Add macOS NSPanel window support - #6008
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WalkthroughChangesThe PR adds macOS macOS Panel Support
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The opt-in NSPanel support is mergeable, but the documentation example currently combines floating-panel behavior with a normal window level, which can mislead users into configuring a panel that does not float. Update the example or explicitly document the precedence before merge. Possibly related issues
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participant Application
participant WebviewWindowOptions
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participant WebviewPanel
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Application->>WebviewWindowOptions: configure WindowClass and PanelPreferences
WebviewWindowOptions->>windowNew: provide resolved panel settings
windowNew->>WebviewPanel: create NSPanel
WebviewPanel->>macOS: apply non-activating and floating behavior
Application->>WebviewPanel: show or focus panel
WebviewPanel->>macOS: orderFrontRegardless without app activation
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In `@docs/src/content/docs/features/windows/options.mdx`:
- Around line 808-815: Update the example’s PanelPreferences and WindowLevel
settings so they are consistent: either set FloatingPanel to false or change
WindowLevel from MacWindowLevelNormal to MacWindowLevelFloating, preserving the
intended floating-panel behavior for copied configurations.
In `@v3/test/manual/macos/non-activating-panel/main.go`:
- Around line 69-118: Update panel lifecycle instrumentation in
v3/test/manual/macos/non-activating-panel/main.go:69-118 by adding visible
action and hide-event counters to the panel action handlers, and instrument
events.Mac.WindowDidBecomeMain and events.Mac.WindowWillBecomeMain inside
newPanel so recreated panels are covered. Update the indicators or related
display logic at v3/test/manual/macos/non-activating-panel/main.go:169-170 to
expose duplicate Escape handling and unexpected main-window events. Document
these visible indicators in
v3/test/manual/macos/non-activating-panel/README.md:16-26.
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| WindowClass: application.MacWindowClassPanel, | ||
| PanelPreferences: application.MacPanelPreferences{ | ||
| NonActivating: true, | ||
| FloatingPanel: true, | ||
| BecomesKeyOnlyIfNeeded: false, | ||
| UtilityWindow: false, | ||
| }, | ||
| WindowLevel: application.MacWindowLevelNormal, |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Make the example configuration consistent.
WindowLevel: MacWindowLevelNormal overrides FloatingPanel: true. A user who copies this example gets a non-floating panel. Set FloatingPanel to false, or set WindowLevel to MacWindowLevelFloating.
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In `@docs/src/content/docs/features/windows/options.mdx` around lines 808 - 815,
Update the example’s PanelPreferences and WindowLevel settings so they are
consistent: either set FloatingPanel to false or change WindowLevel from
MacWindowLevelNormal to MacWindowLevelFloating, preserving the intended
floating-panel behavior for copied configurations.
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| app.Event.On("panel-ready", func(*application.CustomEvent) { | ||
| panelMu.RLock() | ||
| current := panel | ||
| panelMu.RUnlock() | ||
| if current != nil { | ||
| current.Show() | ||
| } | ||
| }) | ||
| app.Event.On("panel-show", func(*application.CustomEvent) { | ||
| panelMu.RLock() | ||
| current := panel | ||
| panelMu.RUnlock() | ||
| if current != nil { | ||
| current.Show() | ||
| } | ||
| }) | ||
| app.Event.On("panel-focus", func(*application.CustomEvent) { | ||
| panelMu.RLock() | ||
| current := panel | ||
| panelMu.RUnlock() | ||
| if current != nil { | ||
| current.Focus() | ||
| } | ||
| }) | ||
| app.Event.On("panel-hide", func(*application.CustomEvent) { | ||
| panelMu.RLock() | ||
| current := panel | ||
| panelMu.RUnlock() | ||
| if current != nil { | ||
| current.Hide() | ||
| } | ||
| }) | ||
| app.Event.On("panel-close", func(*application.CustomEvent) { | ||
| panelMu.Lock() | ||
| current := panel | ||
| panel = nil | ||
| panelMu.Unlock() | ||
| if current != nil { | ||
| current.Close() | ||
| } | ||
| }) | ||
| app.Event.On("panel-recreate", func(*application.CustomEvent) { | ||
| panelMu.Lock() | ||
| if panel == nil { | ||
| panel = newPanel() | ||
| } | ||
| current := panel | ||
| panelMu.Unlock() | ||
| current.Show() | ||
| }) |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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Expose the lifecycle assertions in the manual test.
