feat: reinvigorate visibleOnFullscreen option (#25126)

docs/api/browser-window.md

@@ -1669,9 +1669,12 @@ Sets whether the menu bar should be visible. If the menu bar is auto-hide, users
 
 Returns `Boolean` - Whether the menu bar is visible.
 
-#### `win.setVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(visible)`
+#### `win.setVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(visible[, options])`
 
 * `visible` Boolean
+* `options` Object (optional)
+  * `visibleOnFullScreen` Boolean (optional) _macOS_ - Sets whether
+    the window should be visible above fullscreen windows
 
 Sets whether the window should be visible on all workspaces.
 

shell/browser/api/electron_api_top_level_window.cc

@@ -799,8 +799,13 @@ void TopLevelWindow::SetOverlayIcon(const gfx::Image& overlay,
   window_->SetOverlayIcon(overlay, description);
 }
 
-void TopLevelWindow::SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(bool visible) {
-  return window_->SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(visible);
+void TopLevelWindow::SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(bool visible,
+                                               gin_helper::Arguments* args) {
+  gin_helper::Dictionary options;
+  bool visibleOnFullScreen = false;
+  args->GetNext(&options) &&
+      options.Get("visibleOnFullScreen", &visibleOnFullScreen);
+  return window_->SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(visible, visibleOnFullScreen);
 }
 
 bool TopLevelWindow::IsVisibleOnAllWorkspaces() {

shell/browser/api/electron_api_top_level_window.h

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class TopLevelWindow : public gin_helper::TrackableObject<TopLevelWindow>,
   void SetProgressBar(double progress, gin_helper::Arguments* args);
   void SetOverlayIcon(const gfx::Image& overlay,
                       const std::string& description);
-  void SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(bool visible);
+  void SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(bool visible, gin_helper::Arguments* args);
   bool IsVisibleOnAllWorkspaces();
   void SetAutoHideCursor(bool auto_hide);
   virtual void SetVibrancy(v8::Isolate* isolate, v8::Local<v8::Value> value);

shell/browser/native_window.h

@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ class NativeWindow : public base::SupportsUserData,
                               const std::string& description) = 0;
 
   // Workspace APIs.
-  virtual void SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(bool visible) = 0;
+  virtual void SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(bool visible,
+                                         bool visibleOnFullScreen = false) = 0;
 
   virtual bool IsVisibleOnAllWorkspaces() = 0;
 

shell/browser/native_window_mac.h

@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ class NativeWindowMac : public NativeWindow, public ui::NativeThemeObserver {
   void SetOverlayIcon(const gfx::Image& overlay,
                       const std::string& description) override;
 
-  void SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(bool visible) override;
+  void SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(bool visible,
+                                 bool visibleOnFullScreen) override;
   bool IsVisibleOnAllWorkspaces() override;
 
   void SetAutoHideCursor(bool auto_hide) override;

shell/browser/native_window_mac.mm

@@ -1351,8 +1351,24 @@ void NativeWindowMac::SetProgressBar(double progress,
 void NativeWindowMac::SetOverlayIcon(const gfx::Image& overlay,
                                      const std::string& description) {}
 
-void NativeWindowMac::SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(bool visible) {
+void NativeWindowMac::SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(bool visible,
+                                                bool visibleOnFullScreen) {
+  // In order for NSWindows to be visible on fullscreen we need to functionally
+  // mimic app.dock.hide() since Apple changed the underlying functionality of
+  // NSWindows starting with 10.14 to disallow NSWindows from floating on top of
+  // fullscreen apps.
+  ProcessSerialNumber psn = {0, kCurrentProcess};
+  if (visibleOnFullScreen) {
+    [window_ setCanHide:NO];
+    TransformProcessType(&psn, kProcessTransformToUIElementApplication);
+  } else {
+    [window_ setCanHide:YES];
+    TransformProcessType(&psn, kProcessTransformToForegroundApplication);
+  }
+
   SetCollectionBehavior(visible, NSWindowCollectionBehaviorCanJoinAllSpaces);
+  SetCollectionBehavior(visibleOnFullScreen,
+                        NSWindowCollectionBehaviorFullScreenAuxiliary);
 }
 
 bool NativeWindowMac::IsVisibleOnAllWorkspaces() {

shell/browser/native_window_views.cc

@@ -1157,7 +1157,8 @@ bool NativeWindowViews::IsMenuBarVisible() {
   return root_view_->IsMenuBarVisible();
 }
 
-void NativeWindowViews::SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(bool visible) {
+void NativeWindowViews::SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(bool visible,
+                                                  bool visibleOnFullScreen) {
   widget()->SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(visible);
 }
 

shell/browser/native_window_views.h

@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ class NativeWindowViews : public NativeWindow,
   void SetMenuBarVisibility(bool visible) override;
   bool IsMenuBarVisible() override;
 
-  void SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(bool visible) override;
+  void SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(bool visible,
+                                 bool visibleOnFullScreen) override;
 
   bool IsVisibleOnAllWorkspaces() override;