Remove re-usage of project class (#1504)_

novelwriter/__init__.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QErrorMessage
 
 from novelwriter.error import exceptionHandler, logException
 from novelwriter.config import Config
+from novelwriter.shared import SharedData
 
 ##
 #  Version Scheme
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Global config singleton
 CONFIG = Config()
+SHARED = SharedData()
 
 
 def main(sysArgs: list | None = None):

novelwriter/common.py

@@ -512,8 +512,7 @@ def sha256sum(path: str | Path) -> str | None:
 # =============================================================================================== #
 
 def getGuiItem(objName: str) -> QWidget | None:
-    """Returns a QtWidget based on its objectName.
-    """
+    """Returns a QtWidget based on its objectName."""
     for qWidget in qApp.topLevelWidgets():
         if qWidget.objectName() == objName:
             return qWidget

novelwriter/config.py

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ novelWriter – Config Class
 ==========================
 
 File History:
-Created: 2018-09-22 [0.0.1] Config
+Created: 2018-09-22 [0.0.1]  Config
+Created: 2022-11-09 [2.0rc2] RecentProjects
 
 This file is a part of novelWriter
 Copyright 2018–2023, Veronica Berglyd Olsen
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ import json
 import logging
 
 from time import time
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QFontDatabase
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ from novelwriter.error import formatException, logException
 from novelwriter.common import NWConfigParser, checkInt, checkPath, formatTimeStamp
 from novelwriter.constants import nwFiles, nwUnicode
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
-    from novelwriter.gui.theme import GuiTheme
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -96,7 +93,6 @@ class Config:
         # User Settings
         # =============
 
-        self._themeObj = None
         self._recentObj = RecentProjects(self)
 
         # General GUI Settings
@@ -244,12 +240,6 @@ class Config:
     def recentProjects(self) -> RecentProjects:
         return self._recentObj
 
-    @property
-    def theme(self) -> GuiTheme:
-        if self._themeObj is None:
-            raise Exception("Cannot access GUI theme before it is initialised")
-        return self._themeObj
-
     @property
     def mainWinSize(self) -> list[int]:
         return [int(x*self.guiScale) for x in self._mainWinSize]
@@ -297,11 +287,6 @@ class Config:
     #  Setters
     ##
 
-    def setThemeInstance(self, theme: GuiTheme) -> None:
-        """Set the applications theme instance."""
-        self._themeObj = theme
-        return
-
     def setMainWinSize(self, width: int, height: int) -> None:
         """Set the size of the main window, but only if the change is
         larger than 5 pixels. The OS window manager will sometimes
@@ -499,7 +484,7 @@ class Config:
         self._recentObj.loadCache()
         self._checkOptionalPackages()
 
-        logger.debug("Config initialisation complete")
+        logger.debug("Config instance initialised")
 
         return
 

novelwriter/constants.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QCoreApplication, QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP
 
-from novelwriter.enum import nwAlert, nwBuildFmt, nwItemClass, nwItemLayout, nwOutline
+from novelwriter.enum import nwBuildFmt, nwItemClass, nwItemLayout, nwOutline
 
 
 def trConst(text: str) -> str:
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ class nwConst:
     URL_HELP    = "https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/discussions"
     URL_RELEASE = "https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/releases/latest"
 
+    # Gui Settings
+    STATUS_MSG_TIMEOUT = 15000  # milliseconds
+
 # END Class nwConst
 
 
@@ -162,12 +165,6 @@ class nwLabels:
         nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT:  QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("Constant", "Novel Document"),
         nwItemLayout.NOTE:      QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("Constant", "Project Note"),
     }
-    ALERT_NAME = {
-        nwAlert.INFO:  QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("Constant", "Information"),
-        nwAlert.WARN:  QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("Constant", "Warning"),
-        nwAlert.ERROR: QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("Constant", "Error"),
-        nwAlert.ASK:   QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("Constant", "Question"),
-    }
     ITEM_DESCRIPTION = {
         "none":     QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("Constant", "None"),
         "root":     QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("Constant", "Root Folder"),

novelwriter/core/coretools.py

@@ -28,21 +28,17 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import shutil
 import logging
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Iterable
+from typing import Iterable
 from functools import partial
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QCoreApplication
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
-from novelwriter.enum import nwAlert
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.common import minmax, simplified
 from novelwriter.constants import nwItemClass
 from novelwriter.core.item import NWItem
 from novelwriter.core.project import NWProject
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
-    from novelwriter.guimain import GuiMain
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -312,8 +308,7 @@ class ProjectBuilder:
     parameter provided by the New Project Wizard.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, mainGui: GuiMain) -> None:
-        self.mainGui = mainGui
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.tr = partial(QCoreApplication.translate, "NWProject")
         return
 
@@ -344,7 +339,7 @@ class ProjectBuilder:
             logger.error("No project path set for the new project")
             return False
 
