fix(desktop): clicking inside the in-app browser closes open host menus#23143

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Problem

In the desktop in-app browser, opening the three-dot menu (PreviewMoreMenu) and then clicking inside the page leaves the menu open (#18729). #11148 fixed this by replaying a pointerdown on the <webview> when it receives a DOM focus event, so Base UI sees an outside press. That code is still on main.

Cause

On a real OS click, the guest page often never takes focus. The guest receives mousedown/mouseup, but its document.hasFocus() stays false and the host <webview> gets no focus event, so the #11148 replay never runs. This happened even on a fresh, never-clicked tab. It is intermittent: in one run right after an app restart the guest did take focus and the existing replay worked. Tooling that attaches over CDP (Playwright's connectOverCDP) emulates focus, which may be why the original check passed; these measurements used raw CDP Runtime.evaluate with nothing attached during input.

Change

  • The guest preload already listens for trusted pointerdown (reportHumanPointerInput in PickPreload.ts). It now also sends ipcRenderer.sendToHost("preview:pointer-down") (new POINTER_DOWN_HOST_CHANNEL in GuestProtocol.ts).
  • HostedBrowserWebview listens for that ipc-message on the webview and runs the same pointerdown replay as before.
  • The focus listener stays, so either signal dismisses the menu. Only pointerdown is reported, not moves.

Scope and approval

Fixes #18729 (bug, triaged by Julius as a regression of #11148; only the viewport half is a bug, the address-bar half is intended and unchanged).

Verification

Windows 11 desktop dev build, real OS mouse input to the app window, with the guest in the no-focus state:

ScenarioBeforeAfter
a. fresh tab, page never clicked: open menu, click pagemenu stays opencloses (reason=outside-press)
b. click page, open menu, click pagemenu stays opencloses
c. open menu by keyboard, click pagemenu stays opencloses

Also checked with the focus listener temporarily disabled: all three still close through the new path. vp fmt --check and vp lint on the 3 files are clean; typecheck for apps/desktop and apps/web passes.

Menu open Menu closed after a click in the page

(After the fix, scenario a: menu open, then closed after a click in the page. Before-fix behavior is from the event logs; the before screenshots were overwritten by later runs.)

Not covered: no unit test (the cause only shows with a real guest WebContents and OS input, which the browser test harness can't reproduce); macOS, where the issue was reported, is untested; I didn't find what puts the guest into the no-focus state. Separately, in the run where the guest did take focus, scenario b's menu closed itself right after opening (reason=focus-out); that is unchanged by this PR and not investigated.

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Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#18729

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Verdict: Approved at 59dfa1b

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a focused bug fix that adds a narrowly scoped IPC signal for trusted guest pointer presses and reuses the existing host popup-dismissal behavior. Existing focus handling remains in place, with cleanup for the new listener and no product-default or static-analysis changes.

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Walkthrough

Trusted pointer-down events in the preview guest now travel to the host through IPC. The host webview dispatches a bubbling pointerdown event in response and removes its IPC listener during cleanup.

Changes: Guest-to-host pointer-down flow

Layer / File(s)Summary
Define and send the guest IPC channel
apps/desktop/src/preview/GuestProtocol.ts, apps/desktop/src/preview/PickPreload.ts
The guest protocol exports the preview:pointer-down channel. Trusted pointer-down handling sends that channel to the host before forwarding the existing pointer-input message.
Dispatch pointer-down on the host webview
apps/web/src/browser/HostedBrowserWebview.tsx
The webview listens for the guest IPC channel and dispatches a bubbling pointerdown event. It removes the IPC listener during cleanup; the existing focus listener remains.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Possibly related issues

  • pingdotgg/t3code#29664 — This issue concerns trusted pointer-down events crossing between desktop browser UI and page handlers. The PR changes the related guest-to-host pointer-down path, but does not establish that it fixes the reported annotation capture failure.

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The fix addresses clicks inside the page viewport closing host menus. Clicks inside embedded iframes that do not take focus may still leave the menu open, which is unchanged from before. The PR is mergeable with this limitation noted.

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The changes add a guest pointerdown protocol signal and replay that signal on the host webview. These changes directly support outside-press dismissal for the browser menu in [#18729]. No unrelated production changes are shown in the PR diff.

