fix: remove Electron BrowserWindow focus call

lib/browser/api/browser-window.ts

@@ -20,20 +20,6 @@ BrowserWindow.prototype._init = function (this: BWT) {
     nativeSetBounds.call(this, bounds, ...opts);
   };
 
-  // Sometimes the webContents doesn't get focus when window is shown, so we
-  // have to force focusing on webContents in this case. The safest way is to
-  // focus it when we first start to load URL, if we do it earlier it won't
-  // have effect, if we do it later we might move focus in the page.
-  //
-  // Though this hack is only needed on macOS when the app is launched from
-  // Finder, we still do it on all platforms in case of other bugs we don't
-  // know.
-  if (this.webContents._initiallyShown) {
-    this.webContents.once('load-url' as any, function (this: WebContents) {
-      this.focus();
-    });
-  }
-
   // Redirect focus/blur event to app instance too.
   this.on('blur', (event: Event) => {
     app.emit('browser-window-blur', event, this);

shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.cc

@@ -702,8 +702,8 @@ WebContents::WebContents(v8::Isolate* isolate,
   // BrowserViews are not attached to a window initially so they should start
   // off as hidden. This is also important for compositor recycling. See:
   // https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/21372
-  initially_shown_ = type_ != Type::kBrowserView;
-  options.Get(options::kShow, &initially_shown_);
+  bool initially_shown = type_ != Type::kBrowserView;
+  options.Get(options::kShow, &initially_shown);
 
   // Obtain the session.
   std::string partition;
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ WebContents::WebContents(v8::Isolate* isolate,
 #endif
   } else {
     content::WebContents::CreateParams params(session->browser_context());
-    params.initially_hidden = !initially_shown_;
+    params.initially_hidden = !initially_shown;
     web_contents = content::WebContents::Create(params);
   }
 
@@ -3113,10 +3113,6 @@ v8::Local<v8::Value> WebContents::Debugger(v8::Isolate* isolate) {
   return v8::Local<v8::Value>::New(isolate, debugger_);
 }
 
-bool WebContents::WasInitiallyShown() {
-  return initially_shown_;
-}
-
 content::RenderFrameHost* WebContents::MainFrame() {
   return web_contents()->GetMainFrame();
 }
@@ -3688,7 +3684,6 @@ v8::Local<v8::ObjectTemplate> WebContents::FillObjectTemplate(
       .SetProperty("hostWebContents", &WebContents::HostWebContents)
       .SetProperty("devToolsWebContents", &WebContents::DevToolsWebContents)
       .SetProperty("debugger", &WebContents::Debugger)
-      .SetProperty("_initiallyShown", &WebContents::WasInitiallyShown)
       .SetProperty("mainFrame", &WebContents::MainFrame)
       .Build();
 }

shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.h

@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ class WebContents : public gin::Wrappable<WebContents>,
   content::WebContents* HostWebContents() const;
   v8::Local<v8::Value> DevToolsWebContents(v8::Isolate* isolate);
   v8::Local<v8::Value> Debugger(v8::Isolate* isolate);
-  bool WasInitiallyShown();
   content::RenderFrameHost* MainFrame();
 
   WebContentsZoomController* GetZoomController() { return zoom_controller_; }
@@ -722,8 +721,6 @@ class WebContents : public gin::Wrappable<WebContents>,
 
   v8::Global<v8::Value> pending_child_web_preferences_;
 
-  bool initially_shown_ = true;
-
   // The window that this WebContents belongs to.
   base::WeakPtr<NativeWindow> owner_window_;
 

typings/internal-electron.d.ts

@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ declare namespace Electron {
     getLastWebPreferences(): Electron.WebPreferences;
     _getPreloadPaths(): string[];
     equal(other: WebContents): boolean;
-    _initiallyShown: boolean;
     browserWindowOptions: BrowserWindowConstructorOptions;
     _windowOpenHandler: ((details: Electron.HandlerDetails) => any) | null;
     _callWindowOpenHandler(event: any, details: Electron.HandlerDetails): Electron.BrowserWindowConstructorOptions | null;