Add optional frameless Linux desktop windows - #1785
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Summary
--no-window-framestartup optionWhy
Tiling Wayland compositors such as Hyprland already provide window movement,
resizing, borders, and close controls. Electron's native Linux menu/title bar
duplicates that chrome and consumes vertical space. This opt-in mode lets those
users rely on their window manager without changing the default experience for
other Linux desktops.
The option is startup-only because Electron chooses
framewhen constructing aBrowserWindow. macOS and Windows ignore the Linux-only flag.Screenshots
Before — native Linux frame:
After —
--no-window-frame:Validation
pnpm --filter @bb/desktop test— 34 files, 217 tests passedpnpm --filter @bb/desktop typecheckgit diff --checkbb-0.38.0-x86_64.AppImage