From eb659a64bbb5520fad33ed47e1e6902edafcd9d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:55:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add a progress bar over the status bar

---
 novelwriter/guimain.py | 25 ++++++++++++++++---------
 novelwriter/shared.py  | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/novelwriter/guimain.py b/novelwriter/guimain.py
index 680f35d5..0be60dd3 100644
--- a/novelwriter/guimain.py
+++ b/novelwriter/guimain.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ from novelwriter.dialogs.preferences import GuiPreferences
 from novelwriter.dialogs.projectsettings import GuiProjectSettings
 from novelwriter.dialogs.wordlist import GuiWordList
 from novelwriter.enum import nwDocAction, nwDocInsert, nwDocMode, nwFocus, nwItemType, nwView
+from novelwriter.extensions.progressbars import NProgressSimple
 from novelwriter.gui.doceditor import GuiDocEditor
 from novelwriter.gui.docviewer import GuiDocViewer
 from novelwriter.gui.docviewerpanel import GuiDocViewerPanel
@@ -69,14 +70,10 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
     """Main GUI Window
 
-    The Main GUI window class. It is the entry point of the
-    application, and holds all runtime objects aside from the main
-    Config instance, which is created before the Main GUI.
-
-    The Main GUI is split up into GUI components, assembled in the init
-    function. Also, the project instance and theme instance are created
-    here. These should be passed around to all other objects who need
-    them and new instances of them should generally not be created.
+    The Main GUI window class is the entry point of the application. It
+    is split up into GUI components, assembled in the init function.
+    Tools and dialog windows are created on demand, but may be cached by
+    the Qt library and reused unless explicitly freed after use.
     """
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
@@ -185,6 +182,10 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         self.splitView.setVisible(False)
         self.docEditor.closeSearch()
 
+        # Progress Bar
+        self.mainProgress = NProgressSimple(self)
+        self.mainProgress.setFixedHeight(2)
+
         # Assemble Main Window Elements
         self.mainBox = QHBoxLayout()
         self.mainBox.addWidget(self.sideBar)
@@ -192,8 +193,14 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         self.mainBox.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
         self.mainBox.setSpacing(0)
 
+        self.outerBox = QVBoxLayout()
+        self.outerBox.addLayout(self.mainBox)
+        self.outerBox.addWidget(self.mainProgress)
+        self.outerBox.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        self.outerBox.setSpacing(0)
+
         self.mainWidget = QWidget(self)
-        self.mainWidget.setLayout(self.mainBox)
+        self.mainWidget.setLayout(self.outerBox)
 
         self.setMenuBar(self.mainMenu)
         self.setCentralWidget(self.mainWidget)
diff --git a/novelwriter/shared.py b/novelwriter/shared.py
index 7a276d02..6e184ee5 100644
--- a/novelwriter/shared.py
+++ b/novelwriter/shared.py
@@ -269,6 +269,25 @@ class SharedData(QObject):
         self._idleRefTime = currTime
         return
 
+    def startMainProgress(self, maximum: int) -> None:
+        """Start a session for the main progress bar."""
+        if gui := self._gui:
+            gui.mainProgress.setMaximum(maximum)
+        return
+
+    def updateMainProgress(self, value: int) -> None:
+        """Update the value for the main progress bar."""
+        if gui := self._gui:
+            gui.mainProgress.setValue(value)
+        return
+
+    def clearMainProgress(self) -> None:
+        """Clear the main progress bar."""
+        if gui := self._gui:
+            gui.mainProgress.setMaximum(100)
+            gui.mainProgress.setValue(0)
+        return
+
     def newStatusMessage(self, message: str) -> None:
         """Request a new status message. This is a callable function for
         core classes that cannot emit signals on their own.