Merge pull request #365 from vector-im/disable-hardware-acceleration

Option to disable hardware acceleration

src/electron-main.ts

@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ const store = new Store<{
  spellCheckerEnabled?: boolean;
  autoHideMenuBar?: boolean;
  locale?: string | string[];
+ disableHardwareAcceleration?: boolean;
 }>({ name: "electron-config" });
 
 let eventIndex = null;
@@ -424,6 +425,12 @@ ipcMain.on('ipcCall', async function(ev, payload) {
  global.mainWindow.autoHideMenuBar = Boolean(args[0]);
  global.mainWindow.setMenuBarVisibility(!args[0]);
  break;
+ case 'getDisableHardwareAcceleration':
+ ret = store.get('disableHardwareAcceleration') === true;
+ break;
+ case 'setDisableHardwareAcceleration':
+ store.set('disableHardwareAcceleration', args[0]);
+ break;
  case 'getAppVersion':
  ret = app.getVersion();
  break;
@@ -843,6 +850,12 @@ app.enableSandbox();
 // We disable media controls here. We do this because calls use audio and video elements and they sometimes capture the media keys. See https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/15704
 app.commandLine.appendSwitch('disable-features', 'HardwareMediaKeyHandling,MediaSessionService');
 
+// Disable hardware acceleration if the setting has been set.
+if (store.get('disableHardwareAcceleration') === true) {
+ console.log("Disabling hardware acceleration.");
+ app.disableHardwareAcceleration();
+}
+
 app.on('ready', async () => {
  try {
  await setupGlobals();