Status
August 25, 2026 · View on GitHub
States: done | partial | todo | n/a
C++ / Win32 / WebView2 host under native/windows/.
Local/CI binary: priv/native/windows/DesktopWebView.exe.
Release asset: DesktopWebView-windows-x64.exe (GitHub Releases; not Hex priv/).
| Feature | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
TCP listen + listening <port> | done | E2E launcher discovery |
initialize + capabilities | done | E2E setup |
--edw-no-beam / argv strip | done | E2E |
| Ini + defaults | done | Same semantics as Linux/macOS |
| Lifetime reconnect | done | Packaged mode (keep listening) |
| Lifetime coupled | done | Exit on disconnect; --edw-no-beam exits |
| Window open/show/hide/title/min size | done | E2E window test |
| Multi-window (ids) | done | E2E |
| Close veto → Elixir | done | WM_CLOSE → event.window.close_requested |
| Raise / iconize / shown / active | done | Raise covered by E2E |
| Webview loadURL / reload / current URL | done | E2E |
| Webview rebuild | done | E2E |
| New window → external open | done | ShellExecute + event |
| Context menu disable | done | WebView2 settings |
| Menubar from DOM | done | E2E menu create |
| Tray / status item | done | Shell_NotifyIcon; E2E tray create |
| Apple menu | n/a | Successful no-op |
| Notifications | done | Balloon via tray when present; E2E |
| Icons from path / PNG | partial | Path/ICO via LoadImage; PNG→HICON deferred |
| OS events (reopen, open url/file) | partial | system.open_url done; OS reopen/file events not wired |
| Locale / os_description | done | E2E |
| Permission policy hybrid | done | E2E simulate + policy |
| Microphone in webview | done | Permission RPC + WebView2 kinds |
| Camera in webview | done | Permission RPC + WebView2 kinds |
| Native dialogs | done | IFileOpenDialog + Win32 prompt |
| Host-driven BEAM restart | done | restart_beam ini + process wait |
| Test RPC channel | done | E2E |
| Release artifact download | todo | Elixir fetch/cache still pending |
| Ad-hoc / CI signing | todo | Authenticode via desktop_deployment later |