Electron Windows Badge plugin to access and modify the badge number of the app icon in windows.
$ npm i electron-windows-badge --save
1) Require electron-windows-badge in your main process:
const Badge = require('electron-windows-badge');
2) Initialize new object of badge while creating window:
function createWindow () {
win = new BrowserWindow({width: 800, height: 600});
const badgeOptions = {}
new Badge(win, badgeOptions);
}
3) To update the badge you just need to call this(you must do it in render process):
ipcRenderer.sendSync('update-badge', 1);
4) To remove badge just call this(you must do it in render process):
ipcRenderer.sendSync('update-badge', null);
1) Require electron-windows-badge in your main process:
const Badge = require('electron-windows-badge');
2) Initialize new object of badge while creating window:
function createWindow () {
win = new BrowserWindow({width: 800, height: 600});
const badgeOptions = {}
const winBadge = new Badge(win, badgeOptions);
setupWinBadge(win, winBadge);
}
function setupWinBadge(win, winBadge) {
win.on('page-title-updated', (event, title) => {
// consider getCounterValue as a method that gets
// the number of notifications from the title, eg: (2) My App.
const counter = getCounterValue(title);
winBadge.update(counter);
});
}
Badge options
| Option Name | Default Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
fontColor |
'white' | Font color |
font |
'24px arial' | Font style |
color |
'red' | The color of badge |
fit |
true | Be sure that your number will be fit into badge |
decimals |
0 | Numbers after dot (For float numbers) |
radius |
8 | The radius of badge |