From 7d03040642e104afaeed9adae0208d90795c0c51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aras <soysaltan@hotmail.it>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:06:10 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(windows): prevent window flash on startup by deferring
 show until ready

---
 electron/windows.ts | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/electron/windows.ts b/electron/windows.ts
index d2f7466d..232571d0 100644
--- a/electron/windows.ts
+++ b/electron/windows.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export function createHudOverlayWindow(): BrowserWindow {
     alwaysOnTop: true,
     skipTaskbar: true,
     hasShadow: false,
+    show: false,
     webPreferences: {
       preload: path.join(__dirname, 'preload.mjs'),
       nodeIntegration: false,
@@ -60,6 +61,11 @@ export function createHudOverlayWindow(): BrowserWindow {
 
   win.webContents.on('did-finish-load', () => {
     win?.webContents.send('main-process-message', (new Date).toLocaleString())
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      if (!win.isDestroyed()) {
+        win.show()
+      }
+    }, 100)
   })
 
   hudOverlayWindow = win;
@@ -102,6 +108,7 @@ export function createEditorWindow(): BrowserWindow {
     alwaysOnTop: false,
     skipTaskbar: false,
     title: 'Recordly',
+    show: false,
     backgroundColor: '#000000',
     webPreferences: {
       preload: path.join(__dirname, 'preload.mjs'),
@@ -112,8 +119,10 @@ export function createEditorWindow(): BrowserWindow {
     },
   })
 
-  // Maximize the window by default
-  win.maximize();
+  win.once('ready-to-show', () => {
+    win.show()
+    win.maximize()
+  })
 
   win.webContents.on('did-finish-load', () => {
     win?.webContents.send('main-process-message', (new Date).toLocaleString())
@@ -144,6 +153,7 @@ export function createSourceSelectorWindow(): BrowserWindow {
     resizable: false,
     alwaysOnTop: true,
     transparent: true,
+    show: false,
     ...(process.platform !== 'darwin' && {
       icon: WINDOW_ICON_PATH,
     }),
@@ -155,6 +165,14 @@ export function createSourceSelectorWindow(): BrowserWindow {
     },
   })
 
+  win.webContents.on('did-finish-load', () => {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      if (!win.isDestroyed()) {
+        win.show()
+      }
+    }, 100)
+  })
+
   if (VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL) {
     win.loadURL(VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL + '?windowType=source-selector')
   } else {