From 305149a7957571e097af5e3c92f4ab1605ec050a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nerixyz <nerixdev@outlook.de>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:50:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(plugins): Use signals to update UI (#7030)

The plugin UI manually updated itself whenever the user changed the
state by clicking a button (e.g. enabling a plugin). This gets more
complicated when other parts of Chatterino can also load/toggle plugins.
To help with this, I added a signal for the current list of plugins. The
UI also reacts to changes to the enabled plugins (a setting).

Reviewed-by: pajlada <rasmus.karlsson@pajlada.com>
---
 src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.cpp | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.hpp |  6 ++++++
 src/widgets/settingspages/PluginsPage.cpp    | 19 ++++++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.cpp b/src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.cpp
index 579316ce9..f01bc2b10 100644
--- a/src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.cpp
+++ b/src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.cpp
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ void PluginController::load(const QFileInfo &index, const QDir &pluginDir,
     auto plugin = std::make_unique<Plugin>(pluginName, l, meta, pluginDir);
     auto *temp = plugin.get();
     this->plugins_.insert({pluginName, std::move(plugin)});
+    this->queueChangeNotification();
 
     if (getApp()->getArgs().safeMode)
     {
@@ -361,6 +362,7 @@ bool PluginController::reload(const QString &id)
     QDir loadDir = it->second->loadDirectory_;
     // Since Plugin owns the state, it will clean up everything related to it
     this->plugins_.erase(id);
+    this->queueChangeNotification();
     this->tryLoadFromDir(loadDir);
     return true;
 }
@@ -488,5 +490,21 @@ WebSocketPool &PluginController::webSocketPool()
     return this->webSocketPool_;
 }
 
+void PluginController::queueChangeNotification()
+{
+    if (this->changeNotificationQueued)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+    this->changeNotificationQueued = true;
+    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(
+        qApp,
+        [this] {
+            this->changeNotificationQueued = false;
+            this->onPluginsUpdated.invoke();
+        },
+        Qt::QueuedConnection);
+}
+
 }  // namespace chatterino
 #endif
diff --git a/src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.hpp b/src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.hpp
index 8944e1c58..0bb268938 100644
--- a/src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.hpp
+++ b/src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.hpp
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public:
     WebSocketPool &webSocketPool();
 
     pajlada::Signals::Signal<Plugin *> onPluginLoaded;
+    pajlada::Signals::NoArgSignal onPluginsUpdated;
 
 private:
     void loadPlugins();
@@ -82,6 +83,9 @@ private:
 
     static void loadChatterinoLib(lua_State *l);
     bool tryLoadFromDir(const QDir &pluginDir);
+
+    void queueChangeNotification();
+
     std::map<QString, std::unique_ptr<Plugin>> plugins_;
     WebSocketPool webSocketPool_;
 
@@ -89,6 +93,8 @@ private:
         std::pair<std::string, std::function<sol::object(sol::state_view)>>>
         loaders_;
 
+    bool changeNotificationQueued = false;
+
     // This is for tests, pay no attention
     friend class PluginControllerAccess;
 };
diff --git a/src/widgets/settingspages/PluginsPage.cpp b/src/widgets/settingspages/PluginsPage.cpp
index 628d2752b..b65bcabde 100644
--- a/src/widgets/settingspages/PluginsPage.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/settingspages/PluginsPage.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,15 @@ PluginsPage::PluginsPage()
         }
     }
 
-    this->rebuildContent();
+    this->managedConnections_.managedConnect(
+        getApp()->getPlugins()->onPluginsUpdated, [this] {
+            this->rebuildContent();
+        });
+    getSettings()->enabledPlugins.connect(
+        [this] {
+            this->rebuildContent();
+        },
+        this->managedConnections_);
 }
 
 void PluginsPage::rebuildContent()
@@ -231,17 +239,14 @@ void PluginsPage::rebuildContent()
                     }
                     getSettings()->enabledPlugins.setValue(val);
                     getApp()->getPlugins()->reload(name);
-                    this->rebuildContent();
                 });
             pluginEntry->addRow(toggleButton);
         }
 
         auto *reloadButton = new QPushButton("Reload", this->dataFrame_);
-        QObject::connect(reloadButton, &QPushButton::pressed,
-                         [name = id, this]() {
-                             getApp()->getPlugins()->reload(name);
-                             this->rebuildContent();
-                         });
+        QObject::connect(reloadButton, &QPushButton::pressed, [name = id]() {
+            getApp()->getPlugins()->reload(name);
+        });
         pluginEntry->addRow(reloadButton);
         if (getApp()->getArgs().safeMode)
         {