Pressing CMD + W on OSX close the NWjs application.

Akshay Joshi

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Dec 4, 2023, 9:39:03 AM12/4/23

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Hi All

pgAdmin 4 is developed using NWjs, one user logged an Issue where on OSX pressing CMD + W closes the entire application instead of only closing the current tab. For that purpose, CMD + Q is usually used. This would then align with the same behavior pretty much all browsers have (like Chrome, Firefox, etc).

Can someone please confirm if is it a bug in NWjs or has a different handling?

Brian Bothwell

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Dec 4, 2023, 12:51:40 PM12/4/23

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Unless I'm missing something, pgAdmin implemented its own CMD+W handler within the app? I just tried the following and CMD+W does nothing on either of the opened windows.

{
    "name": "name",
    "main": "main.html",
    "scripts": {
        "start": "nw ."
    },
    "dependencies": {
        "nw": "^0.82.0-sdk"
    }
}

<html>
    <body>Test</body>
    <script>
        nw.Window.getAll((allWins) => {
            console.log('allWins', allWins);
            if (allWins.length < 2) nw.Window.open('main.html');
        });
    </script>
</html> 

- Brian

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Akshay Joshi

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Dec 5, 2023, 2:31:23 AM12/5/23

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Hi Brian

After more debugging seems you are right, it's not an NWjs issue. We have created a macBuiltin menu using "nativeMenu.createMacBuiltin('pgAdmin 4');" which by default has a 'Close Window' submenu.

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