Files
electron/docs
trop[bot] f476b29459 docs: document that shell.trashItem requires backslashes (#49480)
docs: Update shell.md: Document that shell.trashItem requires backslashes

In Windows many functions relating to files (e.g. shell.openItem, the Node fs functions, as well as native Win32 APIs) will accept either type of slash / or \ as a folder separator.

shell.trashItem does not work with / as folder separator in Windows. This documentation change explains that.

See also:
https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/28831

Co-authored-by: trop[bot] <37223003+trop[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: sam marshall <s.marshall@open.ac.uk>
2026-01-21 14:51:39 -05:00
..

Official Guides

Please make sure that you use the documents that match your Electron version. The version number should be a part of the page URL. If it's not, you are probably using the documentation of a development branch which may contain API changes that are not compatible with your Electron version. To view older versions of the documentation, you can browse by tag on GitHub by opening the "Switch branches/tags" dropdown and selecting the tag that matches your version.

FAQ

There are questions that are asked quite often. Check this out before creating an issue:

Guides and Tutorials

Getting started

Learning the basics

Advanced steps

Detailed Tutorials

These individual tutorials expand on topics discussed in the guide above.


API References

Custom Web Features:

Modules for the Main Process:

Modules for the Renderer Process (Web Page):

Modules for Both Processes:

Development

See development/README.md