Obtrusive Title Bar on Windows

[crunchyintheory]

Will there ever be a better title bar instead of the default one?

[bengotow]

Hey! Thanks for filing this @rittbys — I'll see if we can get a custom titlebar in there (or just remove the frame and put the window controls icons in the bar beneath) in a future update. Stay tuned!

[brittyazel]

Not to be a dick, and I know it doesn't alter the bug report, but why not upgrade from WIndows 8 to Windows 10?

[brittyazel]

@bengotow Is the option of removing using a custom titlebar and removing the frame doable under Linux as well?

[crunchyintheory]

@brittyazel I don't want to deal with the incompatibility and privacy issues. I really hate windows 10 except for its looks and Win8.1 is working better for me.

[brittyazel]

fair enough

[crunchyintheory]

Since Electron is a C++ application, you could probably fork Electron to have a different window manager since I doubt it's possible to do that with JS. I'll see if there's anything i can do about it.

[YurySolovyov]

I think it should be totally possible with Frameless Window

[crunchyintheory]

@bengotow this sounds like the right way to go, I had no idea this was actually a thing in electron.

[bengotow]

Hey folks—yep, I believe we can do this using the "Frameless Window" API. On Mac OS X, we actually do this and fake the "gumdrop" window controls in the top left. It looks like Discord is also faking the controls (they look /slightly/ different than the native ones.) I'll see what we can do.

[brittyazel]

@bengotow Is this also possible under Linux? If it were, you could unify the layouts across all platforms

[crunchyintheory]

Yes, it's possible under Linux, I've tested it with another electron app I'm developing.

[jeffijoe]

The Windows titlebar is ruining the elegance of all the themes, so yeah, frameless window is the way to go.

[jackiehluo]

Another request in #216.

[sGerli]

I agree, this should be done in Windows to improve the design.