Angular2Desktop

The library is built on angular 6, tested with latest chrome and firefox versions. It emulates a desktop environment.

demo

Requirements

angular6+, jquery, lodash, interactjs,font awesome

Install

$ npm install angular2-desktop
$ npm i jquery
$ npm i interactjs
$ npm @fortawesome/fontawesome-free

Configure app

add css snippet in your global style:

html, body {
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  min-width: 1024px;
  min-height: 100% !important;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

add libraries to your angular.json

"styles": [
              "src/styles.css",
              "node_modules/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/css/all.css"
            ],
            "scripts": [
              "node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js",
              "node_modules/lodash/lodash.min.js",
              "node_modules/interactjs/dist/interact.min.js"
    
            ]

Usage

Defining applications / specifying entry components

Using a2d-desktop-application

(initialize event sends the app component as parameter)

<a2d-desktop-application
  id="'new_application'"
  title="'new_application'"
  [singleInstanceMode]="false"
  [open]="true"
  [x]="300"
  [y]="300"
  [width]="300"
  [height]="300"
  (initialize)="initialize($event)"
  [component]="TestapplicationComponent">

</a2d-desktop-application>

Manually using ClientService

In your app.component define applications :

 let myGreatApp = new DesktopApplication();
   myGreatApp.component = TestapplicationComponent;
   myGreatApp.id = 'mygreatapp';
   myGreatApp.title = 'mygreatapp';
   myGreatApp.defaultWindowParams = new WindowParams(
     null,
     100,
     100,
     200,
     200,
     'mygreatapp'
   );

make sure to provide WindowComponent and your application's entry component in the entry components of your app module. entryComponents:[WindowComponent,TestapplicationComponent]

Opening Applications

Using "a2d-shortcut" directive

example:

<button
       type="button"
       style="position:absolute;top:100px"
       a2dShortCut
       (initialize)="initializeComponent($event)"
       [appId]="'mygreatapp'">i am a custom button</button>

using "a2d-desktop-shortcut" component

example:

 <a2d-desktop-shortcut
      [appId]="'myotherapp'"
      [x]="20"
      [y]="20"
      [width]="100"
      [height]="50"
      [color]="'transparent'"
      [title]="'some link'"></a2d-desktop-shortcut>

Via "A2dClientService"

example:

  this.desktopService
      .createWindow<TestapplicationComponent>('mygreatapp',(component: TestapplicationComponent)=>{
        component.param1 = '2';
     },true)

or

   this.desktopService
           .createWindow<TestapplicationComponent>('mygreatapp',(component: TestapplicationComponent)=>{
             component.param1 = '2';
           })
           .then(windowId => {
             this.desktopService.openWindow(windowId);
           });
           

Defining windows

You might also want to specify windows directly in the markup.(see examples)

<a2d-window
    [id]="'firefox'"
    [appId]="'firefox'"
    [title]="'firefox'"
    [state]="WindowState.NORMAL"
    [dockPosition]="DockPosition.LEFT"
    [x]="400"
    [y]="400"
    [showWindowBtns]="true"
    [alwaysOnTop]="false"
    [showCloseBtnOnly]="false"
    [showDockingTools]="true"
    [width]="400"
    [height]="400">
    <div class="body">
      <button>Some Btn</button>
    </div>
  </a2d-window>

Desktop Areas

Angular Desktop lets you specify areas in the desktop as placeholders for your html code

• Desktop area -- provide a div inside a2d-desktop with class "desktop"

• bars -- provide a div inside a2d-desktop with class "bar-left","bar-top","bar-right" or "bar-bottom"

##Full example:

<a2d-desktop>
<div class="desktop">
  <a2d-desktop-shortcut
    [appId]="'myotherapp'"
    [x]="20"
    [y]="20"
    [width]="100"
    [height]="50"
    [color]="'transparent'"
    [title]="'some link'"></a2d-desktop-shortcut>
  <a2d-desktop-shortcut
    [appId]="'mygreatapp'"
    [x]="200"
    [y]="20"
    [width]="50"
    [height]="50"
    [title]="'firefox'"
    [icon]="'/assets/images/icons/firefox.png'"></a2d-desktop-shortcut>
  <a2d-desktop-shortcut
    [appId]="'justAnotherApp'"
    [x]="400"
    [y]="20"
    [width]="50"
    [height]="50"
    [title]="'justAnotherApp'"></a2d-desktop-shortcut>
  <button
    type="button"
    style="position:absolute;top:100px"
    a2dShortCut
    (initialize)="initializeComponent($event)"
    [appId]="'mygreatapp'">open single instance pp</button>

