[LTS] nwjs 0.16 - MacOS 10.10 - nw.global.__nw_windows not correct

[AndryBray]

My app handles the running instances of every window and it was working good with 0.14 & 0.15.
On v 0.16 I see there is some problem with nw.global.__nw_windows
It doesn't store always the right number of opened windows.
E.g. if I open 5 windows I see just 2 NWWindow object inside nw.global.__nw_windows

[AndryBray]

@rogerwang is there any other way to get all running windows (nwwindow instances)? I'm trying chrome api but it doesn't allow to access the window object (e.g. window.document)

[AndryBray]

@rogerwang just tested on Windows and it's the same... very often some window instance will not be tracked to the __nw_windows store var.

[rogerwang]

We'll provide nw.Window.getAll(). Before that you can use https://developer.chrome.com/apps/app_window#method-getAll

We'll see the issue about __nw_windows.

[AndryBray]

@rogerwang tested even with chrome.app.window.getAll() and it's the same... worst.. it shows only 1 AppWindow running (when actually I have 5 windows).

Instead if I use chrome.windows.getAll(function(wins) { console.log(wins) }) it works but this method will not give us access to the contentWindow node (to access the document)

[AndryBray]

@rogerwang do you have any planned date for this issue solving? It could be blocking for who need to handle number of window instances. Thank you

[AndryBray]

up

[AndryBray]

@rogerwang tested the new version 0.17 (latest):
on MacOS version nw.global.__nw_windows now works well
on Windows version nw.global.__nw_windows does not hold the correct number of windows (tested on Windows 7)

[AndryBray]

Hello @rogerwang
is this issue a 0.18 version priority?
Sorry if I'm repetitive but I just need to know if I have to develop my own window manager.
Thank you

[rogerwang]

@AndryBray I'll try to fix it soon in 0.17. Thanks.

[rogerwang]

does it happen only when you open windows with remote URLs?

[AndryBray]

I only use remote urls. I'll try with local as well

[AndryBray]

@rogerwang I've just tested the live build version https://dl.nwjs.io/live-build/09-10-2016/nw17-4c8d707-20839a2-dacfec0-65b948e/v0.17.2/

I still have the same problem (tested on Windows 7)