I'm trying to send a message when the 'q' key is pressed from my index.js file to the script on index.html, but I don't really know why It's not working properly.
Here is my js file
const url = require('url');
const path = require('path');
const {app, BrowserWindow, globalShortcut, ipcMain, webContents} = require('electron');
let mainWindow;
app.on('ready', function(){
// Create new window
mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
backgroundColor: '#000000',
fullscreen : true,
frame : false,
icon : __dirname + "/res/icon.jpg",
webPreferences: {
nodeIntegration : true
}
});
// Load html in window
mainWindow.loadURL(url.format({
pathname: path.join(__dirname, 'index.html'),
protocol: 'file:',
slashes:true
}))
globalShortcut.register('Esc', () => {
app.quit();
});
globalShortcut.register('q', () => {
leftLight();
});
});
function leftLight() {
mainWindow && mainWindow.webContents.send('key-pressed-q');
console.log("Sending q pressed to html...");
}
And the html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
<title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class = rect_green> <h2 class=blocktext >LEFT FENCER</h2></div>
<div class = rect_red><h2 class=blocktext> RIGHT FENCER</h2> </div>
<div class = crono> <h2 class=crontext>3:00</h2></div>
</body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var ipc = require('electron').ipcRenderer;
ipc.on('key-pressed-q', (e) => {
//var element = document.getElementsByClassName("rect_green");
//element.style["background-color"] = "yellow";
console.log("q pressed in html file");
});
</script>
</html>
The key pressed is detected, but the message is not received by the ipcRenderer. Any mistakes on my code?