main.js

// main.js

// Modules to control application life and create native browser window
const { app, BrowserWindow, globalShortcut } = require('electron')
const path = require('path')

function createWindow () {
  // Create the browser window.
  const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    webPreferences: {
      preload: path.join(__dirname, 'preload.js')
    }
  })

  // and load the index.html of the app.
  mainWindow.loadFile('index.html')

  // Open the DevTools.
  // mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools()
}

// This method will be called when Electron has finished
// initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
// Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
app.whenReady().then(() => {
  var robot = require("robotjs");

  createWindow()

  app.on('activate', function () {
    // On macOS it's common to re-create a window in the app when the
    // dock icon is clicked and there are no other windows open.
    if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) createWindow()
  })

  // Register Global shortcuts
  globalShortcut.register('CommandOrControl+Shift+F1', () => {
    console.log('Global recognized, sending data.')
    robot.setKeyboardDelay(0);
    robot.keyToggle('control','up');
    robot.keyToggle('shift','up');
    robot.keyToggle('f1','up');
    robot.typeString("abc123");
  })

})

// Quit when all windows are closed, except on macOS. There, it's common
// for applications and their menu bar to stay active until the user quits
// explicitly with Cmd + Q.
app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
  if (process.platform !== 'darwin') app.quit()
})