workaround for member popovers disappearing

internal/ui/messages/memberlist/eventqueue.go

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package memberlist
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/diamondburned/cchat-gtk/internal/gts"
+)
+
+type EventQueuer interface {
+	Activate()
+	Deactivate()
+}
+
+// eventQueue is a rough unbounded event queue. A zero-value instance is valid.
+type eventQueue struct {
+	mutex     sync.Mutex
+	activated bool
+	// idleQueue contains the incoming callbacks to update events. This is a
+	// temporary hack to the issue of popovers disappearing when its parent
+	// widget, that is the list box, changes. This slice should then contain all
+	// those events to be executed only when the Popover is popped down.
+	idleQueue []func()
+}
+
+func (evq *eventQueue) Add(fn func()) {
+	evq.mutex.Lock()
+	defer evq.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	if evq.activated {
+		evq.idleQueue = append(evq.idleQueue, fn)
+	} else {
+		gts.ExecAsync(fn)
+	}
+}
+
+func (evq *eventQueue) Activate() {
+	evq.mutex.Lock()
+	defer evq.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	evq.activated = true
+}
+
+func (evq *eventQueue) pop() []func() {
+	evq.mutex.Lock()
+	defer evq.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	popped := evq.idleQueue
+	evq.idleQueue = nil
+	evq.activated = false
+
+	return popped
+}
+
+func (evq *eventQueue) Deactivate() {
+	var popped = evq.pop()
+
+	// We shouldn't try and run more than a certain amount of callbacks within a
+	// single loop, as it will freeze up the UI.
+	if len(popped) > 25 {
+		for _, fn := range popped {
+			gts.ExecAsync(fn)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	gts.ExecAsync(func() {
+		for _, fn := range popped {
+			fn()
+		}
+	})
+}

internal/ui/messages/memberlist/memberlist.go

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ type Container struct {
 	// map id -> *Section
 	Sections map[string]*Section
 	stop     func()
+
+	eventQueue eventQueue
 }
 
 var memberListCSS = primitives.PrepareClassCSS("member-list", `
@@ -110,15 +112,20 @@ func (c *Container) TryAsyncList(server cchat.Messenger) {
 }
 
 func (c *Container) SetSections(sections []cchat.MemberSection) {
-	gts.ExecAsync(func() { c.SetSectionsUnsafe(sections) })
+	c.eventQueue.Add(func() { c.SetSectionsUnsafe(sections) })
 }
 
 func (c *Container) SetMember(sectionID string, member cchat.ListMember) {
-	gts.ExecAsync(func() { c.SetMemberUnsafe(sectionID, member) })
+	c.eventQueue.Add(func() { c.SetMemberUnsafe(sectionID, member) })
 }
 
 func (c *Container) RemoveMember(sectionID string, id string) {
-	gts.ExecAsync(func() { c.RemoveMemberUnsafe(sectionID, id) })
+	c.eventQueue.Add(func() { c.RemoveMemberUnsafe(sectionID, id) })
+}
+
+type sectionInsert struct {
+	front    *Section
+	sections []*Section
 }
 
 func (c *Container) SetSectionsUnsafe(sections []cchat.MemberSection) {
@@ -127,7 +134,7 @@ func (c *Container) SetSectionsUnsafe(sections []cchat.MemberSection) {
 	for i, section := range sections {
 		sc, ok := c.Sections[section.ID()]
 		if !ok {
-			sc = NewSection(section)
+			sc = NewSection(section, &c.eventQueue)
 		} else {
 			sc.Update(section.Name(), section.Total())
 		}
@@ -191,7 +198,7 @@ var sectionBodyCSS = primitives.PrepareClassCSS("section-body", `
 	}
 `)
 
-func NewSection(sect cchat.MemberSection) *Section {
+func NewSection(sect cchat.MemberSection, evq EventQueuer) *Section {
 	header := rich.NewLabel(text.Rich{})
 	header.Show()
 	sectionHeaderCSS(header)
@@ -216,8 +223,7 @@ func NewSection(sect cchat.MemberSection) *Section {
 		// Cold path; we can afford searching in the map.
 		for _, member := range members {
 			if member.ListBoxRow.GetIndex() == i {
-				member.Popup()
-				return
+				member.Popup(evq)
 			}
 		}
 	})
@@ -291,6 +297,8 @@ type Member struct {
 	Avatar *rich.Icon
 	Name   *gtk.Label
 	output markup.RenderOutput
+
+	parent *gtk.ListBox
 }
 
 const AvatarSize = 34
@@ -382,12 +390,18 @@ func (m *Member) Update(member cchat.ListMember) {
 }
 
 // Popup pops up the mention popover if any.
-func (m *Member) Popup() {
+func (m *Member) Popup(evq EventQueuer) {
 	if len(m.output.Mentions) > 0 {
 		p := labeluri.NewPopoverMentioner(m, m.output.Input, m.output.Mentions[0])
 		p.Ref() // prevent the popover from closing itself
 		p.SetPosition(gtk.POS_LEFT)
 		p.Connect("closed", p.Unref)
+
+		// Unbounded concurrency is kind of bad. We should deal with
+		// this in the future.
+		evq.Activate()
+		p.Connect("closed", evq.Deactivate)
+
 		p.Popup()
 	}
 }