The panel page only shows a timestamp, so duplicate action dispatches can be hidden. It also exposes no result for duplicate Escape handling or unexpected panel main-window events.
- Add action and hide-event counters.
- Register
events.Mac.WindowDidBecomeMainandevents.Mac.WindowWillBecomeMaininstrumentation insidenewPanel, so recreated panels are covered. - Update the README to reference the visible indicators.
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v3/test/manual/macos/non-activating-panel/main.go#L69-L118(this comment)v3/test/manual/macos/non-activating-panel/main.go#L169-L170v3/test/manual/macos/non-activating-panel/README.md#L16-L26
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In `@v3/test/manual/macos/non-activating-panel/main.go` around lines 69 - 118,
Update panel lifecycle instrumentation in
v3/test/manual/macos/non-activating-panel/main.go:69-118 by adding visible
action and hide-event counters to the panel action handlers, and instrument
events.Mac.WindowDidBecomeMain and events.Mac.WindowWillBecomeMain inside
newPanel so recreated panels are covered. Update the indicators or related
display logic at v3/test/manual/macos/non-activating-panel/main.go:169-170 to
expose duplicate Escape handling and unexpected main-window events. Document
these visible indicators in
v3/test/manual/macos/non-activating-panel/README.md:16-26.
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Pull request overview
Adds opt-in macOS NSPanel support as an alternative to the existing NSWindow-backed WebviewWindow, exposing panel-specific preferences while sharing the existing WKWebView setup and window lifecycle paths.
Changes:
- Extends
MacWindowoptions withWindowClass(NSWindowvsNSPanel) plusMacPanelPreferences, and introduceseffectiveMacWindowLevel()to enforce window-level precedence rules. - Adds a dedicated
WebviewPanel(NSPanel) native implementation and updates the darwin window bridge to construct eitherNSWindoworNSPanelwhile reusing shared configuration logic. - Updates the Spotlight example and docs, and adds a manual non-activating panel test app + checklist.
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| v3/test/manual/macos/non-activating-panel/README.md | Adds a manual test checklist for non-activating panel behavior and lifecycle. |
| v3/test/manual/macos/non-activating-panel/main.go | New manual test app creating an opt-in non-activating NSPanel and a control window. |
| v3/pkg/application/webview_window_options.go | Adds MacWindow.WindowClass, MacPanelPreferences, and effectiveMacWindowLevel() for precedence. |
| v3/pkg/application/webview_window_options_test.go | Unit tests for zero-value behavior and effectiveMacWindowLevel() precedence. |
| v3/pkg/application/webview_window_darwin.m | Refactors key handling helpers and broadens casts to support NSWindow/NSPanel hosts. |
| v3/pkg/application/webview_window_darwin.h | Introduces WailsWebviewWindow protocol and shared key helper declarations. |
| v3/pkg/application/webview_window_darwin.go | Updates native creation path to build NSWindow or NSPanel, adds panel prefs bridging, and hardens destroy behavior. |
| v3/pkg/application/webview_panel_darwin.m | New WebviewPanel (NSPanel) implementation with non-activating-friendly key handling and lifecycle tweaks. |
| v3/pkg/application/webview_panel_darwin.h | Declares WebviewPanel interface for use by the shared darwin bridge. |
| v3/examples/spotlight/README.md | Updates example description to reference opt-in NSPanel usage. |
| v3/examples/spotlight/main.go | Switches Spotlight example window to an opt-in non-activating NSPanel. |
| docs/src/content/docs/features/windows/options.mdx | Documents WindowClass and PanelPreferences, plus precedence notes and examples. |
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Summary
Behaviour and compatibility
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Supersedes #5024 and fixes #3760.
Based on the original NSPanel proposal and investigation by @Grantmartin2002; rebuilt on current master with a dedicated panel implementation, shared creation path, current lifecycle and keybinding behaviour, and window-level precedence coverage.
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