If you want to show Notifications from a renderer process you should use the HTML5 Notification API
Create OS desktop notifications
Process: Main
Notification
is an
EventEmitter.
It creates a new Notification
with native properties as set by the options
.
The Notification
class has the following static methods:
Notification.isSupported()
Returns Boolean
- Whether or not desktop notifications are supported on the current system
new Notification([options])
Experimentaloptions
Object
title
String - A title for the notification, which will be shown at the top of the notification window when it is shown.subtitle
String (optional) macOS - A subtitle for the notification, which will be displayed below the title.body
String - The body text of the notification, which will be displayed below the title or subtitle.silent
Boolean (optional) - Whether or not to emit an OS notification noise when showing the notification.icon
(String | NativeImage) (optional) - An icon to use in the notification.hasReply
Boolean (optional) macOS - Whether or not to add an inline reply option to the notification.replyPlaceholder
String (optional) macOS - The placeholder to write in the inline reply input field.sound
String (optional) macOS - The name of the sound file to play when the notification is shown.actions
NotificationAction[] (optional) macOS - Actions to add to the notification. Please read the available actions and limitations in the NotificationAction
documentation.closeButtonText
String (optional) macOS - A custom title for the close button of an alert. An empty string will cause the default localized text to be used.Objects created with new Notification
emit the following events:
Note: Some events are only available on specific operating systems and are labeled as such.
Returns:
event
EventEmitted when the notification is shown to the user, note this could be fired
multiple times as a notification can be shown multiple times through the
show()
method.
Returns:
event
EventEmitted when the notification is closed by manual intervention from the user.
This event is not guaranteed to be emitted in all cases where the notification is closed.
Returns:
event
Eventreply
String - The string the user entered into the inline reply field.Emitted when the user clicks the "Reply" button on a notification with hasReply: true
.
Returns:
event
Eventindex
Number - The index of the action that was activated.Objects created with new Notification
have the following instance methods:
notification.show()
Immediately shows the notification to the user, please note this means unlike the
HTML5 Notification implementation, simply instantiating a new Notification
does
not immediately show it to the user, you need to call this method before the OS
will display it.
If the notification has been shown before, this method will dismiss the previously shown notification and create a new one with identical properties.
notification.close()
Dismisses the notification.
On macOS, you can specify the name of the sound you'd like to play when the
notification is shown. Any of the default sounds (under System Preferences >
Sound) can be used, in addition to custom sound files. Be sure that the sound
file is copied under the app bundle (e.g., YourApp.app/Contents/Resources
),
or one of the following locations:
~/Library/Sounds
/Library/Sounds
/Network/Library/Sounds
/System/Library/Sounds
See the NSSound
docs for more information.