From da302b445b1df94b9ae956b7596211eb7296917a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mihai <cristian@mihaimuresan.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:26:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: minimise-to-tray-on-startup

Signed-off-by: Mihai <cristian@mihaimuresan.com>
---
 src/native/config.ts | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 src/native/window.ts |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/native/config.ts b/src/native/config.ts
index 35fb0ab..f7c2d37 100644
--- a/src/native/config.ts
+++ b/src/native/config.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ const schema = {
   minimiseToTray: {
     type: "boolean",
   } as JSONSchema.Boolean,
+  startMinimisedToTray: {
+    type: "boolean",
+  } as JSONSchema.Boolean,
   spellchecker: {
     type: "boolean",
   } as JSONSchema.Boolean,
@@ -29,16 +32,16 @@ const schema = {
     type: "object",
     properties: {
       x: {
-        type: 'number'
+        type: "number",
       } as JSONSchema.Number,
       y: {
-        type: 'number'
+        type: "number",
       } as JSONSchema.Number,
       width: {
-        type: 'number'
+        type: "number",
       } as JSONSchema.Number,
       height: {
-        type: 'number'
+        type: "number",
       } as JSONSchema.Number,
       isMaximised: {
         type: "boolean",
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ const store = new Store({
     firstLaunch: true,
     customFrame: true,
     minimiseToTray: true,
+    startMinimisedToTray: false,
     spellchecker: true,
     hardwareAcceleration: true,
     discordRpc: true,
@@ -75,6 +79,7 @@ class Config {
       firstLaunch: this.firstLaunch,
       customFrame: this.customFrame,
       minimiseToTray: this.minimiseToTray,
+      startMinimisedToTray: this.startMinimisedToTray,
       spellchecker: this.spellchecker,
       hardwareAcceleration: this.hardwareAcceleration,
       discordRpc: this.discordRpc,
@@ -123,6 +128,21 @@ class Config {
     this.sync();
   }
 
+  get startMinimisedToTray() {
+    return (store as never as { get(k: string): boolean }).get(
+      "startMinimisedToTray",
+    );
+  }
+
+  set startMinimisedToTray(value: boolean) {
+    (store as never as { set(k: string, value: boolean): void }).set(
+      "startMinimisedToTray",
+      value,
+    );
+
+    this.sync();
+  }
+
   get spellchecker() {
     return (store as never as { get(k: string): boolean }).get("spellchecker");
   }
diff --git a/src/native/window.ts b/src/native/window.ts
index 1f98076..8b9f578 100644
--- a/src/native/window.ts
+++ b/src/native/window.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ const windowIcon = nativeImage.createFromDataURL(windowIconAsset);
  * Create the main application window
  */
 export function createMainWindow() {
+  // (CLI arg --hidden or config)
+  const startHidden =
+    app.commandLine.hasSwitch("hidden") || config.startMinimisedToTray;
+
   // create the window
   mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
     minWidth: 300,
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ export function createMainWindow() {
     backgroundColor: "#191919",
     frame: !config.customFrame,
     icon: windowIcon,
+    show: !startHidden,
     webPreferences: {
       // relative to `.vite/build`
       preload: join(__dirname, "preload.js"),
@@ -81,6 +86,10 @@ export function createMainWindow() {
   // load the entrypoint
   mainWindow.loadURL(BUILD_URL.toString());
 
+  if (startHidden) {
+    mainWindow.hide();
+  }
+
   // minimise window to tray
   mainWindow.on("close", (event) => {
     if (!shouldQuit && config.minimiseToTray) {