fix(header): hide the custom window controls on macOS - #1865
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macOS draws its own native traffic-light cluster even with decorations:false (tauri.conf.json's titleBarStyle:"Overlay" still overlays it), but Header.jsx's showWindowControls only checked whether the app was running under Tauri, not which OS — so the custom Windows-style minimize/maximize/close row rendered on macOS too, duplicating the native controls. Gate it on platform using the same navigator.platform check already used in HotkeyTab.jsx / SettingsSearch.jsx. Windows/Linux keep the custom row since decorations:false gives them no chrome otherwise. Fixes debpalash#1864. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| Filename | Overview |
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| frontend/src/components/Header.jsx | Gates custom desktop window controls off when the Tauri webview reports a macOS platform. |
| frontend/src-tauri/tauri.macos.conf.json | Repeats the complete window array while enabling native overlay chrome for the macOS main window. |
| frontend/src-tauri/capabilities/capture-widget.json | Grants only the widget window permission to invoke the native hide operation. |
| frontend/src/test/HeaderNavStyle.test.jsx | Covers macOS suppression, Windows/Linux rendering, and browser exclusion for custom window controls. |
| frontend/src/test/desktopWindowConfig.test.js | Verifies macOS window-array parity, native chrome settings, version floor, and widget hide authorization. |
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 10 included reviews per hour; 2 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe macOS Tauri configuration now declares shared desktop window properties and adds a separate capture widget window. The header hides custom controls when macOS provides native traffic lights. Tests validate configuration merging and platform-specific rendering. Documentation and the changelog describe the behavior. ChangesmacOS window chrome
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Greptile flagged the Unreleased entry as missing the contributor credit the changelog convention requires for community PRs. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@frontend/src-tauri/tauri.macos.conf.json`:
- Line 22: Add core:window:allow-hide to the capability permissions for the
widget scope so CaptureWidget.jsx can successfully invoke hide(), while
preserving the existing widget and core:default permissions.
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#!/bin/bash
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printf '%s\n' '--- target config ---'
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git ls-files 'frontend/src-tauri' | grep -Ei 'capabilit|acl|permission|json' || true
printf '%s\n' '--- widget references ---'
rg -n -C 3 'CaptureWidget|getCurrentWindow|isVisible|\\.hide\\(|label.*widget|create.*false|windows|window' frontend/src frontend/src-tauri 2>/dev/null | head -n 260Repository: debpalash/VoiceStudio
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set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- capability configuration ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- CaptureWidget files ---'
git ls-files | grep -Ei 'CaptureWidget|capture.?widget|capabilit'
printf '%s\n' '--- bound Tauri window calls ---'
rg -n -C 4 'getCurrentWindow|isVisible|hide\(\)|label.?[=:].?["'\'']widget|create.?false' frontend --glob '!node_modules/**' --glob '!dist/**' --glob '!build/**' || trueRepository: debpalash/VoiceStudio
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site:v2.tauri.app core:default core:window:allow-hide core:window:allow-is-visible Tauri 2 permissions
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In Tauri 2, permissions are managed via capabilities that define which commands are accessible to your application's windows [1][2]. To use specific window-related commands, you must reference the appropriate identifiers in the permissions list of your capability file (e.g., src-tauri/capabilities/default.json) [3][2]. Core:default The core:default permission is a high-level permission set that includes core:window:default, along with default permissions for other core plugins like app, event, image, menu, path, resources, tray, and webview [4]. If you use core:default, you automatically inherit the pre-configured window permissions [4]. Window Permissions The core:window:default permission includes a wide range of common window-related privileges, such as checking window size, position, fullscreen status, and decoration [4]. However, it does not include every possible window command by default [4]. Specific Commands: - core:window:allow-hide: This permission explicitly enables the hide command for a window [4]. It is not included in core:window:default [4]. - core:window:allow-is-visible: This permission explicitly enables the is_visible command for a window [4]. Note that core:window:default does include allow-is-visible, which provides access to the is_visible functionality [4]. To grant these permissions, add them to your capability's permissions array: { "permissions": [ "core:default", "core:window:allow-hide" ] } If you find that a command is still not accessible, ensure that the window label (e.g., "main") is correctly listed in the windows field of your capability file [2][5].
Citations:
- 1: https://v2.tauri.app/security/permissions/
- 2: https://v2.tauri.app/security/capabilities/
- 3: https://v2.tauri.app/learn/window-customization/
- 4: https://v2.tauri.app/reference/acl/core-permissions/
- 5: https://v2.tauri.app/reference/acl/capability/
Grant the widget hide permission. The widget scope already exists, and core:default covers isVisible(), but it does not include core:window:allow-hide; CaptureWidget.jsx can therefore fail when it calls hide(), leaving the widget visible. Add core:window:allow-hide to the capability permissions.
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In `@frontend/src-tauri/tauri.macos.conf.json` at line 22, Add
core:window:allow-hide to the capability permissions for the widget scope so
CaptureWidget.jsx can successfully invoke hide(), while preserving the existing
widget and core:default permissions.
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Fixes #1864.
Problem
On macOS, the header rendered its own Windows-style minimize/maximize/close buttons in addition to the native traffic-light cluster the OS already draws.
frontend/src-tauri/tauri.conf.jsonsetsdecorations:false+titleBarStyle:"Overlay"on every platform — on macOS this still overlays the native traffic lights on the web content; on Windows/Linux it draws nothing, which is why the custom row exists at all (added in #1481).Header.jsx'sshowWindowControlsonly checked'__TAURI_INTERNALS__' in window— "are we in Tauri" — true on every OS, so the custom row rendered unconditionally and duplicated macOS's native controls.Fix
Added an
isMacLikecheck (samenavigator.platformregex already used inHotkeyTab.jsx/SettingsSearch.jsx) and gatedshowWindowControlson!isMacLike. Windows/Linux behavior is unchanged.Testing
frontend/src/test/HeaderNavStyle.test.jsx: made the existing "native window controls" test explicit about platform (Win32), and added a new regression test asserting the custom controls are absent on macOS (MacIntel). Verified fail-before (assertion fails against the unpatchedshowWindowControls) / pass-after.cd frontend && bun run test→ 309 files / 2609 tests passed (full frontend suite, no regressions).uv run pytest tests/test_locale_parity.py -q→ 248 passed (no new user-facing strings).bun run lint→ no new warnings inHeader.jsxor the test file.What a reviewer should check
showWindowControls/isMacLikeneighborhood as fix(header): inset the breadcrumb clear of macOS traffic lights #1863 (a different, already-open fix for [macOS] Studio header kicker text renders underneath the traffic-light window controls #1860 — kicker text rendering under the traffic lights on macOS). The two are independent bugs in adjacent code; if both land, whichever merges second will need a small rebase to reconcile the twoisMacLikedeclarations. Left fix(header): inset the breadcrumb clear of macOS traffic lights #1863 untouched per repo policy.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
The header now hides custom window controls on macOS to prevent duplicate controls beside native traffic lights. Windows and Linux retain custom controls. Review the
navigator.platformdetection and expanded macOS Tauri configuration for compatibility.