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Issue [#18729] requires an outside click to close the browser menu and preserve the target interaction. This PR adds the guest pointerdown signal and host replay for viewport clicks. The diff does not implement address-bar focus or empty-tab interaction, and the PR description states that the address-bar behavior remains unchanged. The direct issue requirements therefore remain incomplete.

Resolution

Implement and verify the address-bar and empty-tab behaviors required by [#18729], including preservation of the target interaction, or update the linked issue scope before merging this viewport-only fix.

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13 `
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15 &lt;webview src=&quot;https://www.github.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;/webview&gt;
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37 `
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39 &lt;webview src=&quot;https://www.google.com/&quot; nodeintegrationinsubframes&gt;&lt;/webview&gt;
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41 `
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43A `boolean` for the experimental option for enabling NodeJS support in sub-frames such as iframes inside the `webview`. All your preloads will load for every iframe, you can use `process.isMainFrame` to determine if you are in the main frame or not. This option is disabled by default in the guest page.
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45### `plugins`​
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49 &lt;webview src=&quot;https://www.github.com/&quot; plugins&gt;&lt;/webview&gt;
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51 `
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53A `boolean`. When this attribute is present the guest page in `webview` will be able to use browser plugins. Plugins are disabled by default.
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55### `preload`​
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57 `
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59 &lt;!-- from a file --&gt;
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61 &lt;webview src=&quot;https://www.github.com/&quot; preload=&quot;./test.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/webview&gt;
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63 &lt;!-- or if you want to load from an asar archive --&gt;
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80A `string` which is a list of strings which specifies the blink features to be enabled separated by `,`. The full list of supported feature strings can be found in the RuntimeEnabledFeatures.json5 file.
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96
97# ipcRenderer
98
99History
100
101Version(s) | Changes
102--- | ---
103&gt;=29.0.0 | `ipcRenderer` can no longer be sent over the `contextBridge`
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105&gt; Communicate asynchronously from a renderer process to the main process.
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107Process: Renderer
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109info
110
111If you want to call this API from a renderer process with context isolation enabled, place the API call in your preload script and expose it using the `contextBridge` API.
112
113The `ipcRenderer` module is an EventEmitter. It provides a few methods so you can send synchronous and asynchronous messages from the render process (web page) to the main process. You can also receive replies from the main process.
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115See IPC tutorial for code examples.
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117## Methods​
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119The `ipcRenderer` module has the following method to listen for events and send messages:
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121### `ipcRenderer.on(channel, listener)`​
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123 * `channel` string
124 * `listener` Function
125 * `event` IpcRendererEvent
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129History
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135 API ADDED
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137 * `channel` string
138 * `listener` Function
139 * `event` IpcRendererEvent
140 * `...args` any[]
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142Alias for `ipcRenderer.on`.
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146 * `channel` string
147 * `listener` Function
148 * `event` IpcRendererEvent
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151Alias for `ipcRenderer.off`.
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155 * `channel` string (optional)
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157Removes all listeners from the specified `channel`. Removes all listeners from all channels if no channel is specified.
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159### `ipcRenderer.send(channel, ...args)`​
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161 * `channel` string
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164Send an asynchronous message to the main process via `channel`, along with arguments. Arguments will be serialized with the Structured Clone Algorithm, just like `window.postMessage`, so prototype chains will not be included. Sending Functions, Promises, Symbols, WeakMaps, or WeakSets will throw an exception.
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166&gt; NOTE: Sending non-standard JavaScript types such as DOM objects or special Electron objects will throw an exception.
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168&gt; Since the main process does not have support for DOM objects such as `ImageBitmap`, `File`, `DOMMatrix` and so on, such objects cannot be sent over Electron&#39;s IPC to the main process, as the main process would have no way to decode them. Attempting to send such objects over IPC will result in an error.
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170The main process handles it by listening for `channel` with the `ipcMain` module.
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172If you need to transfer a `MessagePort` to the main process, use `ipcRenderer.postMessage`.
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174If you want to receive a single response from the main process, like the result of a method call, consider using `ipcRenderer.invoke`.
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176### `ipcRenderer.invoke(channel, ...args)`​
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178History
179
180Version(s) | Changes
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183 None
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185 |
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189 * `channel` string
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192Returns `Promise&lt;any&gt;` - Resolves with the response from the main process.
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194Send a message to the main process via `channel` and expect a result asynchronously. Arguments will be serialized with the Structured Clone Algorithm, just like `window.postMessage`, so prototype chains will not be included. Sending Functions, Promises, Symbols, WeakMaps, or WeakSets will throw an exception.
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210 * `preload` string (optional) - Specifies a script that will be loaded before other scripts run in the page. This script will always have access to node APIs no matter whether node integration is turned on or off. The value should be the absolute file path to the script. When node integration is turned off, the preload script can reintroduce Node global symbols back to the global scope. See example here.
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217### Instance Properties
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219#### `frame.ipc` Readonly
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221An `IpcMain` instance scoped to the frame.
222
223IPC messages sent with `ipcRenderer.send`, `ipcRenderer.sendSync` or `ipcRenderer.postMessage` will be delivered in the following order:
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225 1. `contents.on(&#39;ipc-message&#39;)`
226 2. `contents.mainFrame.on(channel)`
227 3. `contents.ipc.on(channel)`
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230Handlers registered with `invoke` will be checked in the following order. The first one that is defined will be called, the rest will be ignored.
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232 1. `contents.mainFrame.handle(channel)`
233 2. `contents.handle(channel)`
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236In most cases, only the main frame of a WebContents can send or receive IPC messages. However, if the `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` option is enabled, it is possible for child frames to send and receive IPC messages also. The `WebContents.ipc` interface may be more convenient when `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` is not enabled.
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239
240A `string` representing the current URL of the frame.
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247
248## Breaking API Changes (44.0)​
249
250### Behavior Changed: workers created by subframes need `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` for Node.js integration​
251
252With `nodeIntegrationInWorker: true`, a `Worker` created from an `&lt;iframe&gt;` in the same process as the main frame used to get Node.js integration even though the iframe itself had none. Workers now only get Node.js integration when the frame that creates them has it: the main frame, or any frame when `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` is enabled.
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254### Behavior Changed: preload scripts only run in DevTools extension frames hosted by DevTools​
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256A `chrome-extension://` document used to receive the window&#39;s preload script (and session preload scripts) wherever it was embedded. It now only does so when it is a top-level frame or is hosted inside the DevTools front-end (a `devtools_page` or panel); an extension frame embedded in an ordinary page is treated like any other subframe and follows `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames`.
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258### Behavior Changed: `webContents` may be `null` in `select-client-certificate`​
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266- 1: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/webview-tag?utm_source=openai
267- 2: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/ipc-renderer?utm_source=openai
268- 3: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/webview-tag?utm_source=openai
269- 4: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/ipc-renderer?utm_source=openai

