Merge pull request #77 from th-ch/disable-hardware-acceleration

Add option to disable hardware acceleration

index.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const { autoUpdater } = require("electron-updater");
 const { setApplicationMenu } = require("./menu");
 const {
 	autoUpdate,
+	disableHardwareAcceleration,
 	getEnabledPlugins,
 	hideMenu,
 	isAppVisible,
@@ -27,6 +28,12 @@ app.commandLine.appendSwitch(
 	"--experimental-wasm-threads --experimental-wasm-bulk-memory"
 );
 app.allowRendererProcessReuse = true; // https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/18397
+if (disableHardwareAcceleration()) {
+	if (is.dev()) {
+		console.log("Disabling hardware acceleration");
+	}
+	app.disableHardwareAcceleration();
+}
 
 // Adds debug features like hotkeys for triggering dev tools and reload
 require("electron-debug")();

menu.js

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const {
 	isTrayEnabled,
 	setOptions,
 	startAtLogin,
+	disableHardwareAcceleration,
 } = require("./store");
 
 const mainMenuTemplate = (win) => [
@@ -43,6 +44,14 @@ const mainMenuTemplate = (win) => [
 					setOptions({ autoUpdates: item.checked });
 				},
 			},
+			{
+				label: "Disable hardware acceleration",
+				type: "checkbox",
+				checked: disableHardwareAcceleration(),
+				click: (item) => {
+					setOptions({ disableHardwareAcceleration: item.checked });
+				},
+			},
 			...(is.windows() || is.linux()
 				? [
 						{

store/index.js

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const store = new Store({
 			autoUpdates: true,
 			hideMenu: false,
 			startAtLogin: false,
+			disableHardwareAcceleration: false,
 		},
 	},
 });
@@ -34,4 +35,6 @@ module.exports = {
 	autoUpdate: () => store.get("options.autoUpdates"),
 	hideMenu: () => store.get("options.hideMenu"),
 	startAtLogin: () => store.get("options.startAtLogin"),
+	disableHardwareAcceleration: () =>
+		store.get("options.disableHardwareAcceleration"),
 };