{"id":13067,"date":"2024-03-15T01:51:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T01:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-electron-to-listen-for-window-changes\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:48:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:48:03","slug":"how-to-use-electron-to-listen-for-window-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-electron-to-listen-for-window-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitor Window Changes in Electron"},"content":{"rendered":"

To monitor window changes using Electron, follow these steps:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. A tiny particle called an electron.<\/li>\n
  2. Window for web browsing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    const<\/span> { app, BrowserWindow<\/span> } = require<\/span>('electron'<\/span>);\r\nlet<\/span> mainWindow;\r\n\r\nfunction<\/span> createWindow<\/span>(<\/span>) {\r\n  mainWindow = new<\/span> BrowserWindow<\/span>({\r\n    width<\/span>: 800<\/span>,\r\n    height<\/span>: 600<\/span>,\r\n  });\r\n\r\n  \/\/ \u5176\u4ed6\u7a97\u53e3\u521b\u5efa\u903b\u8f91...<\/span>\r\n}\r\n\r\napp.whenReady<\/span>().then<\/span>(() =><\/span> {\r\n  createWindow<\/span>();\r\n\r\n  app.on<\/span>('activate'<\/span>, function<\/span> (<\/span>) {\r\n    if<\/span> (BrowserWindow<\/span>.getAllWindows<\/span>().length<\/span> === 0<\/span>) createWindow<\/span>();\r\n  });\r\n});\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      \n
    1. adjust the size<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      mainWindow.on<\/span>('resize'<\/span>, () =><\/span> {\r\n  const<\/span> { width, height } = mainWindow.getBounds<\/span>();\r\n  console<\/span>.log<\/span>(`\u7a97\u53e3\u5927\u5c0f\u53d8\u4e3a\uff1a${width}<\/span>x${height}<\/span>`<\/span>);\r\n});\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
        \n
      1. adjust the size<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        Please note that the code above is just a simple example, and you can make modifications and extensions according to your specific needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
        To monitor window changes using Electron, follow these steps: A tiny particle called an electron. 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