fix: prevent settings window flash when whisper overlay opens

[monotykamary]

Problem

When the settings window (or canvas/extension-store window) was previously opened, pressing the whisper hotkey causes a brief flash of the settings window before the whisper overlay appears.

Root Cause

When openSettingsWindow() is called, it switches the SuperCmd app to macOS "regular" activation mode (setMacActivationPolicy("regular")), which makes the app appear in the Dock and Cmd+Tab.

When the whisper hotkey is pressed, the renderer calls window.open() to create the detached whisper popup. Electron intercepts this via setWindowOpenHandler and creates a new BrowserWindow with show: true. On macOS, show: true calls makeKeyAndOrderFront: which activates the application, raising all existing app windows to the foreground — including the settings window. The user sees the settings window flash into view before the alwaysOnTop: true whisper popup renders on top.

Fix

Change the whisper popup creation to use show: false and then call showInactive() after setting up setIgnoreMouseEvents(true) in the did-create-window handler.

showInactive() maps to NSWindow orderFrontRegardless: on macOS, which orders the window in front without making it key or activating the application. This prevents macOS from raising the settings window when the whisper popup appears.

This approach:

• Adds zero delay — no window hiding/showing, no activation policy switches
• Does not restore the settings window after whisper closes (the user did not ask for it)
• Is minimally invasive — only 9 lines changed, no new state variables

Changes

• src/main/main.ts:
  • In setWindowOpenHandler: changed show: true to show: detachedPopupName !== DETACHED_WHISPER_WINDOW_NAME so the whisper popup is created hidden
  • In did-create-window: added childWindow.showInactive() after setIgnoreMouseEvents(true) for the whisper popup, showing it without activating the app

Testing

1. Open SuperCmd settings (Cmd+, or from menu)
2. Switch to another app (e.g. TextEdit)
3. Press the whisper hotkey
4. Before fix: settings window flashes briefly before the whisper overlay appears
5. After fix: whisper overlay appears cleanly with no settings window flash and no added delay

[shobhit99]

@monotykamary can you resolve the conflicts

[monotykamary]

oh just noticed, gimme a hot min 🚐

[monotykamary]

@shobhit99 all good 🫡
it kind of merged seamlessly actually, not sure why there were conflict markers 🤔