Electron 7.1.2 - Can't remove the main BrowserWindow menu

[JMorillasGreen]

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Issue Details

• Electron Version:
  • 7.1.2
• Operating System:
  • Windows 10 1909
• Last Known Working Electron version:
  • 7.x.x (in another Windows 10 1909 computer)

Expected Behavior

The menu that appears below the app title (the one with File, Edit, View...) must dissappear.

Actual Behavior

Nothing. It does nothing. The menu is still there. as if nothing happened.

To reproduce

This is basically the code I am testing:

const { app, BrowserWindow } = require('electron');

function createWindow() {
let win = new BrowserWindow({
width: 800,
height: 600,
webPreferences: {
nodeIntegration: true,
}
})
win.setMenuBarVisibility(false);
win.loadFile('./public/index.html')
}

app.on('ready', createWindow)

Everything works as expected, except the menu, which it still shows.

Screenshots

https://i.imgur.com/kJJf0JE.png

[frankhale]

win.removeMenu() and win.setMenu(null) are not getting rid of the menu in 7.1.2. I can confirm this on the Windows build.

It works as expected in 6.1.5

[JMorillasGreen]

I have tried with the latest beta, and still doesn't work. I think I will try with 6.1.5.

[JMorillasGreen]

Okay, I will edit the main post, but this is what I found so far:
ElectronJS 6.1.5 - It's working.
ElectronJS 7.1.2 - It's not working.
ElectronJS 8.0.0-beta3 - It's not working.

Any ideas?

[JMorillasGreen]

Okay. I managed to solve it, but I am not sure if this is how is supposed to work in 7.x.x, 8.x.x and 9.x.x.

Instead of using win.setMenuBarVisibility(true), I used autoHideMenuBar: true, in the window properties, like this:
let win = new BrowserWindow({
width: 800,
height: 600,
autoHideMenuBar: true, // ---- THIS
webPreferences: {
nodeIntegration: true,
}

[frankhale]

autoHideMenuBar Boolean (optional) - Auto hide the menu bar unless the Alt key is pressed. Default is false.

Setting autoHideMenuBar seems like a work around because removing the menubar can be done with the removeMenu function in older Electron version. In even older Electron versions you had to set the menubar to null to remove it. In my particular case I want to remove the menubar completely and this solution would not be enough for that.

[jacobq]

Isn't this a duplicate of #21268 #21088

[codebytere]

Duplicate of #21088