electron button to open window code example

Example 1: electron new window

const electron = require('electron')
const BrowserWindow = electron.remote.BrowserWindow

$( "#target" ).click(function() {
	let win = new BrowserWindow({ show: false })
	win.on('close', function () { win = null })
	win.loadURL("github.com")
	win.once('ready-to-show', () => {
  		win.show()
	})
});

Example 2: electron open new window

const button = document.getElementById('<your_button_id>');
button.addEventListener('click', () => {
  createBrowserWindow();
});

function createBrowserWindow() {
  const remote = require('electron').remote;
  const BrowserWindow = remote.BrowserWindow;
  const win = new BrowserWindow({
    height: 600,
    width: 800
  });

  win.loadURL('<url>');
}