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site:electronjs.org ipcRenderer.sendToHost iframe subframe nodeIntegrationInSubFrames sendToHost child frame

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1<source_evidence>
2<source kind="search">
3<title>webContents | Electron</title>
4<location>https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/web-contents</location>
5<excerpt>citeturn0search0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: yesterday; Sets the `item` as dragging item for current drag-drop operation, `file` is the absolute path of the file to be dragged, and `icon` is the image showing under the cursor when dragging. ... IPC messages sent with `ipcRenderer.send`, `ipcRenderer.sendSync` or `ipcRenderer.postMessage` will be delivered in the following order: ... A handler or event listener registered on the WebContents will receive IPC messages sent from any frame, including child frames. ... However, if the `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` option is enabled, it is possible for child frames to send IPC messages also.
6
7#### `contents.postMessage(channel, message, [transfer])`​
8
9 * `channel` string
10 * `message` any
11 * `transfer` MessagePortMain[] (optional)
12
13Send a message to the renderer process, optionally transferring ownership of zero or more `MessagePortMain` objects.
14
15The transferred `MessagePortMain` objects will be available in the renderer process by accessing the `ports` property of the emitted event. When they arrive in the renderer, they will be native DOM `MessagePort` objects.
16
17For example:
18
19 `
20
21 // Main process
22
23 const win = new BrowserWindow()
24
25 const { port1, port2 } = new MessageChannelMain()
26
27 win.webContents.postMessage(&#39;port&#39;, { message: &#39;hello&#39; }, [port1])
28
29 // Renderer process
30
31 ipcRenderer.on(&#39;port&#39;, (e, msg) =&gt; {
32
33 const [port] = e.ports
34
35 // ...
36
37 })
38
39 `
40
41#### `contents.enableDeviceEmulation(parameters)`​
42
43 * `parameters` Object
44 * `screenPosition` string - Specify the screen type to emulate (default: `desktop`):
45
46### Instance Properties​
47
48#### `contents.ipc` Readonly​
49
50An `IpcMain` scoped to just IPC messages sent from this WebContents.
51
52IPC messages sent with `ipcRenderer.send`, `ipcRenderer.sendSync` or `ipcRenderer.postMessage` will be delivered in the following order:
53
54 1. `contents.on(&#39;ipc-message&#39;)`
55 2. `contents.mainFrame.on(channel)`
56 3. `contents.ipc.on(channel)`
57 4. `ipcMain.on(channel)`
58
59Handlers registered with `invoke` will be checked in the following order. The first one that is defined will be called, the rest will be ignored.
60
61 1. `contents.mainFrame.handle(channel)`
62 2. `contents.handle(channel)`
63 3. `ipcMain.handle(channel)`
64
65A handler or event listener registered on the WebContents will receive IPC messages sent from any frame, including child frames. In most cases, only the main frame can send IPC messages. However, if the `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` option is enabled, it is possible for child frames to send IPC messages also. In that case, handlers should check the `senderFrame` property of the IPC event to ensure that the message is coming from the expected frame. </excerpt>
66</source>
67<source kind="search">
68<title>ipcRenderer | Electron</title>
69<location>https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/ipc-renderer</location>
70<excerpt>citeturn0search2 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: yesterday; &gt; Since the main process does not have support for DOM objects such as `ImageBitmap`, `File`, `DOMMatrix` and so on, such objects cannot be sent over Electron&#39;s IPC to the main process, as the main process would have no way to decode them. ... If you need to transfer a `MessagePort` to the main process, use `ipcRenderer.postMessage`. ... Like `ipcRenderer.send` but the event will be sent to the `&lt;webview&gt;` element in the host page instead of the main process.
71
72# ipcRenderer
73
74History
75
76Version(s) | Changes
77--- | ---
78&gt;=29.0.0 | `ipcRenderer` can no longer be sent over the `contextBridge`
79
80&gt; Communicate asynchronously from a renderer process to the main process.
81
82Process: Renderer
83
84info
85
86If you want to call this API from a renderer process with context isolation enabled, place the API call in your preload script and expose it using the `contextBridge` API.
87
88The `ipcRenderer` module is an EventEmitter. It provides a few methods so you can send synchronous and asynchronous messages from the render process (web page) to the main process. You can also receive replies from the main process.
