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| author | Ivan Chernov <chernoffivan@gmail.com> | 2025-03-26 20:56:24 +0300 |
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wiki: Documented flags for Electron based applications (#1302)
* wiki: Documented flags for Electron based applications
* Update wiki/Application-Issues.md
Co-authored-by: Kent Daleng <lolexplode@gmail.com>
* wiki: remove Arch specific files for Electron
* Apply suggestions from code review
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Co-authored-by: Kent Daleng <lolexplode@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ivan Molodetskikh <yalterz@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/wiki/Application-Issues.md b/wiki/Application-Issues.md index 518d3290..7c663531 100644 --- a/wiki/Application-Issues.md +++ b/wiki/Application-Issues.md @@ -1,3 +1,21 @@ +### Electron applications + +Electron-based applications can run directly on Wayland, but it's not the default. + +For Electron > 28, you can set an environment variable: +```kdl +environment { + ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT "auto" +} +``` + +For previous versions, you need to pass command-line flags to the target application: +``` +--enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform-hint=auto +``` + +If the application has a [desktop entry](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/menu-add-example.html), you can put the command-line arguments into the `Exec` section. + ### VSCode If you're having issues with some VSCode hotkeys, try starting `Xwayland` and setting the `DISPLAY=:0` environment variable for VSCode. |