Two related defects were breaking the 'open file' flow:
1. The BrowserWindow webPreferences had no preload path AND
contextIsolation: false, so contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld
threw on load and window.electronAPI was never set. Result:
every renderer-side ipc.* call returned CHANNEL_MISSING and
silently no-op'd. Toolbar Open/Save, the file menu, every
dialog — all broken.
2. The 'file.opened' IPC bridge in register-menu-commands.ts
dispatched to a 'file.opened' command that was never registered
as a handler. Even if the preload had worked, the main menu's
File -> Open would have been a no-op once it reached the
command store.
Fixes:
- window/index.js: add preload path; set contextIsolation: true
(required for contextBridge) and nodeIntegration: false
(renderer no longer needs direct Node access; everything goes
through the whitelisted preload bridge).
- file-store.ts: add openFileFromMain(path, content) that opens
a tab + editor buffer from content the main process already read
(skips the renderer's ipc.file.read since main has the bytes).
Preserves existing buffer content if the file is already open.
- register-menu-commands.ts: register 'file.opened' to call
openFileFromMain. Drop the dead 'command.palette' bridge
(no consumer, no UI, no handler).
- tests: two new cases for openFileFromMain — verifies it does
not call ipc.file.read and does not clobber user edits on
re-open.
Verified end-to-end via the run-desktop driver: triggering
file-opened from the main process with a test .md now shows the
content in BOTH the CodeMirror editor and the rendered preview
pane (plus the Outline panel picks up the H1). 497 tests pass.
- useRegisterMenuCommands: registers file.open, file.save, file.closeTab,
tab.next, tab.prev, view.toggleSidebar, view.togglePreview in command store
- useBridgeNativeMenu: useMenuAction for 13 native-menu channels
(file-save, toggle-preview, load-template-menu, etc.)
- AppShell calls both on mount
- integration test mock extended to include ipc.menu.on
- 145/145 tests pass (was 105)
- bridge between main-process menu events and the command dispatcher
- optional transform: convert raw IPC payload to command args
- extends ipc.ts with ipc.menu.on() helper
- TDD: 5 unit tests covering subscription, payload transform, no-op, unmount
- 'mod+s' / 'mod+shift+s' / 'Tab' / etc.
- mod = meta (Mac) or ctrl (others)
- suppresses when <input>/<textarea>/contentEditable focused
- preventDefault on match
- TDD: 15 unit tests covering parser, match, suppression, unmount
- useCommandStore: register/unregister/registerMany/dispatch/get
- keyed by id (e.g. 'file.open', 'view.toggleSidebar')
- TDD: 10 unit tests covering register, dispatch, unregister, batch
- foundation for Phase 6 native menu + toolbar wiring
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Amit Haridas