feat: Added ability to configure if window should close when opener closes

docs/api/window-open.md

@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ creating the window. Note that this is more powerful than passing options
 through the feature string, as the renderer has more limited privileges in
 deciding security preferences than the main process.
 
+In addition to passing in `action` and `overrideBrowserWindowOptions`,
+`outlivesOpener` can be passed like: `{ action: 'allow', outlivesOpener: true,
+overrideBrowserWindowOptions: { ... } }`. If set to `true`, the newly created
+window will not close when the opener window closes. The default value is `false`.
+
 ### Native `Window` example
 
 ```javascript

lib/browser/api/web-contents.ts

@@ -492,41 +492,51 @@ WebContents.prototype.loadURL = function (url, options) {
   return p;
 };
 
-WebContents.prototype.setWindowOpenHandler = function (handler: (details: Electron.HandlerDetails) => ({action: 'allow'} | {action: 'deny', overrideBrowserWindowOptions?: BrowserWindowConstructorOptions})) {
+WebContents.prototype.setWindowOpenHandler = function (handler: (details: Electron.HandlerDetails) => ({action: 'deny'} | {action: 'allow', overrideBrowserWindowOptions?: BrowserWindowConstructorOptions, outlivesOpener?: boolean})) {
   this._windowOpenHandler = handler;
 };
 
-WebContents.prototype._callWindowOpenHandler = function (event: Electron.Event, details: Electron.HandlerDetails): BrowserWindowConstructorOptions | null {
+WebContents.prototype._callWindowOpenHandler = function (event: Electron.Event, details: Electron.HandlerDetails): {browserWindowConstructorOptions: BrowserWindowConstructorOptions | null, outlivesOpener: boolean} {
+  const defaultResponse = {
+    browserWindowConstructorOptions: null,
+    outlivesOpener: false
+  };
   if (!this._windowOpenHandler) {
-    return null;
+    return defaultResponse;
   }
   const response = this._windowOpenHandler(details);
 
   if (typeof response !== 'object') {
     event.preventDefault();
     console.error(`The window open handler response must be an object, but was instead of type '${typeof response}'.`);
-    return null;
+    return defaultResponse;
   }
 
   if (response === null) {
     event.preventDefault();
     console.error('The window open handler response must be an object, but was instead null.');
-    return null;
+    return defaultResponse;
   }
 
   if (response.action === 'deny') {
     event.preventDefault();
-    return null;
+    return defaultResponse;
   } else if (response.action === 'allow') {
     if (typeof response.overrideBrowserWindowOptions === 'object' && response.overrideBrowserWindowOptions !== null) {
-      return response.overrideBrowserWindowOptions;
+      return {
+        browserWindowConstructorOptions: response.overrideBrowserWindowOptions,
+        outlivesOpener: typeof response.outlivesOpener === 'boolean' ? response.outlivesOpener : false
+      };
     } else {
-      return {};
+      return {
+        browserWindowConstructorOptions: {},
+        outlivesOpener: typeof response.outlivesOpener === 'boolean' ? response.outlivesOpener : false
+      };
     }
   } else {
     event.preventDefault();
     console.error('The window open handler response must be an object with an \'action\' property of \'allow\' or \'deny\'.');
-    return null;
+    return defaultResponse;
   }
 };
 
@@ -651,7 +661,8 @@ WebContents.prototype._init = function () {
         postBody,
         disposition
       };
-      const options = this._callWindowOpenHandler(event, details);
+      const result = this._callWindowOpenHandler(event, details);
+      const options = result.browserWindowConstructorOptions;
       if (!event.defaultPrevented) {
         openGuestWindow({
           event,
@@ -660,12 +671,14 @@ WebContents.prototype._init = function () {
           referrer,
           postData,
           overrideBrowserWindowOptions: options || {},
-          windowOpenArgs: details
+          windowOpenArgs: details,
+          outlivesOpener: result.outlivesOpener
         });
       }
     });
 
     let windowOpenOverriddenOptions: BrowserWindowConstructorOptions | null = null;
+    let windowOpenOutlivesOpenerOption: boolean = false;
     this.on('-will-add-new-contents' as any, (event: ElectronInternal.Event, url: string, frameName: string, rawFeatures: string, disposition: Electron.HandlerDetails['disposition'], referrer: Electron.Referrer, postData: PostData) => {
       const postBody = postData ? {
         data: postData,
@@ -679,7 +692,9 @@ WebContents.prototype._init = function () {
         referrer,
         postBody
       };
-      windowOpenOverriddenOptions = this._callWindowOpenHandler(event, details);
+      const result = this._callWindowOpenHandler(event, details);
+      windowOpenOutlivesOpenerOption = result.outlivesOpener;
+      windowOpenOverriddenOptions = result.browserWindowConstructorOptions;
       if (!event.defaultPrevented) {
         const secureOverrideWebPreferences = windowOpenOverriddenOptions ? {