89
90See IPC tutorial for code examples.
91
92## Methods​
93
94The `ipcRenderer` module has the following method to listen for events and send messages:
95
96### `ipcRenderer.on(channel, listener)`​
97
98 * `channel` string
99 * `listener` Function
100 * `event` IpcRendererEvent
101 * `...args` any[]
102
103Listens to `channel`, when a new message arrives `listener` would be called with `listener(event, args...)`.
104
105warning
106
107Do not expose the `event` argument to the renderer for security reasons! Wrap any callback that you receive from the renderer in another function like this: `ipcRenderer.on(&#39;my-channel&#39;, (event, ...args) =&gt; callback(...args))`. Not wrapping the callback in such a function would expose dangerous Electron APIs to the renderer process. See the security guide for more info.
108
109### `ipcRenderer.off(channel, listener)`​
110
111History
112
113Version(s) | Changes
114--- | ---
115&gt;=28.0.0 |
116
117 API ADDED
118
119 * `channel` string
120 * `listener` Function
121 * `event` IpcRendererEvent
122 * `...args` any[]
123
124Removes the specified `listener` from the listener array for the specified `channel`.
125
126### `ipcRenderer.once(channel, listener)`​
127
128 * `channel` string
129 * `listener` Function
130 * `event` IpcRendererEvent
131 * `...args` any[]
132
133Adds a one time `listener` function for the event. This `listener` is invoked only the next time a message is sent to `channel`, after which it is removed.
134
135### `ipcRenderer.addListener(channel, listener)`​
136
137History
138
139Version(s) | Changes
140--- | ---
141&gt;=28.0.0 |
142
143 API ADDED
144
145 * `channel` string
146 * `listener` Function
147 * `event` IpcRendererEvent
148 * `...args` any[]
149
150Alias for `ipcRenderer.on`.
151
152### `ipcRenderer.removeListener(channel, listener)`​
153
154 * `channel` string
155 * `listener` Function
156 * `event` IpcRendererEvent
157 * `...args` any[]
158
159Alias for `ipcRenderer.off`.
160
161### `ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners([channel])`​
162
163 * `channel` string (optional)
164
165Removes all listeners from the specified `channel`. Removes all listeners from all channels if no channel is specified.
166
167### `ipcRenderer.send(channel, ...args)`​
168
169 * `channel` string
170 * `...args` any[]
171
172Send an asynchronous message to the main process via `channel`, along with arguments. Arguments will be serialized with the Structured Clone Algorithm, just like `window.postMessage`, so prototype chains will not be included. Sending Functions, Promises, Symbols, WeakMaps, or WeakSets will throw an exception.
173
174&gt; NOTE: Sending non-standard JavaScript types such as DOM objects or special Electron objects will throw an exception.
175&gt;
176&gt; Since the main process does not have support for DOM objects such as `ImageBitmap`, `File`, `DOMMatrix` and so on, such objects cannot be sent over Electron&#39;s IPC to the main process, as the main process would have no way to decode them. Attem…[truncated]</excerpt>
177</source>
178<source kind="search">
179<title>webFrameMain | Electron</title>
180<location>https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/web-frame-main</location>
181<excerpt>citeturn0search1 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: today; win.loadFile(&#39;page-with-iframe.html&#39;) ... IPC messages sent with `ipcRenderer.send`, `ipcRenderer.sendSync` or `ipcRenderer.postMessage` will be delivered in the following order: ... However, if the `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` option is enabled, it is possible for child frames to send and receive IPC messages also. ... For instance, if the frame is a child window opened to `about:blank`, then `frame.origin` will return the parent frame&#39;s origin, while `frame.url` will return the empty string.
182
183### Instance Properties​
184
185#### `frame.ipc` Readonly​
186
187An `IpcMain` instance scoped to the frame.
188
189IPC messages sent with `ipcRenderer.send`, `ipcRenderer.sendSync` or `ipcRenderer.postMessage` will be delivered in the following order:
190
191 1. `contents.on(&#39;ipc-message&#39;)`
192 2. `contents.mainFrame.on(channel)`
193 3. `contents.ipc.on(channel)`
194 4. `ipcMain.on(channel)`
195
196Handlers registered with `invoke` will be checked in the following order. The first one that is defined will be called, the rest will be ignored.
197
198 1. `contents.mainFrame.handle(channel)`
199 2. `contents.handle(channel)`
200 3. `ipcMain.handle(channel)`
