raise variable browser window, if already created, otherwise create a…

gui-js/apps/minsky-electron/src/app/app.ts

@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ export default class App {
       context: App.mainWindow,
       systemWindowId: WindowManager.getSystemWindowId(this.mainWindow),
       menu: null,
+      url: "",
     };
 
     WindowManager.activeWindows.set(App.mainWindow.id, mainWindowDetails);

gui-js/apps/minsky-electron/src/app/managers/WindowManager.ts

@@ -131,6 +131,19 @@ export class WindowManager {
     return initialURL;
   }
 
+  /// if window already exists attached to \a url, then raise it
+  /// @return window if it exists, null otherwise
+  static raiseWindow(url: string): BrowserWindow {
+    let window=null;
+    for (let i of this.activeWindows) 
+      if (i[1].url==url) {
+        window=i[1].context;
+        break;
+      }
+    if (window) window.show();
+    return window;
+  }
+
   static createPopupWindowWithRouting(
     payload: CreateWindowPayload,
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
@@ -167,8 +180,6 @@ export class WindowManager {
       slashes: true,
     });
 
-    console.log(payload.url);
-    console.log(filePath);
     window.loadURL(filePath);
     return window;
   }
@@ -177,8 +188,14 @@ export class WindowManager {
     payload: CreateWindowPayload,
     onCloseCallback?: (ev : Electron.Event) => void
   ) {
-    const { width, height, minWidth, minHeight, title, modal = true, backgroundColor=StoreManager.store.get('backgroundColor'), alwaysOnTop } = payload;
+    const { width, height, minWidth, minHeight, title, modal = true, backgroundColor=StoreManager.store.get('backgroundColor'), alwaysOnTop, url } = payload;
 
+    // do not duplicate window if requested and window already exists
+    if (payload.raiseIfPresent) {
+      const childWindow=this.raiseWindow(url);
+      if (childWindow) return childWindow;
+    }
+
     const childWindow = new BrowserWindow({
       width,
       height,
@@ -225,6 +242,7 @@ export class WindowManager {
       context: childWindow,
       systemWindowId: windowId,
       menu: null,
+      url,
     };
 
     if (payload.uid) {
@@ -264,7 +282,6 @@ export class WindowManager {
   static onAppLayoutChanged(payload: AppLayoutPayload) {
 
     this.topOffset = Math.round(payload.offset.top);
-    console.log("topOffset=",this.topOffset);
     this.leftOffset = Math.round(payload.offset.left);
     this.scaleFactor = screen.getPrimaryDisplay().scaleFactor;
     if (Functions.isWindows())

gui-js/libs/shared/src/lib/interfaces/ActiveWindow.ts

@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ export interface ActiveWindow {
   isMainWindow: boolean;
   context: BrowserWindow;
   systemWindowId: bigint;
-  menu : Menu
+  menu: Menu;
+  url: string;
 }

gui-js/libs/shared/src/lib/interfaces/Interfaces.ts

@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ export interface CreateWindowPayload {
   minWidth?: number;
   minHeight?: number;
   alwaysOnTop?: boolean;
+  raiseIfPresent?: boolean; ///< if true, then raise an existing window instead of creating a duplicate
 }
 
 

gui-js/libs/ui-components/src/lib/wiring/variable/variable.component.ts

@@ -42,14 +42,15 @@ export class VariableComponent {
       });
     }
   }
-    openVariablePane() {
-      this.electronService.send(events.CREATE_MENU_POPUP, {
-        title: 'Variables',
-        url: "#/headless/variable-pane",
-        width: 400,
-        height: 450,
-        alwaysOnTop: true,
-        modal: false,
-      });
+  openVariablePane() {
+    this.electronService.send(events.CREATE_MENU_POPUP, {
+      title: 'Variables',
+      url: "#/headless/variable-pane",
+      width: 400,
+      height: 450,
+      alwaysOnTop: true,
+      modal: false,
+      raiseIfPresent: true,
+    });
   }
 }