Added Preferences

- Autolaunch
- Always on Top
- Hide Menu Bar
- Skip Taskbar
- Keep in taskbar on close

Fixes #39
Fixes #130
Fixes #43

app/package.json

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 	"author": "Ramiro Saenz <saenzramiro@gmail.com>",
 	"license": "MIT",
 	"dependencies": {
+		"auto-launch": "^2.1.0",
 		"electron-window-state": "^3.0.3",
 		"firebase": "^3.0.5",
 		"firebase-token-generator": "^2.0.0"

electron/global_settings.js

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+const settingsPathname = 'rambox_cfg.json';
+
+var globalSettings = {
+	settings: {
+		always_on_top: 0,
+		hide_menu_bar: 0,
+		skip_taskbar: 0,
+		auto_launch: 1,
+		keep_in_taskbar_on_close: 1,
+		start_minimized: 0
+	},
+	init: function(settings) {
+		this.settings = settings;
+	},
+	set: function(name, value) {
+		this.settings[name] = value;
+	},
+	get: function(name) {
+		return this.settings[name];
+	},
+	save: function() {
+		try {
+			fs.writeFileSync(settingsPathname, JSON.stringify(this.settings));
+		} catch (err) {}
+	}
+};
+
+try {
+	//test to see if settings exist
+	fs.openSync(settingsPathname, 'r+'); //throws error if file doesn't exist
+	globalSettings.init(JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(settingsPathname)));
+} catch (err) {
+	globalSettings.save();
+}
+
+module.exports = globalSettings;

electron/main.js

@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ const appMenu = require('./menu');
 const tray = require('./tray');
 // Window State Plugin
 const windowStateKeeper = require('electron-window-state');
-
+// Global Settings
-
+var globalSettings = require('./global_settings.js');
-const MenuItem = electron.MenuItem;
 
 // this should be placed at top of main.js to handle setup events quickly
 if (handleSquirrelEvent()) {
@@ -92,20 +91,26 @@ let isQuitting = false;
 
 function createWindow () {
 	// Load the previous state with fallback to defaults
+
 	let mainWindowState = windowStateKeeper({
 		 defaultWidth: 1000
 		,defaultHeight: 800
-		,maximize: true
+		,maximize: false
 	});
+
 	// Create the browser window using the state information
 	mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
 		 title: 'Rambox'
-		,skipTaskbar: false
 		,icon: __dirname + '/../resources/Icon.png'
 		,x: mainWindowState.x
 		,y: mainWindowState.y
 		,width: mainWindowState.width
 		,height: mainWindowState.height
+		,backgroundColor: '#2E658E'
+		,alwaysOnTop: parseInt(globalSettings.get('always_on_top')) ? true : false
+		,autoHideMenuBar: parseInt(globalSettings.get('hide_menu_bar')) ? true : false
+		,skipTaskbar: parseInt(globalSettings.get('skip_taskbar')) ? true : false
+		,show: parseInt(globalSettings.get('start_minimized')) ? false : true
 		,webPreferences: {
 			 webSecurity: false
 			,nodeIntegration: true
@@ -114,6 +119,8 @@ function createWindow () {
 		}
 	});
 
+	if ( !parseInt(globalSettings.get('start_minimized')) && mainWindowState.isMaximized ) mainWindow.maximize();
+
 	// Let us register listeners on the window, so we can update the state
 	// automatically (the listeners will be removed when the window is closed)
 	// and restore the maximized or full screen state
@@ -126,7 +133,7 @@ function createWindow () {
 
 	electron.Menu.setApplicationMenu(appMenu);
 
-	tray.create(mainWindow);
+	tray.create(mainWindow, mainWindowState);
 
 	mainWindow.on('page-title-updated', (e, title) => updateBadge(title));
 
@@ -152,7 +159,7 @@ function createWindow () {
 			if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
 				app.hide();
 			} else {
-				mainWindow.hide();
+				parseInt(globalSettings.get('keep_in_taskbar_on_close')) ? mainWindow.minimize() : mainWindow.hide();
 			}
 		}
 	});

electron/menu.js

@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ const app = electron.app;
 const BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow;
 const shell = electron.shell;
 const appName = app.getName();
+// AutoLaunch
+var AutoLaunch = require('auto-launch');
+// Global Settings
+var globalSettings = require('./global_settings.js');
+
+// Configure AutoLaunch
+const appLauncher = new AutoLaunch({
+	name: 'Rambox'
+});
+appLauncher.isEnabled().then(function(enabled){
+	if(enabled) return;
+	return appLauncher.enable();
+}).then(function(err){
+
+});
 
 function sendAction(action) {
 	const win = BrowserWindow.getAllWindows()[0];
@@ -158,6 +173,24 @@ let tpl = [
 				label: 'Close',
 				accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+W',
 				role: 'close'
+			},
+			{
+				type: 'separator'
+			},
+			{
+				label: 'Always on top',
+				type: 'checkbox',
+				checked: parseInt(globalSettings.get('always_on_top')) ? true : false,
+				click: function(item, mainWindow) {
+					if ( item.checked ) {
+						globalSettings.set('always_on_top', 1);
+						if (mainWindow) mainWindow.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
+					} else {
+						globalSettings.set('always_on_top', 0);
+						mainWindow.setAlwaysOnTop(false);
+					}
+					globalSettings.save();
+				}
 			}
 		]
 	},
@@ -167,6 +200,111 @@ let tpl = [
 	}
 ];
 