           // Allow setting of backgroundColor as a webPreference even though
@@ -710,7 +725,10 @@ WebContents.prototype._init = function () {
       _userGesture: boolean, _left: number, _top: number, _width: number, _height: number, url: string, frameName: string,
       referrer: Electron.Referrer, rawFeatures: string, postData: PostData) => {
       const overriddenOptions = windowOpenOverriddenOptions || undefined;
+      const outlivesOpener = windowOpenOutlivesOpenerOption;
       windowOpenOverriddenOptions = null;
+      // false is the default
+      windowOpenOutlivesOpenerOption = false;
 
       if ((disposition !== 'foreground-tab' && disposition !== 'new-window' &&
            disposition !== 'background-tab')) {
@@ -730,7 +748,8 @@ WebContents.prototype._init = function () {
           url,
           frameName,
           features: rawFeatures
-        }
+        },
+        outlivesOpener
       });
     });
   }

lib/browser/guest-window-manager.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const getGuestWindowByFrameName = (name: string) => frameNamesToWindow.get(name)
  * user to preventDefault() on the passed event (which ends up calling
  * DestroyWebContents).
  */
-export function openGuestWindow ({ event, embedder, guest, referrer, disposition, postData, overrideBrowserWindowOptions, windowOpenArgs }: {
+export function openGuestWindow ({ event, embedder, guest, referrer, disposition, postData, overrideBrowserWindowOptions, windowOpenArgs, outlivesOpener }: {
   event: { sender: WebContents, defaultPrevented: boolean },
   embedder: WebContents,
   guest?: WebContents,
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export function openGuestWindow ({ event, embedder, guest, referrer, disposition
   postData?: PostData,
   overrideBrowserWindowOptions?: BrowserWindowConstructorOptions,
   windowOpenArgs: WindowOpenArgs,
+  outlivesOpener: boolean,
 }): BrowserWindow | undefined {
   const { url, frameName, features } = windowOpenArgs;
   const { options: browserWindowOptions } = makeBrowserWindowOptions({
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ export function openGuestWindow ({ event, embedder, guest, referrer, disposition
     ...browserWindowOptions
   });
 
-  handleWindowLifecycleEvents({ embedder, frameName, guest: window });
+  handleWindowLifecycleEvents({ embedder, frameName, guest: window, outlivesOpener });
 
   embedder.emit('did-create-window', window, { url, frameName, options: browserWindowOptions, disposition, referrer, postData });
 
@@ -90,20 +91,26 @@ export function openGuestWindow ({ event, embedder, guest, referrer, disposition
  * too is the guest destroyed; this is Electron convention and isn't based in
  * browser behavior.
  */
-const handleWindowLifecycleEvents = function ({ embedder, guest, frameName }: {
+const handleWindowLifecycleEvents = function ({ embedder, guest, frameName, outlivesOpener }: {
   embedder: WebContents,
   guest: BrowserWindow,
-  frameName: string
+  frameName: string,
+  outlivesOpener: boolean
 }) {
   const closedByEmbedder = function () {
     guest.removeListener('closed', closedByUser);
     guest.destroy();
   };
 
   const closedByUser = function () {
-    embedder.removeListener('current-render-view-deleted' as any, closedByEmbedder);
+    // Embedder might have been closed
+    if (!embedder.isDestroyed() && !outlivesOpener) {
+      embedder.removeListener('current-render-view-deleted' as any, closedByEmbedder);
+    }
   };
-  embedder.once('current-render-view-deleted' as any, closedByEmbedder);
+  if (!outlivesOpener) {
+    embedder.once('current-render-view-deleted' as any, closedByEmbedder);
+  }
   guest.once('closed', closedByUser);
 
   if (frameName) {
@@ -163,7 +170,8 @@ function emitDeprecatedNewWindowEvent ({ event, embedder, guest, windowOpenArgs,
       handleWindowLifecycleEvents({
         embedder: event.sender,
         guest: newGuest,
-        frameName
+        frameName,
+        outlivesOpener: false
       });
     }
     return true;

typings/internal-electron.d.ts

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ declare namespace Electron {
     equal(other: WebContents): boolean;
     browserWindowOptions: BrowserWindowConstructorOptions;
     _windowOpenHandler: ((details: Electron.HandlerDetails) => any) | null;
-    _callWindowOpenHandler(event: any, details: Electron.HandlerDetails): Electron.BrowserWindowConstructorOptions | null;
+    _callWindowOpenHandler(event: any, details: Electron.HandlerDetails): {browserWindowConstructorOptions: Electron.BrowserWindowConstructorOptions | null, outlivesOpener: boolean};
     _setNextChildWebPreferences(prefs: Partial<Electron.BrowserWindowConstructorOptions['webPreferences']> & Pick<Electron.BrowserWindowConstructorOptions, 'backgroundColor'>): void;
     _send(internal: boolean, channel: string, args: any): boolean;
     _sendToFrameInternal(frameId: number | [number, number], channel: string, ...args: any[]): boolean;