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220 changes: 213 additions & 7 deletions src/content/docs/features/window-customization.mdx
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---
title: Window Customization
tableOfContents:
maxHeadingLevel: 4
---

import Stub from '@components/Stub.astro';
import { Icon } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';

<Stub>
Tauri provides lots of options for customizing the look and feel of your app's window. You can create custom titlebars, have transparent windows, enforce size constraints, and more.

- Based on https://tauri.app/v1/guides/features/window-customization
- Take
into account feedback in
https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri-docs/issues/1344#issuecomment-1701912344
## Configuration

</Stub>
There are three ways to change the window configuration:

- <Icon name="external" class="inline-icon" /> [Through tauri.conf.json](/references/v2/config/#windowconfig)
- <Icon name="external" class="inline-icon" /> [Through the JavaScript API](/references/v2/js/core/namespacewindow/#window)
- <Icon name="external" class="inline-icon" /> [Through the Window in Rust](https://docs.rs/tauri/2.0.0-beta/tauri/window/struct.Window.html)

## Usage

- [Creating a Custom Titlebar](#creating-a-custom-titlebar)
- [(macOS) Transparent Titlebar with Custom Window Background Color](#macos-transparent-titlebar-with-custom-window-background-color)

### Creating a Custom Titlebar

A common use of these window features is creating a custom titlebar. This short tutorial will guide you through that process.

:::note
For macOS, using a custom titlebar will also lose some features provided by the system, such as [moving or aligning the window](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/work-with-app-windows-mchlp2469/mac). Another approach to customizing the titlebar but keeping native functions could be making the titlebar transparent and setting the window background color. See the usage [(macOS) Transparent Titlebar with Custom Window Background Color](#macos-transparent-titlebar-with-custom-window-background-color).
:::

#### tauri.conf.json

Set `decorations` to `false` in your `tauri.conf.json`:

```json title="tauri.conf.json" {4}
"tauri": {
"windows": [
{
"decorations": false
}
]
}
```

#### Permissions

Add window permissions in capability file.

By default, all plugin commands are blocked and cannot be accessed. You must define a list of permissions in your `capabilities` configuration.

See [Access Control List](/references/v2/acl) for more information.

```json title="src-tauri/capabilities/main.json" ins={7-8}
{
"$schema": "../gen/schemas/desktop-schema.json",
"identifier": "main-capability",
"description": "Capability for the main window",
"windows": ["main"],
"permissions": [
"window:default",
"window:allow-start-dragging",
]
}
```

| Permission | Description |
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `window:default` | Default permissions for the plugin. Except `window:allow-start-dragging`. |
| `window:allow-close` | Enables the close command without any pre-configured scope. |
| `window:allow-minimize` | Enables the minimize command without any pre-configured scope. |
| `window:allow-start-dragging` | Enables the start_dragging command without any pre-configured scope. |
| `window:allow-toggle-maximize` | Enables the toggle_maximize command without any pre-configured scope. |
| `window:allow-internal-toggle-maximize` | Enables the internal_toggle_maximize command without any pre-configured scope. |

#### CSS

Add this CSS sample to keep it at the top of the screen and style the buttons:

```css
.titlebar {
height: 30px;
background: #329ea3;
user-select: none;
display: flex;
justify-content: flex-end;
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
}
.titlebar-button {
display: inline-flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
user-select: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
}
.titlebar-button:hover {
background: #5bbec3;
}
```

#### HTML

Put this at the top of your `<body>` tag:

```html
<div data-tauri-drag-region class="titlebar">
<div class="titlebar-button" id="titlebar-minimize">
<img
src="https://api.iconify.design/mdi:window-minimize.svg"
alt="minimize"
/>
</div>
<div class="titlebar-button" id="titlebar-maximize">
<img
src="https://api.iconify.design/mdi:window-maximize.svg"
alt="maximize"
/>
</div>
<div class="titlebar-button" id="titlebar-close">
<img src="https://api.iconify.design/mdi:close.svg" alt="close" />
</div>
</div>
```

Note that you may need to move the rest of your content down so that the titlebar doesn't cover it.

#### JavaScript

Use this code snippet to make the buttons work:

```js
import { Window } from '@tauri-apps/api/window';

const appWindow = new Window('main');

document
.getElementById('titlebar-minimize')
?.addEventListener('click', () => appWindow.minimize());
document
.getElementById('titlebar-maximize')
?.addEventListener('click', () => appWindow.toggleMaximize());
document
.getElementById('titlebar-close')
?.addEventListener('click', () => appWindow.close());
```

### (macOS) Transparent Titlebar with Custom Window Background Color

We are going to create the main window and change its background color from the Rust side.

Remove the main window from the `tauri.conf.json` file:

```json title="tauri.conf.json" del={3-7}
"tauri": {
"windows": [
{
"title": "Transparent Titlebar Window",
"width": 800,
"height": 600
}
],
}
```

Add `cocoa` crate to dependencies so that we can use it to call the macOS native API:

```toml title="src-tauri/Cargo.toml"
[target."cfg(target_os = \"macos\")".dependencies]
cocoa = "0.25"
```

Create the main window and change its background color:

```rust title="src-tauri/src/lib.rs"
use tauri::{TitleBarStyle, WebviewUrl, WebviewWindowBuilder};

fn run() {
tauri::Builder::default()
.setup(|app| {
let win_builder =
WebviewWindowBuilder::new(app, "main", WebviewUrl::default())
.title("Transparent Titlebar Window")
.inner_size(800.0, 600.0);

// set transparent title bar only when building for macOS
#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
let win_builder = win_builder.title_bar_style(TitleBarStyle::Transparent);

let window = win_builder.build().unwrap();

// set background color only when building for macOS
#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
{
use cocoa::appkit::{NSColor, NSWindow};
use cocoa::base::{id, nil};

let ns_window = window.ns_window().unwrap() as id;
unsafe {
let bg_color = NSColor::colorWithRed_green_blue_alpha_(
nil,
50.0 / 255.0,
158.0 / 255.0,
163.5 / 255.0,
1.0,
);
ns_window.setBackgroundColor_(bg_color);
}
}

Ok(())
})
.run(tauri::generate_context!())
.expect("error while running tauri application");
}
```
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