201
202In most cases, only the main frame of a WebContents can send or receive IPC messages. However, if the `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` option is enabled, it is possible for child frames to send and receive IPC messages also. The `WebContents.ipc` interface may be more convenient when `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` is not enabled.
203
204#### `frame.url` Readonly​
205
206A `string` representing the current URL of the frame.
207
208#### `frame.origin` Readonly​
209
210A `string` representing the current origin of the frame, serialized according to RFC 6454. This may be different from the URL. For instance, if the frame is a child window opened to `about:blank`, then `frame.origin` will return the parent frame&#39;s origin, while `frame.url` will return the empty string. Pages without a scheme/host/port triple origin will have the serialized origin of `&quot;null&quot;` (that is, the string containing the letters n, u, l, l).
211
212#### `frame.top` Readonly​
213
214A `WebFrameMain | null` representing top frame in the frame hierarchy to which `frame` belongs.
215
216#### `frame.parent` Readonly​
217
218A `WebFrameMain | null` representing parent frame of `frame`, the property would be `null` if `frame` is the top frame in the frame hierarchy.
219
220#### `frame.frames` Readonly​
221
222A `WebFrameMain[]` collection containing the direct descendents of `frame`.
223
224#### `frame.framesInSubtree` Readonly​
225
226A `WebFrameMain[]` collection containing every frame in the subtree of `frame`, including itself. This can be useful when traversing through all frames.
227</excerpt>
228</source>
229<source kind="search">
230<title>Breaking Changes | Electron</title>
231<location>https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/breaking-changes</location>
232<excerpt>citeturn0search3 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: yesterday; In sandboxed preload scripts and service worker preload scripts, `ipcRenderer`, `webFrame` and the preload&#39;s `process` object now inherit from an `EventEmitter` implemented natively by Electron instead of one from a bundled copy of the `events` npm package. ... With `nodeIntegrationInWorker: true`, a `Worker` created from an `&lt;iframe&gt;` in the same process as the main frame used to get Node.js integration even though the iframe itself had none. ... It now only does so when it is a top-level frame or is hosted inside the DevTools front-end (a `devtools_page` or panel); an extension frame embedded in an ordinary page is treated like any other subframe and follows `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames`.
233### Behavior Changed: `ipcRenderer` and `process` in sandboxed preload scripts use a native `EventEmitter`​
234
235In sandboxed preload scripts and service worker preload scripts, `ipcRenderer`, `webFrame` and the preload&#39;s `process` object now inherit from an `EventEmitter` implemented natively by Electron instead of one from a bundled copy of the `events` npm package. It provides the same instance API as before (`on`, `once`, `off`, `emit`, `addListener`, `removeListener`, `removeAllListeners`, `prependListener`, `prependOnceListener`, `listeners`, `rawListeners`, `listenerCount`, `eventNames`, `setMaxListeners`, `getMaxListeners`, the `newListener` / `removeListener` events and the max-listener warning) with the same behavior. The static helpers that were only reachable through `require(&#39;events&#39;)` (`once`, `listenerCount`, `init`) are not provided.
236
237### Behavior Changed: workers created by subframes need `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` for Node.js integration​
238
239With `nodeIntegrationInWorker: true`, a `Worker` created from an `&lt;iframe&gt;` in the same process as the main frame used to get Node.js integration even though the iframe itself had none. Workers now only get Node.js integration when the frame that creates them has it: the main frame, or any frame when `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` is enabled.
240
241This change was also backported to Electron 44.3.0, 43.7.0 and 42.11.3.
242
243### Behavior Changed: preload scripts only run in DevTools extension frames hosted by DevTools​
244
245A `chrome-extension://` document used to receive the window&#39;s preload script (and session preload scripts) wherever it was embedded. It now only does so when it is a top-level frame or is hosted inside the DevTools front-end (a `devtools_page` or panel); an extension frame embedded in an ordinary page is treated like any other subframe and follows `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames`.
