From d027f218f882f760eca1228c4a5ac40fe4c766fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:56:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add progress bar functions in shared class and use it for
 index rebuild

---
 novelwriter/core/index.py |  3 +++
 novelwriter/shared.py     | 14 ++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/novelwriter/core/index.py b/novelwriter/core/index.py
index 07933690..0165444f 100644
--- a/novelwriter/core/index.py
+++ b/novelwriter/core/index.py
@@ -147,14 +147,17 @@ class Index:
     def rebuild(self) -> None:
         """Rebuild the entire index from scratch."""
         self.clear()
+        SHARED.initMainProgress(len(self._project.tree) - 1)
         for nwItem in self._project.tree:
             if nwItem.isFileType():
                 text = self._project.storage.getDocumentText(nwItem.itemHandle)
                 self.scanText(nwItem.itemHandle, text, blockSignal=True)
+            SHARED.incMainProgress()
         self._indexBroken = False
         SHARED.emitIndexAvailable(self._project)
         for tHandle in self._novelModels:
             self.refreshNovelModel(tHandle)
+        SHARED.clearMainProgress()
         return
 
     def deleteHandle(self, tHandle: str) -> None:
diff --git a/novelwriter/shared.py b/novelwriter/shared.py
index 6e184ee5..2a2eb277 100644
--- a/novelwriter/shared.py
+++ b/novelwriter/shared.py
@@ -269,10 +269,11 @@ class SharedData(QObject):
         self._idleRefTime = currTime
         return
 
-    def startMainProgress(self, maximum: int) -> None:
+    def initMainProgress(self, maximum: int) -> None:
         """Start a session for the main progress bar."""
         if gui := self._gui:
             gui.mainProgress.setMaximum(maximum)
+            gui.mainProgress.setValue(0)
         return
 
     def updateMainProgress(self, value: int) -> None:
@@ -281,11 +282,16 @@ class SharedData(QObject):
             gui.mainProgress.setValue(value)
         return
 
-    def clearMainProgress(self) -> None:
+    def incMainProgress(self) -> None:
+        """Increment the value for the main progress bar."""
+        if gui := self._gui:
+            gui.mainProgress.setValue(gui.mainProgress.value() + 1)
+        return
+
+    def clearMainProgress(self, delay: float = 1.0) -> None:
         """Clear the main progress bar."""
         if gui := self._gui:
-            gui.mainProgress.setMaximum(100)
-            gui.mainProgress.setValue(0)
+            QTimer.singleShot(int(delay*1000), gui.mainProgress.reset)
         return
 
     def newStatusMessage(self, message: str) -> None: