application with Firebase 9. Building an eBook Editor and Generator 10. Building a Digital Wallet for Desktops 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Building a Screenshot Snipping Tool

In this chapter, we are going to build a small screenshot snipping tool using the latest Electron framework, React.js, and the Blueprint UI toolkit for React.

As part of the practical exercise in this chapter, you are going to generate screenshots using the Electron API and manage the application's window state and visibility. This will help you understand how to control application windows in Electron. You will also be working with desktopCapture features and generating thumbnails from code. Finally, you will learn how to integrate with the System Tray and invoke its functionality with the global keyboard shortcut.

In this chapter, we will learn about the following topics:

  • Preparing the project
  • Configuring frameless windows
  • Transparent windows
  • Making application windows draggable
  • Adding a Snip toolbar button
  • Using the desktopCapturer...
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