246
247This change was also backported to Electron 44.3.0, 43.7.0 and 42.11.3.
248
249### Behavior Changed: `getUserMedia` with `chromeMediaSource: &#39;desktop&#39;` rejects WebContents source ids​
250
251The legacy `chromeMediaSource: &#39;desktop&#39;` constraint now only accepts screen and window source ids from `desktopCapturer.getSources`. Passing a WebContents source id there now fails with an &quot;Invalid state&quot; error. To capture a WebContents, use `chromeMediaSource: &#39;tab&#39;` with an id from `webContents.getMediaSourceId()`, or use `ses.setDisplayMediaRequestHandler`.
252
253 // Main process
254
255 const sourceId = targetContents.getMediaSourceId(requestingContents)
256
257 // Renderer process of requestingContents
258
259 const stream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({
260
261 video: {
262
263 mandatory: {
264
265 chromeMediaSource: &#39;tab&#39;,
266
267 chromeMediaSourceId: sourceId
268
269 }
270
271 }
272
273 })
274
275 `
276
277This change was also backported to Electron 44.3.0, 43.7.0 and 42.11.3.
278
279</excerpt>
280</source>
281<source kind="search">
282<title>Electron 45 | Electron</title>
283<location>https://www.electronjs.org/blog/electron-45-0</location>
284<excerpt>citeturn0search4 [wordlim: 200] Published: 4 days ago; Crawled: 2 days ago; In sandboxed preload scripts and service worker preload scripts, `ipcRenderer`, `webFrame`, and `process` now inherit from Electron&#39;s native `EventEmitter` implementation rather than the bundled `events` package. ... With `nodeIntegrationInWorker: true`, a `Worker` created by an `&lt;iframe&gt;` now only gets Node.js integration when `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` is also enabled. ... An extension frame embedded in an ordinary page is treated like any other subframe and follows `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames`.
285
286## Breaking Changes​
287
288### Removed: Node.js module shims and globals in sandboxed preload scripts​
289
290Sandboxed preload scripts and service worker preload scripts no longer include the bundled `events`, `timers`, and `url` Node.js module shims, or the `Buffer`, `setImmediate`, and `clearImmediate` globals. Their `require()` function now only loads `electron`, `electron/renderer`, and `electron/common`; `process` and `global` are still provided.
291
292Use Web APIs such as `URL`, `URLSearchParams`, `Uint8Array`, `TextEncoder`, and `TextDecoder`, or bundle the polyfills your application needs. Use `setTimeout` / `clearTimeout` or `queueMicrotask` as appropriate in place of the removed immediate helpers. Preload scripts running with `sandbox: false` retain the full Node.js environment and are unaffected. #54048
293
294### Behavior Changed: Sandboxed preload event emitters use a native implementation​
295
296In sandboxed preload scripts and service worker preload scripts, `ipcRenderer`, `webFrame`, and `process` now inherit from Electron&#39;s native `EventEmitter` implementation rather than the bundled `events` package. Their instance methods, including `on`, `once`, `off`, and `emit`, remain available. Static helpers previously accessed through `require(&#39;events&#39;)` are no longer provided; bundle the `events` package if you need them. #54048
297
298### Behavior Changed: Subframe workers need `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` for Node.js integration​
299
300With `nodeIntegrationInWorker: true`, a `Worker` created by an `&lt;iframe&gt;` now only gets Node.js integration when `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` is also enabled. Previously a worker created by an iframe in the main frame&#39;s process could receive Node.js integration even though the iframe itself had none. Workers created by the main frame are unaffected. #53706
301
302### Behavior Changed: Extension preload scripts respect their embedding frame​
303
304A `chrome-extension://` document now receives window and session preload scripts only when it is a top-level frame or is hosted inside the DevTools front-end. An extension frame embedded in an ordinary page is treated like any other subframe and follows `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames`. #53706
305</excerpt>
306</source>
307<omitted_sources count="7">Additional source records were omitted from this bounded result.</omitted_sources>
308</source_evidence>
309
310Citations:
311
312- 1: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/ipc-renderer?utm_source=openai
313- 2: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/web-contents?utm_source=openai

