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Docs / API Structures / IpcRendererEvent Object extends Event v13.1.6

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IpcRendererEvent Object extends Event

  • sender IpcRenderer - The IpcRenderer instance that emitted the event originally
  • senderId Integer - The webContents.id that sent the message, you can call event.sender.sendTo(event.senderId, ...) to reply to the message, see ipcRenderer.sendTo for more information. This only applies to messages sent from a different renderer. Messages sent directly from the main process set event.senderId to 0.
  • ports MessagePort[] - A list of MessagePorts that were transferred with this message

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