The --hidden command is not working anymore

[tijder]

Description

The --hidden command is not working anymore.

Steps to reproduce

Start riot with: "/usr/bin/riot-desktop" --hidden expected riot to started in tray but it also showed the screen.

Version information

• Platform: desktop

• OS: Arch Linux (antergos)

• Version: 0.12.6

[t3chguy]

Cannot reproduce, none of that code has changed for a good few versions, probably some weirdness with Electron :(

[t3chguy]

I have the same thing on Windows fwiw, on one machine its happily started in tray, on another machine it is not

[salim-b]

The --hidden flag doesn't work for me, either. I'm on Ubuntu 20.04 (GNOME 3.36.1) and installed the Snap package. My startup command looks as follows (I've just appended the --hidden flag to the command present in the default .desktop file):

env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/riot-web_riot-web.desktop /snap/bin/riot-web --hidden %U

The Riot window is still opened after startup – although in a "broken" state as reported in vector-im/element-web#6961.

Screenshot:

[t3chguy]

Is this still the case with later versions of Electron?

[BloodyIron]

Unsure if related, but in the last bunch of months, when I start my computer up (Ubuntu Linux) and Element starts with it, it is in the system tray minimised (--hidden flag seems to work), however when I click on Element in my side-bar application with the intent to maximise the minimised application, it starts a second instance of Element. And this only happens until I close the instance of Element that started at boot.

This MAY be related to the --hidden launch parameter, as when I launch Element from my side-bar it does not invoke the --hidden launch parameter at all.

[Half-Shot]

FYI, testing this today it seems to work fine.