  <button
    type="button"
    style="position:absolute;top:200px"
    a2dShortCut
    (initialize)="initializeComponent($event)"
    [linkId]="'some_link'"
    [windowTitle]="'testTitle'"
    [appId]="'justAnotherApp'">multiple instance app but shortcut attached to one window</button>
  <button
    type="button"
    style="position:absolute;top:250px"
    a2dShortCut
    (initialize)="initializeComponent($event)"
    [appId]="'justAnotherApp'">multiple instance app</button>
</div>
<div class="bar-top">
  <a2d-task-bar></a2d-task-bar>
</div>
<div class="bar-left">

  <a2d-shortcut [appId]="'mygreatapp'" [icon]="'/assets/images/icons/firefox.png'"></a2d-shortcut>
  <a2d-shortcut [appId]="'myotherapp'" [icon]="'/assets/images/icons/gmail.png'"></a2d-shortcut>

</div>
<a2d-desktop-application
  id="'new_application'"
  title="'new_application'"
  [singleInstanceMode]="false"
  [open]="true"
  [x]="300"
  [y]="300"
  [width]="300"
  [height]="300"
  (initialize)="initialize($event)"
  [component]="TestapplicationComponent">

</a2d-desktop-application>
</a2d-desktop>

Options

• a2d-desktop

  • dockPosition: dock position of the window(when the window in docked state)

  export enum DockPosition {
    TOP_LEFT=1,
    TOP=2,
    TOP_RIGHT=3,
    BOTTOM_LEFT=4,
    BOTTOM=5,
    BOTTOM_RIGHT=6,
    LEFT=7,
    RIGHT=8
  }
  

  • x: pixels left from the window container
  • y: pixels top from the window container
  • width: width in pixels
  • height: height in pixels
  • alwaysOnTop: keep the window on top
  • showWindowBtns: hide/show the buttons in the header
  • showCloseBtnOnly
  • showDockingTools: turn on/off docking user interaction
  • showHeader: show/hide the window header

• a2d-shortcut

  • windowId: the id of the window the shortcut is related to
  • icon: the url for the icon image

Styling/Themes

example theme:

@import "variables";
@import "utils";

.angular2-desktop {
  background: url("/assets/images/ubuntu-wallpaper.jpg") no-repeat center center fixed;
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  -moz-background-size: cover;
  -o-background-size: cover;
  background-size: cover;
}

.window-header {
  background-color: theme-color('background');
  @include text-color();
}

.window-body {
  background-color: theme-color('primary');
  border-left: 2px solid theme-color('background');
  border-right: 2px solid theme-color('background');
  border-bottom: 1px solid theme-color('background');
}

.window-btn {
  background-image: linear-gradient(theme-color('background', 'light'), darken(theme-color('background', 'light'), 10%));
  border: 1px solid theme-color('background', 'dark');
  color: theme-color('background');
  &.danger {
    background-color: theme-color('accent');
  }
}

.bar-container {
  background-color: transparent ;
  color: theme-color('foreground');
}

.taskbar-entry {
  span {
    color: theme-color("foreground");
  }
  &.active {
    background-color: theme-color("accent");
  }
  &:hover {
    background-color: theme-color("background");
  }

}

.bar-dummy {
  background-color: black;
  opacity: 0.3;
}

.preview-rect {
  background-color: theme-color('background');
  opacity: 0.5;
}

.shortcut {
  .circle {
    background-color: theme-color('accent');
  }

  &:hover {
    background-color: theme-color('background');
    cursor: pointer;
  }

}
.desktop-shortcut {
  .fill {
  
    &:hover {
      background-color: black;
      opacity: 0.1;
      cursor: pointer;
    }
  }



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Next Steps

Resolve conflicts with bootstrap css Define applications in markup instead of using the service css style tweaks