Support Multiple Windows

[leaanthony]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

We'd like to support multiple windows and improve the current window APIs to support it.

Describe the solution you'd like

A window-centric API eg:

  app := wails.CreateApp(appOptions)
  mainWindow := app.CreateWindow(windowOptions)
  childWindow := mainWindow.CreateWindow(windowOptions)

[KiddoV]

Can you also support custom dialog windows as an HTML? So that the dialog windows will all match with the application
window theme which is already styled in HTML and CSS?

[leaanthony]

Hey @KiddoV - what's driving this requirement? Is it Webview2 showing light dialogs in dark mode? That's a known bug on their end. If not, please open another ticket so we don't mix up the conversation 👍

[KiddoV]

@leaanthony no, I was just wondering if we can have a way to customize the dialog boxes like a message box using CSS and HTML. With the help of Wails, we build the app main window with full of HTML and CSS, so , calling a dialog box with the default OS theme seem a bit ...odd.

So, instead of:

This looks better, don't you think?

I know, I know... that I can make a modal within the webview window and call it done, but having a separate dialog window would be awesome.

[leaanthony]

Some people wouldn't agree 😄 but having the option is good.

[askie]

+1
one app need Multiple Windows

[aneeskA]

Yes, this would unlock the true potential of wails. 💪 I discovered wails today and super pumped to learn and create. Thanks for this excellent effort.

[Deepfried-Chips]

genuinely looking forward to this, something like this would be a lifesaver especially for a screenshotting tool

[SKY-PiaoYiZhe]

期待支持多窗口

[santanamic]

To support multiple windows, I'm treating each window as a different executable.

My project structure looks like this

--MyApp
--splash.exe //Splash screen. After 5 seconds this screen is automatically closed and the projects screen is opened
--projects.exe //Screen to list saved projects. When a project is selected, the project editing screen opens
--editor.exe //Playground to edit a project

1 - The screens are opened via cmd inside the executables.
2 - With the flag library it is possible to pass custom parameters before execution.

path, _ := os.Getwd()
cmd := exec.Command(path+"\\editor.exe", "-project=xxxx")
...

This is a simple and limited solution, but it suits my use case.

[aneeskA]

@santanamic Why didn't I think of this! :)

I tried this just now in my Mac and realised that this created two apps in the taskbar. For example:

Do you have a way to make it not do this?