Persist the main window geometry for the PyQt wrapper app.

vasl_templates/main.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import logging
 import urllib.request
 
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
-from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
+from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QSettings, QDir
 import click
 
 from vasl_templates.main_window import MainWindow
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ def main( template_pack, remote_debugging, debug ):
         remote_debugging = remote_debugging.replace( "localhost", "127.0.0.1" )
         os.environ["QTWEBENGINE_REMOTE_DEBUGGING"] = remote_debugging
 
+    # load the application settings
+    fname = "vasl-templates.ini" if sys.platform == "win32" else ".vasl-templates.conf"
+    if not os.path.isfile( fname ) :
+        fname = os.path.join( QDir.homePath() , fname  )
+    settings = QSettings( fname , QSettings.IniFormat )
+
     # install the debug config file
     if debug:
         load_debug_config( debug )
@@ -99,7 +105,7 @@ def main( template_pack, remote_debugging, debug ):
     # run the application
     app = QApplication( sys.argv )
     url = "http://localhost:{}".format( port )
-    main_window = MainWindow( url )
+    main_window = MainWindow( settings, url )
     main_window.show()
     ret_code = app.exec_()
 

vasl_templates/main_window.py

@@ -32,18 +32,27 @@ class AppWebPage( QWebEnginePage ):
 class MainWindow( QWidget ):
     """Main application window."""
 
-    def __init__( self, url ):
+    def __init__( self, settings, url ):
 
         # initialize
         super().__init__()
+        self.settings = settings
         self._view = None
         self._is_closing = False
 
-        # initialize
+        # initialize the main window
         self.setWindowTitle( APP_NAME )
         self.setWindowIcon( QIcon(
             os.path.join( os.path.split(__file__)[0], "webapp/static/images/snippet.png" )
         ) )
+        self.setMinimumSize( 800, 500 )
+
+        # restore the window geometry
+        val = self.settings.value( "MainWindow/geometry" )
+        if val :
+            self.restoreGeometry( val )
+        else :
+            self.resize( 1000, 600 )
 
         # initialize the layout
         # FUDGE! We offer the option to disable the QWebEngineView since getting it to run
@@ -94,13 +103,18 @@ class MainWindow( QWidget ):
         if self._view is None or self._is_closing:
             return
 
+        def close_window():
+            """Close the main window."""
+            self.settings.setValue( "MainWindow/geometry" , self.saveGeometry() )
+            self.close()
+
         # check if the scenario is dirty
         def callback( is_dirty ):
             """Callback for PyQt to return the result of running the Javascript."""
             if not is_dirty:
                 # nope - just close the window
                 self._is_closing = True
-                self.close()
+                close_window()
                 return
             # yup - ask the user to confirm the close
             rc = self.ask(
@@ -111,7 +125,7 @@ class MainWindow( QWidget ):
             if rc == QMessageBox.Yes:
                 # confirmed - close the window
                 self._is_closing = True
-                self.close()
+                close_window()
         self._view.page().runJavaScript( "is_scenario_dirty()", callback )
         evt.ignore() # nb: we wait until the Javascript finishes to process the event
 

vasl_templates/webapp/static/css/main.css

@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ ul, ol { margin: 0.5em 0 0 1.25em ; br}
 /* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - */
 
 #tabs-scenario { display: flex ; }
-#tabs-scenario .left { width: 28em ; min-width: 28em ; }
-#tabs-scenario .right { flex-grow: 1 ; min-width: 23em ; }
+#tabs-scenario .left { width: 32em ; min-width: 32em ; }
+#tabs-scenario .right { flex-grow: 1 ; min-width: 25em ; }
 
 #tabs-scenario .left { display: flex ; flex-direction: column ; }
 #tabs-scenario .tl { flex-basis: content ; }