Electron: v9.0.0-beta.7 Release

Release date:
March 9, 2020
Previous version:
v9.0.0-beta.6 (released March 5, 2020)
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Note: This is a beta release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm i [email protected].

# Release Notes for v9.0.0-beta.7

Features

  • Added ability to set and get title bar traffic light position on the fly (macOS). #22566
  • Added new spellcheck-dictionary-* events on the `session module to help track and debug dictionary initialization. #22556
  • Allow an optional callback parameter for WebFrame.executeJavaScript* methods, which is called synchronously unless the target context is paused. #22501

Fixes

  • DeviceId from navigator.mediaDevices.enumerateDevices is now consistent across reloads. #22567
  • Fixed issue where repositioned traffic lights would be in the wrong position after the user switches OS theme. #22560

Unknown

  • Added chrome.i18n extension API. #22570
  • Added chrome.tabs.connect extension API for background pages. #22549