Script executed:

bash
1set -o pipefail
2printf '%s\n' '--- existing frame-independent input bridges ---'
3rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' --glob '*.tsx' -e 'input-event' -e 'ipc-message' -e 'sendToHost' -e 'POINTER_DOWN_HOST_CHANNEL' -e 'registerWebview' apps/desktop/src apps/web/src | head -260
4printf '%s\n' '--- PreviewManager input/event handlers ---'
5rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'webContents.on(' -e 'contents.on(' -e 'onInput' -e 'InputEvent' apps/desktop/src/preview apps/desktop/src/window | head -260

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Forward iframe pointerdowns through a frame-independent bridge.

Electron loads this preload in iframe documents, but nodeIntegrationInSubFrames is disabled, so an iframe's ipcRenderer.sendToHost(...) call cannot deliver preview:pointer-down to the host. A pointerdown also does not bubble from an iframe to the top-level guest window. If the iframe click does not focus the guest, neither dismissal path runs, and the PreviewMoreMenu can remain open.

Add child-frame forwarding at the guest WebContents or main-frame bridge boundary, then reuse the existing sendToHost and host dismissal logic. Do not enable subframe Node integration only to support this notification.

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6Review comment at @apps/desktop/src/preview/PickPreload.ts around lines 169 -
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8Update the pointer-down forwarding used by reportHumanPointerInput so trusted
9pointerdowns originating in iframe documents reach the guest WebContents or
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Agreed this does not cover a press inside a cross-document iframe: with nodeIntegrationInSubFrames off the preload only reports top-frame presses, and those iframe presses fall back to the existing webview focus path, as before this PR. Forwarding child-frame input through the main process is a separate main-process bridge and outside this fix's scope (top-level page clicks, which is what #18729 reports). Happy to do it as a follow-up if maintainers want it.

