fix: only focus a webContents if the window was not initially hidden (#25323) (#25330)

Co-authored-by: Samuel Attard <samuel.r.attard@gmail.com>

Co-authored-by: trop[bot] <37223003+trop[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

lib/browser/api/browser-window.js

@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ BrowserWindow.prototype._init = function () {
   // Though this hack is only needed on macOS when the app is launched from
   // Finder, we still do it on all platforms in case of other bugs we don't
   // know.
-  this.webContents.once('load-url', function () {
-    this.focus();
-  });
+  if (this.webContents._initiallyShown) {
+    this.webContents.once('load-url', function () {
+      this.focus();
+    });
+  }
 
   // Redirect focus/blur event to app instance too.
   this.on('blur', (event) => {

shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.cc

@@ -453,8 +453,8 @@ WebContents::WebContents(v8::Isolate* isolate,
   // BrowserViews are not attached to a window initially so they should start
   // off as hidden. This is also important for compositor recycling. See:
   // https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/21372
-  bool initially_shown = type_ != Type::BROWSER_VIEW;
-  options.Get(options::kShow, &initially_shown);
+  initially_shown_ = type_ != Type::BROWSER_VIEW;
+  options.Get(options::kShow, &initially_shown_);
 
   // Obtain the session.
   std::string partition;
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ WebContents::WebContents(v8::Isolate* isolate,
 #endif
   } else {
     content::WebContents::CreateParams params(session->browser_context());
-    params.initially_hidden = !initially_shown;
+    params.initially_hidden = !initially_shown_;
     web_contents = content::WebContents::Create(params);
   }
 
@@ -2678,6 +2678,10 @@ v8::Local<v8::Value> WebContents::Debugger(v8::Isolate* isolate) {
   return v8::Local<v8::Value>::New(isolate, debugger_);
 }
 
+bool WebContents::WasInitiallyShown() {
+  return initially_shown_;
+}
+
 void WebContents::GrantOriginAccess(const GURL& url) {
   content::ChildProcessSecurityPolicy::GetInstance()->GrantCommitOrigin(
       web_contents()->GetMainFrame()->GetProcess()->GetID(),
@@ -2852,7 +2856,8 @@ void WebContents::BuildPrototype(v8::Isolate* isolate,
       .SetProperty("session", &WebContents::Session)
       .SetProperty("hostWebContents", &WebContents::HostWebContents)
       .SetProperty("devToolsWebContents", &WebContents::DevToolsWebContents)
-      .SetProperty("debugger", &WebContents::Debugger);
+      .SetProperty("debugger", &WebContents::Debugger)
+      .SetProperty("_initiallyShown", &WebContents::WasInitiallyShown);
 }
 
 ElectronBrowserContext* WebContents::GetBrowserContext() const {

shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.h

@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ class WebContents : public gin_helper::TrackableObject<WebContents>,
   content::WebContents* HostWebContents() const;
   v8::Local<v8::Value> DevToolsWebContents(v8::Isolate* isolate);
   v8::Local<v8::Value> Debugger(v8::Isolate* isolate);
+  bool WasInitiallyShown();
 
   WebContentsZoomController* GetZoomController() { return zoom_controller_; }
 
@@ -650,6 +651,8 @@ class WebContents : public gin_helper::TrackableObject<WebContents>,
   // Observers of this WebContents.
   base::ObserverList<ExtendedWebContentsObserver> observers_;
 
+  bool initially_shown_ = true;
+
   // The ID of the process of the currently committed RenderViewHost.
   // -1 means no speculative RVH has been committed yet.
   int currently_committed_process_id_ = -1;

typings/internal-electron.d.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ declare namespace Electron {
   interface WebContents {
     _getURL(): string;
     getOwnerBrowserWindow(): Electron.BrowserWindow;
+    _initiallyShown: boolean;
   }
 
   interface SerializedError {