feat: Add start as minimized toggle to settings (#248)

Co-authored-by: TheKodeToad <TheKodeToad@proton.me>
Co-authored-by: V <vendicated@riseup.net>
Co-authored-by: Lewis Crichton <lewi@lewisakura.moe>

src/main/mainWindow.ts

@@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ function createMainWindow() {
 const runVencordMain = once(() => require(join(VENCORD_FILES_DIR, "vencordDesktopMain.js")));
 
 export async function createWindows() {
-    const splash = createSplashWindow();
+    const { startMinimized } = Settings.store;
+    const splash = createSplashWindow(startMinimized);
     // SteamOS letterboxes and scales it terribly, so just full screen it
     if (isDeckGameMode) splash.setFullScreen(true);
     await ensureVencordFiles();
@@ -452,11 +453,8 @@ export async function createWindows() {
 
     mainWin.webContents.on("did-finish-load", () => {
         splash.destroy();
-        mainWin!.show();
 
-        if (Settings.store.maximized && !isDeckGameMode) {
+        if (!startMinimized || isDeckGameMode) mainWin!.show();
-            mainWin!.maximize();
-        }
 
         if (isDeckGameMode) {
             // always use entire display
@@ -466,5 +464,11 @@ export async function createWindows() {
         }
     });
 
+    mainWin.once("show", () => {
+        if (Settings.store.maximized && !mainWin!.isMaximized() && !isDeckGameMode) {
+            mainWin!.maximize();
+        }
+    });
+
     initArRPC();
 }

src/main/splash.ts

@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ import { ICON_PATH, VIEW_DIR } from "shared/paths";
 
 import { Settings } from "./settings";
 
-export function createSplashWindow() {
+export function createSplashWindow(startMinimized = false) {
     const splash = new BrowserWindow({
         ...SplashProps,
-        icon: ICON_PATH
+        icon: ICON_PATH,
+        show: !startMinimized
     });
 
     splash.loadFile(join(VIEW_DIR, "splash.html"));

src/renderer/components/Settings.tsx

@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ export default function SettingsUi() {
             "Open Links in app (experimental)",
             "Opens links in a new Vesktop window instead of your web browser"
         ],
-        ["checkUpdates", "Check for updates", "Automatically check for Vesktop updates", true]
+        ["checkUpdates", "Check for updates", "Automatically check for Vesktop updates", true],
+        ["startMinimized", "Start minimized", "Vesktop remains in minimized mode on start", false]
     ];
 
     const switches = allSwitches.filter(isTruthy);

src/shared/settings.d.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export interface Settings {
     arRPC?: boolean;
     appBadge?: boolean;
     discordWindowsTitleBar?: boolean;
+    startMinimized?: boolean;
 
     maximized?: boolean;
     minimized?: boolean;