close window electron code example

Example 1: electron quit app from renderer

// In your renderer process
const {ipcRenderer} = require('electron');
const closeApp = document.getElementById('closeApp');
closeApp.addEventListener('click', () => {
    ipcRenderer.send('close-me')
});

// In your app main process
const {ipcMain} = require('electron')
ipcMain.on('close-me', (evt, arg) => {
  app.quit()
})

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>');
}