+let preferences = [
+	{
+		label: 'Auto-hide Menu bar',
+		visible: process.platform === 'win32',
+		type: 'checkbox',
+		checked: parseInt(globalSettings.get('hide_menu_bar')) ? true : false,
+		click: function(item, mainWindow) {
+			if ( item.checked ) {
+				electron.dialog.showMessageBox(mainWindow, {
+					 title: 'Don\'t need to see the menu bar all the time?'
+					,message: 'To temporarily show the menu bar, just press the Alt key.'
+					,buttons: ['OK']
+					,type: 'info'
+				}, function() {
+					mainWindow.focus();
+				});
+				globalSettings.set('hide_menu_bar', 1);
+				if (mainWindow) mainWindow.setAutoHideMenuBar(true);
+			} else {
+				globalSettings.set('hide_menu_bar', 0);
+				mainWindow.setAutoHideMenuBar(false);
+			}
+			globalSettings.save();
+		}
+	},
+	{
+		label: 'Show in Taskbar',
+		type: 'checkbox',
+		checked: parseInt(globalSettings.get('skip_taskbar')) ? false : true,
+		click: function(item, mainWindow) {
+			if ( item.checked ) {
+				globalSettings.set('skip_taskbar', 0);
+				globalSettings.set('keep_in_taskbar_on_close', 1);
+				menu.items[0].submenu.items[process.platform === 'darwin' ? 2 : 0].submenu.items[2].enabled = true;
+				menu.items[0].submenu.items[process.platform === 'darwin' ? 2 : 0].submenu.items[2].checked = true;
+				if (mainWindow) mainWindow.setSkipTaskbar(false);
+			} else {
+				globalSettings.set('skip_taskbar', 1);
+				globalSettings.set('keep_in_taskbar_on_close', 0);
+				menu.items[0].submenu.items[process.platform === 'darwin' ? 2 : 0].submenu.items[2].enabled = false;
+				menu.items[0].submenu.items[process.platform === 'darwin' ? 2 : 0].submenu.items[2].checked = false;
+				mainWindow.setSkipTaskbar(true);
+			}
+			globalSettings.save();
+		}
+	},
+	{
+		label: 'Keep Rambox in the taskbar when close it',
+		type: 'checkbox',
+		enabled: parseInt(globalSettings.get('skip_taskbar')) ? false : true,
+		checked: parseInt(globalSettings.get('keep_in_taskbar_on_close')) ? true : false,
+		click: function(item) {
+			if ( item.checked ) {
+				globalSettings.set('keep_in_taskbar_on_close', 1);
+			} else {
+				globalSettings.set('keep_in_taskbar_on_close', 0);
+			}
+			globalSettings.save();
+		}
+	},
+	{
+		label: 'Always on top',
+		type: 'checkbox',
+		checked: parseInt(globalSettings.get('always_on_top')) ? true : false,
+		click: function(item, mainWindow) {
+			if ( item.checked ) {
+				globalSettings.set('always_on_top', 1);
+				if (mainWindow) mainWindow.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
+			} else {
+				globalSettings.set('always_on_top', 0);
+				mainWindow.setAlwaysOnTop(false);
+			}
+			globalSettings.save();
+		}
+	},
+	{
+		label: 'Start minimized',
+		type: 'checkbox',
+		checked: parseInt(globalSettings.get('start_minimized')) ? true : false,
+		click: function(item) {
+			if ( item.checked ) {
+				globalSettings.set('start_minimized', 1);
+			} else {
+				globalSettings.set('start_minimized', 0);
+			}
+			globalSettings.save();
+		}
+	},
+	{
+		label: 'Start automatically on system startup',
+		type: 'checkbox',
+		checked: parseInt(globalSettings.get('auto_launch')) ? true : false,
+		click: function(item) {
+			if ( item.checked ) {
+				appLauncher.enable();
+				globalSettings.set('auto_launch', 1);
+			} else {
+				appLauncher.disable();
+				globalSettings.set('auto_launch', 0);
+			}
+			globalSettings.save();
+		}
+	}
+];
+
 if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
 	tpl.unshift({
 		label: appName,
@@ -180,6 +318,13 @@ if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
 			{
 				type: 'separator'
 			},
+			{
+				label: 'Preferences',
+				submenu: preferences
+			},
+			{
+				type: 'separator'
+			},
 			{
 				label: 'Services',
 				role: 'services',
@@ -218,6 +363,13 @@ if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
 	tpl.unshift({
 		label: 'File',
 		submenu: [
+			{
+				label: 'Preferences',
+				submenu: preferences
+			},
+			{
+				type: 'separator'
+			},
 			{
 				label: `Quit ${appName}`,
 				accelerator: 'Cmd+Q',
@@ -240,4 +392,5 @@ if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
 
 tpl[tpl.length - 1].submenu = helpSubmenu;
 
-module.exports = electron.Menu.buildFromTemplate(tpl);
+var menu = electron.Menu.buildFromTemplate(tpl);
+module.exports = menu;

electron/tray.js

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const Tray = electron.Tray;
 const MenuItem = electron.MenuItem;
 var appIcon = null;
 
-exports.create = win => {
+exports.create = function(win, mainWindowState) {
 	if (process.platform === 'darwin' || appIcon) {
 		return;
 	}
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ exports.create = win => {
 	appIcon.setToolTip('Rambox');
 	appIcon.setContextMenu(contextMenu);
 	appIcon.on('double-click', () => {
-		win.show();
+		mainWindowState.isMaximized ? win.maximize() : win.show();
 	});
 };
 

package.json

@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
 		}
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
+		"auto-launch": "^2.1.0",
 		"electron-window-state": "^3.0.3",
 		"firebase": "^3.0.5",
 		"firebase-token-generator": "^2.0.0"