[bug] cannot manually create window invisible

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Describe the bug

I set this in tauri.conf.json:

{
        "label": "game_log",
        "create": false,
        ...
        "visible": false
      }

and call this:

let error_window = 
  match create_webview_window(&app, &label, "game_log", None).await {
    Ok(window) => Some(window),
    Err(_) => None,
  };

pub async fn create_webview_window(
  app: &AppHandle,
  label: &str,
  config_label: &str,
  url: Option<Url>,
) -> SJMCLResult<WebviewWindow> {
  let window_config = app
    .config()
    .app
    .windows
    .iter()
    .find(|cfg| cfg.label == config_label)
    .ok_or_else(|| SJMCLError(format!("Config label '{}' not found", config_label)))?;

  let mut window_config = window_config.clone();
  window_config.label = label.to_string();

  if let Some(custom_url) = url {
    window_config.url = WebviewUrl::External(custom_url);
  }
  
  let builder = WebviewWindowBuilder::from_config(app, &window_config).map_err(SJMCLError::from)?;
  let window = builder.build().map_err(SJMCLError::from)?;

  Ok(window)
}

The created window should be invisible, but it's shown.

Reproduction

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Expected behavior

The created window should be invisible.

Full tauri info output

[✔] Environment
    - OS: Mac OS 14.4.1 arm64 (X64)
    ✔ Xcode Command Line Tools: installed
    ✔ rustc: 1.82.0 (f6e511eec 2024-10-15)
    ✔ cargo: 1.82.0 (8f40fc59f 2024-08-21)
    ✔ rustup: 1.27.1 (54dd3d00f 2024-04-24)
    ✔ Rust toolchain: stable-aarch64-apple-darwin (default)
    - node: 20.16.0
    - pnpm: 10.6.5
    - npm: 10.8.1

[-] Packages
    - tauri 🦀: 2.5.1
    - tauri-build 🦀: 2.2.0
    - wry 🦀: 0.51.2
    - tao 🦀: 0.33.0
    - @tauri-apps/api : 2.4.0 (outdated, latest: 2.5.0)
    - @tauri-apps/cli : 2.4.0 (outdated, latest: 2.5.0)

[-] Plugins
    - tauri-plugin-process 🦀: 2.2.1
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-process : 2.2.0 (outdated, latest: 2.2.1)
    - tauri-plugin-dialog 🦀: 2.2.1
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-dialog : 2.2.0 (outdated, latest: 2.2.1)
    - tauri-plugin-single-instance 🦀: 2.2.3
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-single-instance : not installed!
    - tauri-plugin-opener 🦀: 2.2.6
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-opener : 2.2.6
    - tauri-plugin-fs 🦀: 2.2.1
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-fs : 2.2.0 (outdated, latest: 2.2.1)
    - tauri-plugin-clipboard-manager 🦀: 2.2.2
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager : 2.2.2
    - tauri-plugin-deep-link 🦀: 2.2.1
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-deep-link : 2.2.1
    - tauri-plugin-os 🦀: 2.2.1
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-os : 2.2.1
    - tauri-plugin-log 🦀: 2.4.0
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-log : not installed!
    - tauri-plugin-http 🦀: 2.4.3
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-http : 2.4.2 (outdated, latest: 2.4.3)
    - tauri-plugin-window-state 🦀: 2.2.2
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-window-state : 2.2.1 (outdated, latest: 2.2.2)

[-] App
    - build-type: bundle
    - CSP: unset
    - frontendDist: ../out
    - devUrl: http://localhost:3000/
    - framework: React (Next.js)
    - bundler: Webpack

Stack trace

Additional context

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[gschier]

I just ran into this too. I'm looking to use invisible windows to avoid the initial JS/React init time when showing my settings window, for example.

I'd love to just have it always ready in the background and show it when needed.

[UNIkeEN]

I encountered another issue that I’d like to report:

After creating the window and manually calling hide(), events sent via emit_to do not seem to be received by the frontend (the Rust side logs indicate the events were successfully sent). When the window is shown again via show(), the frontend does not print the received events as expected.