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What this changes

Fixes wrong statements about how Comfy Desktop windows close, and two FAQ answers that named controls that do not exist. Adds a section on the window lifecycle plus the first figure of the Instance Picker.

installation/desktop/usage/overview.mdx

  • New ### Windows, Closing, and Quitting section:
    • Close Window (☰ menu, or the window close button) closes the window in front and stops the ComfyUI instance that window runs. The confirm shown before that close is the Confirm before closing a window setting, and it only asks for a close that stops a local ComfyUI instance, plus closing the last window when that window belongs to an instance. Dashboard windows close without a prompt.
    • Closing the last window quits Comfy Desktop (no background/tray mode). Returning to the Dashboard is a separate action.
    • Quit Desktop asks first when a local instance window is open, and the confirmation lists the instances being closed plus in-progress operations and model downloads.
    • To get back to the Dashboard without stopping anything, the Instance Picker's Open Dashboard opens it in a new window.
  • The App Menu bullet for Close Window / Quit Desktop no longer claims closing the last window "quits" without explaining the two entries differ, and links to the new section.
  • Instance Switcher: documented Open Dashboard (shown only on an instance window) and the picker search box, with a new figure.

installation/desktop/faq.mdx

  • "How do I add a new ComfyUI installation?" said to open New Instance and choose Add Existing Instance. Add Existing Instance is a ☰ menu entry, not part of the wizard.
  • "Can I run multiple ComfyUI versions at the same time?" now names the launch prompt (Run All / Close & Launch) and the Warn before running multiple instances setting instead of implying instances always start side by side silently.
  • "How to Stop/Exit Comfy Desktop" said closing the last window "returns to the Dashboard unless you quit the app". Closing the last window quits the app; the paragraph now says so and points at Open Dashboard for staying in the app.
  • "How do I uninstall Comfy Desktop?" said right-click → Remove. There is no Remove: the card menu has Uninstall (deletes the instance and its files) and the Manage panel has Forget (removes it from the list only).

Sources (verified against Comfy-Org/Comfy-Desktop origin/main, v1.1.8)

  • src/main/popups/titlePopup.ts — buildTitlePopupMenuItems (exit-window → confirmAndCloseHostWindow, close-all-windows → confirmAndCloseAllHostWindows).
  • src/main/host/detach.ts — confirmAndCloseAllHostWindows (native modal titled Quit Desktop, listing open instances, in-progress operations and active downloads; quits straight through when no instance window needs confirming), confirmCloseInstanceWindow, confirmAndCloseHostWindow.
  • src/main/host/createHostWindow.ts — installCloseNeedsConfirm / shouldShowInstallCloseConfirm: confirm only when settings.confirmBeforeClosingWindow is on AND the close kills a local session or closes the last install window; Dashboard hosts close without a prompt.
  • src/main/index.ts — app.on('window-all-closed') calls app.quit() (no tray: tray creation is a no-op while docking is disabled).
  • src/renderer/src/comfyTitlePopup/InstancePickerView.vue — Open Dashboard renders only on an install host (isInstallHost) and routes through new-window so the running instance is kept.
  • src/renderer/src/composables/useInstallContextMenu.ts + locales/en.json — card menu chooser.menuDelete = Uninstall; Forget lives in the Manage panel (standalone/updateSections.ts); fileMenu.addExistingInstall = Add Existing Instance; warnBeforeRunningMultipleInstances, confirmBeforeClosingWindow setting labels.

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EN + zh + ja + ko updated in the same commit; translationSourceHash / translationBlockHashes refreshed via sync-hash-i18n.ts (only the 8 edited files changed). Localized settings#… anchors use the localized headings (#偏好设置, #環境設定, #환경설정).

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New images/desktop/usage/instance_picker.png (1440x900 whole window, English UI, captured from a local v1.1.8 build with the CDP capture channel). Seeded demo instances only; no real account data.

Checks

  • check-structure-parity.ts --base=upstream/main: OK (12 localized files)
  • check-anchors.py on the 8 changed pages and --only-changed: OK
  • validate-links.py --check: no findings for installation/desktop/**

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An independent verification pass re-checked every claim against origin/main (5d19e86) file by file: all eight claims passed. Two wording defects it caught are fixed here: the close-confirm bullet now names the real condition (installCloseNeedsConfirm = setting on AND the close stops a local session or closes the last install window), and Quit Desktop's prompt is described as firing for a local instance window, not only a running one (shouldConfirmKillForEntry = install host + local source, no running check).