@voida6 Agreed. Cross-document iframe presses remain an existing limitation, not a regression from this change. Requiring a main-process bridge would expand this PR beyond its stated top-level page-click scope. I withdraw the change request for this PR.

My statement that Electron loads this preload in iframe documents was also incorrect for the configuration described here.

Would you like me to open a follow-up GitHub issue for iframe pointer-down forwarding?


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2Repo: pingdotgg/t3code PR: 18548
3File: apps/web/src/components/chat/McpAppFrame.tsx:370-371
4Timestamp: 2026-10-19T14:56:54.992Z
5Learning: In apps/web/src/components/chat/McpAppFrame.tsx, sandboxed opaque-origin MCP apps can refocus their own iframe. Therefore, document.activeElement === frameRef.current combined with navigator.userActivation.isActive does not prove that the user interacted with that app; activation can remain from parent-page input or propagate from another embedded frame. Input events inside an iframe do not reach the host window. A guarantee of app-specific user intent requires a T3-owned confirmation or expand control.
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3File: AGENTS.md:0-0
4Timestamp: 2026-10-16T06:14:31.198Z
5Learning: Source excerpt:
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7
8## A note from Theo
9
10Channel both "measure twice, cut once" and "yagni". Fight scope creep. Try to honor the dev's intent in both a minimal and realistic fashion.

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190+ const guestPointerDown = (event: Event) => {
191+ // Mirrors POINTER_DOWN_HOST_CHANNEL in apps/desktop/src/preview/GuestProtocol.ts.
192+ if ((event as Event & { channel?: string }).channel === "preview:pointer-down") {
193+ dismissHostPopups();
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Add a regression test for dismissal without focus.

The PR reports no unit test for this fix. Add a focused test that sends preview:pointer-down while the webview does not receive focus and verifies that the open menu closes. The test should fail before this change.

As per coding guidelines, “Logic, data, state, and protocol bugs get a failing test first.”

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3Review comment at @apps/web/src/browser/HostedBrowserWebview.tsx at line 193:
4Add a focused regression test for the `preview:pointer-down` handler in `HostedBrowserWebview` that sends the event while the webview has not received focus and verifies the open menu closes; ensure the test fails without the dismissal behavior.
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Evidence

Real Linux Electron desktop, isolated synthetic state, light theme, 1440×900 window; captures show the 1184×900 browser region. OS mouse/keyboard input, no CDP attachment.

Reload the fixture page, open the three-dot Preview menu, then click its top-level button. Repeat after a prior page click and after keyboard menu opening. The first click increments the counter on both commits; base leaves the menu open, while head closes it. The intermittent base failure appeared in both recorded comparisons. Later cases were not consistently distinguishing.

OS interaction driver · Fixture page · Seed and launch recipe

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.

Not shown:

  • Other host menus and popovers were not exercised; evidence covers the three-dot Preview menu.
  • No focus instrumentation was attached, to preserve the reproduction conditions; the no-focus cause is inferred from the visible base failure.
  • macOS and Windows desktop behavior was not exercised.

Evidence

Ran the same synthetic ACP sequence through real T3 servers with fresh isolated state. Queue notifications 1 and 2 (6 Mi-character payloads each), start the raw reader, block its handler on 1, emit equally large 3 and 4 followed by sentinel 5, then release the handler.

BeforeAfter
d0d0608b6b876c5bb7d1
Before: runtime transcript showing delivery of 1,2,3,4,5After: runtime transcript showing delivery of 1,3,4,5
Unread notification 2 escaped the queue budget and was delivered.Unread notification 2 remained eligible for eviction and was dropped.

Environment on both sides: Linux, Node, real development server, synthetic local stdio ACP peer, CLI-created project and thread. Developer instrumentation was required because raw notifications have no rendered chat message. Images render captured runtime output; they are not UI screenshots. Both images were opened and inspected.

Before runtime events · After runtime events

Before timestamped event replay · After timestamped event replay

Instrumentation and synthetic peer · Reproduction driver · Transcript rendering script

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Not shown:

  • The original 40-notification heap experiment was not run; this comparison exercised the distinguishing slow-reader reproduction.
  • The 32-message boundary and oversized-newest exception were not separately exercised.
  • No browser or screen video was captured because these raw notifications have no rendered UI; evidence consists of actual server runtime events, rendered transcripts, and timestamped event replays.

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