popup will emit ipc event for main process to write clipboard

electron_src/popup/popup.js

@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@
 
 var remote = require('remote')
 var ipc = require('ipc')
-var clipboard = require('clipboard')
 
 var SEARCH_INPUT = 1
 var RESULT_LIST = 2
 var RESULT_CONTROL = 3
 var RESULT_CONTENT = 4
-var btnClipboard = document.getElementById('btnClipboard')
+// var btnClipboard = document.getElementById('btnClipboard')
-var btnEdit = document.getElementById('btnEdit')
+// var btnEdit = document.getElementById('btnEdit')
-var btnShare = document.getElementById('btnShare')
+// var btnShare = document.getElementById('btnShare')
 var aceView = document.getElementById('aceView')
 
 angular.module('codexen.popup', [
@@ -105,8 +104,7 @@ angular.module('codexen.popup', [
       switch ($scope.isFocusing) {
         case RESULT_LIST:
           console.log($scope.selectedItem.content)
-          clipboard.writeText($scope.selectedItem.content)
+          ipc.send('writeCode', $scope.selectedItem.content)
-          hidePopUp()
           break
       }
       e.preventDefault()

main.js

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
   if (process.platform !== 'darwin') app.quit()
 })
 
+var robot = require('robotjs')
+
+var clipboard = require('clipboard')
+
 var Tray = require('tray')
 var appIcon = null
 
@@ -19,7 +23,13 @@ app.on('ready', function () {
   appIcon = new Tray('./icon.png')
   appIcon.setToolTip('This is my application.')
 
-  mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({width: 800, height: 600})
+  mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
+    width: 800,
+    height: 600,
+    'web-preferences': {
+        'overlay-scrollbars': true
+      }
+    })
 
   mainWindow.loadUrl('file://' + __dirname + '/electron_build/index.html')
 
@@ -36,7 +46,10 @@ app.on('ready', function () {
     width: 600,
     height: 400,
     show: false,
-    frame: false
+    frame: false,
+    'web-preferences': {
+        'overlay-scrollbars': true
+      }
   })
 
   popUpWindow.loadUrl('file://' + __dirname + '/electron_build/electron/popup/index.html')
@@ -74,6 +87,13 @@ app.on('ready', function () {
   ipc.on('hidePopUp', function () {
     hidePopUp()
   })
+  ipc.on('writeCode', function (e, code) {
+    clipboard.writeText(code)
+    // setTimeout(function () {
+    //   robot.typeString(code)
+    // }, 200)
+    hidePopUp()
+  })
 
   var fromMain
   // Register a 'ctrl+x' shortcut listener.

package.json

@@ -35,12 +35,15 @@
     "angular-ui-router": "^0.2.15",
     "font-awesome": "^4.3.0",
     "moment": "^2.10.3",
+    "robotjs": "^0.1.2",
     "satellizer": "^0.10.1",
     "ui-select": "^0.11.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "bootstrap-sass": "^3.3.4",
     "del": "^1.2.0",
+    "electron-prebuilt": "^0.27.2",
+    "electron-rebuild": "^0.2.1",
     "globby": "^2.0.0",
     "gulp": "^3.8.11",
     "gulp-angular-templatecache": "^1.6.0",