Vue 2.0.1 and Electron - Visual Flash - vue.js

I'm creating an app visually similar to Alfred to manage and search for my bookmarks. Its working well, but when I do a search and open a bookmark, I immediately hide the app and when I invoke it again, it return to the default mode doing a visual flash. The reset to default is triggered right before hiding the app.
I hide the application like this : remote.app.hide() and I added a listener on win.hide in my components to reset the vue.
It works, but the reset is processed after the application show up again.
I don't know how to do it when the application is hide or to show up it right after the vue is reloaded.
If you have any clue, it would be great.
I created a sample project on Github you can clone and test this issue.
Github Project
I'm working on macOS at the moment.
Thank you.

I found an easy way, you cannot rely on the window.on('hide') event.
So in your shortcut registration, I made your app emit a custom event that your Vue.js will listen to reset your input before hiding the app:
main.js
const retShow = globalShortcut.register('CmdOrCtrl+Alt+V', () => {
if (!win.isVisible()) {
win.show()
} else {
app.emit('hide-window'); // Let the window hide the app
}
})
In your Vue.js app, in the created hook:
app.js
app.on('hide-window', function () {
vm.reset();
setTimeout(app.hide, 10);
});
Here my pull request: https://github.com/Cronos87/electron-vue-flash-issue/pull/1/files

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