tauri 2.0

Tauri 2.0 can be a bit confusing. It is super secure by default, which means common things don't work until you enable the permissions.

To set permissions modify the src-tauri/capabilities/default.json file.

To read a write files use:

    "fs:allow-app-write",
    "fs:allow-read",
    "fs:read-all",

To configure the macOS menu use:

    "core:menu:default"

Copy and paste will stop working on Mac if you customize the menu because that removes the built-in Edit menu. To fix this you need to add it back with:

const editMenu = await Submenu.new({
    text:'Edit',
    items:[
        await PredefinedMenuItem.new({
            item: 'Cut',
        }),
        await PredefinedMenuItem.new({
            item:'Copy',
        }),
        await PredefinedMenuItem.new({
            item: 'Paste',
        }),
    ]
})
const menu = await Menu.new({
    items: [..., editMenu, ...]
})
await menu.setAsAppMenu()

plugins

Most APIs require installing and configuring a specific plugin.

To be able to use the process.exit command, first install the native plugin with

npx tauri add process

Install the JavaScript APIs

npm install --save @tauri-apps/plugin-process

Import the API on the JS side

import {exit} from "@tauri-apps/plugin-process";

Then configure any necessary permissions in src-tauri/capabilities/default.json.

Example here.

Hide App from system menu

Hide the current app. Used for the standard MacOS system menu.

import {app} from "@tauri-apps/api"

await app.hide()

Permission: json "core:app:allow-app-hide"

Quit App

Quit the current app. Used for the standard MacOS system menu. Requires the `process` plugin.

import {exit} from "@tauri-apps/plugin-process";

await exit()