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The Desktop FAQ and overview updates describe instance creation, multiple-instance launch prompts, window closing and quitting, Dashboard access, instance search, and instance removal. The documentation covers English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.

Changes: Desktop guidance

Layer / File(s) Summary
Instance setup and launch guidance
installation/desktop/faq.mdx, ja/installation/desktop/faq.mdx, ko/installation/desktop/faq.mdx, zh/installation/desktop/faq.mdx
The FAQs update instance creation paths and describe prompts to run local instances together or close existing instances before launching. They also describe the setting that disables the prompt.
Window, quit, and Dashboard guidance
installation/desktop/faq.mdx, installation/desktop/usage/overview.mdx, ja/installation/desktop/faq.mdx, ja/installation/desktop/usage/overview.mdx, ko/installation/desktop/faq.mdx, ko/installation/desktop/usage/overview.mdx, zh/installation/desktop/faq.mdx, zh/installation/desktop/usage/overview.mdx
The FAQs and overviews distinguish closing a window from quitting Desktop. They explain how to open Dashboard without stopping instances and how to filter the instance picker.
Instance removal guidance
installation/desktop/faq.mdx, ja/installation/desktop/faq.mdx, ko/installation/desktop/faq.mdx, zh/installation/desktop/faq.mdx
The FAQs distinguish Uninstall, which deletes an instance and its files, from Forget, which removes it from the list but retains its files.

Possibly related issues

  • Comfy-Org/ComfyUI#15780 — The documentation describes current close-confirmation behavior but does not add the requested prompt before closing an active instance.

Possibly related PRs

  • Comfy-Org/docs#2070 — Adds Spanish versions of the same Desktop FAQ and overview pages, which document the same instance controls and application-menu behavior.

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Screenshot follow-up

Content looks aligned with Comfy Desktop, but several UI flows are still text-only. Please either add screenshots for the spots below, or leave a short <!-- screenshot: … --> / TODO marker in the MDX so we know what still needs capture before this ships.

Already covered

  • Instance Picker + Open Dashboard — instance_picker.png ✅

Still missing (high value)

  1. Close confirmation — dialog shown when Confirm before closing a window is on (instance window / last window). Fits under Windows, Closing, and Quitting.
  2. Quit Desktop confirmation — dialog that lists instances plus in-progress operations / model downloads (with Quit Desktop / Close Window actions visible).
  3. Multi-instance warning — Run All / Close & Launch prompt described in the FAQ accordion Can I run multiple ComfyUI versions at the same time?
  4. Uninstall vs Forget — instance card ⋮ → Uninstall vs Manage More → Forget (FAQ uninstall accordion), so readers can tell them apart.

Nice to have

  1. Dashboard + / ☰ New Instance vs ☰ Add Existing Instance entry points (FAQ How do I add a new ComfyUI installation?).

Prefer EN screenshots under images/desktop/usage/ (same style as instance_picker.png). zh/ja/ko can reuse the EN assets unless the chrome is localized enough to need locale-specific crops.

Not blocking merge on wording alone — screenshots (or explicit markers) would make this section much easier to follow.

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Thanks, added explicit placeholders for all five spots in the EN MDX rather than leaving them implicit:

  • installation/desktop/usage/overview.mdx, under Windows, Closing, and Quitting: close confirmation dialog, and the Quit Desktop confirmation listing instances plus in-progress operations and downloads.
  • installation/desktop/faq.mdx: multi-instance warning (Run All / Close & Launch); instance card ⋮ Uninstall next to Manage More Forget; and the Dashboard + card alongside ☰ New Instance vs Add Existing Instance.

They use the repo comment style {/* screenshot: … */}, so they render invisibly and are trivial to grep before release (grep -rn "screenshot:" installation/desktop). Left them EN-only, since zh/ja/ko reuse the EN assets; if any of those dialogs are localized enough to need their own crops I can add matching markers there.

I do not have Comfy Desktop capture automation in this environment, so the actual PNGs still need to come from a running build. Happy to wire the images in once they land under images/desktop/usage/.

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