-        project = NWProject(self.mainGui)
+        project = NWProject()
         if not project.storage.openProjectInPlace(projPath, newProject=True):
             return False
 
@@ -478,17 +473,17 @@ class ProjectBuilder:
             try:
                 shutil.unpack_archive(pkgSample, projPath)
             except Exception as exc:
-                self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
+                SHARED.error(self.tr(
                     "Failed to create a new example project."
-                ), level=nwAlert.ERROR, exception=exc)
+                ), exc=exc)
                 return False
 
         else:
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
+            SHARED.error(self.tr(
                 "Failed to create a new example project. "
                 "Could not find the necessary files. "
                 "They seem to be missing from this installation."
-            ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            ))
             return False
 
         return True

novelwriter/core/index.py

@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ class NWIndex:
 
     def getTableOfContents(
         self, rHandle: str, maxDepth: int, skipExcl: bool = True
-    ) -> list[tuple[str, str, str, int]]:
+    ) -> list[tuple[str, int, str, int]]:
         """Generate a table of contents up to a maximum depth."""
         tOrder = []
         tData = {}

novelwriter/core/project.py

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ from functools import partial
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QCoreApplication, QObject, pyqtSignal
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG, __version__, __hexversion__
-from novelwriter.enum import nwItemType, nwItemClass, nwItemLayout, nwAlert
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED, __version__, __hexversion__
+from novelwriter.enum import nwItemType, nwItemClass, nwItemLayout
 from novelwriter.error import logException
 from novelwriter.constants import trConst, nwLabels
 from novelwriter.core.tree import NWTree
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ from novelwriter.common import (
 )
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
-    from novelwriter.guimain import GuiMain
     from novelwriter.core.item import NWItem
     from novelwriter.core.status import NWStatus
 
@@ -58,13 +57,11 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class NWProject(QObject):
 
-    projectStatusChanged = pyqtSignal(bool)
+    statusChanged = pyqtSignal(bool)
+    statusMessage = pyqtSignal(str)
 
-    def __init__(self, mainGui: GuiMain) -> None:
-        super().__init__(parent=mainGui)
-
-        # Internal
-        self.mainGui = mainGui
+    def __init__(self, parent: QObject | None = None) -> None:
+        super().__init__(parent=parent)
 
         # Core Elements
         self._options = OptionState(self)    # Project-specific GUI options
@@ -75,13 +72,20 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
         self._session = NWSessionLog(self)   # The session record
 
         # Project Status
-        self._langData    = {}     # Localisation data
-        self._projChanged = False  # The project has unsaved changes
-        self._lockedBy    = None   # Data on which computer has the project open
+        self._langData = {}     # Localisation data
+        self._lockedBy = None   # Data on which computer has the project open
+        self._changed  = False  # The project has unsaved changes
+        self._valid    = False  # The project was successfully loaded
 
         # Internal Mapping
         self.tr = partial(QCoreApplication.translate, "NWProject")
 
+        logger.debug("Ready: NWProject")
+
+        return
+
+    def __del__(self):  # pragma: no cover
+        logger.debug("Delete: NWProject")
         return
 
     ##
@@ -118,7 +122,24 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
 
     @property
     def projChanged(self) -> bool:
-        return self._projChanged
+        return self._changed
+
+    @property
+    def isValid(self) -> bool:
+        """Return True if a project is loaded."""
+        return self._valid
+
+    @property
+    def lockStatus(self) -> list | None:
+        """Return the project lock information."""
+        if isinstance(self._lockedBy, list) and len(self._lockedBy) == 4:
+            return self._lockedBy
+        return None
+
+    @property
+    def currentEditTime(self) -> int:
+        """Return total edit time, including the current session."""
+        return self._data.editTime + round(time() - self._session.start)
 
     ##
     #  Item Methods
@@ -139,7 +160,7 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
         """Add a new file with a given label and parent item."""
         return self._tree.create(label, parent, nwItemType.FILE)
 
-    def writeNewFile(self, tHandle: str, hLevel: int, isDocument: bool, addText: str = "") -> bool:
+    def writeNewFile(self, tHandle: str, hLevel: int, isDocument: bool, text: str = "") -> bool:
         """Write content to a new document after it is created. This
         will not run if the file exists and is not empty.
         """
@@ -154,7 +175,7 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
             return False
 
         hshText = "#"*minmax(hLevel, 1, 4)
-        newText = f"{hshText} {tItem.itemName}\n\n{addText}"
+        newText = f"{hshText} {tItem.itemName}\n\n{text}"
         if tItem.isNovelLike() and isDocument:
             tItem.setLayout(nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT)
         else:
@@ -172,9 +193,9 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
         if self._tree.checkType(tHandle, nwItemType.FILE):
             delDoc = self._storage.getDocument(tHandle)
             if not delDoc.deleteDocument():
-                self.mainGui.makeAlert(
+                SHARED.error(
                     self.tr("Could not delete document file."),
-                    info=delDoc.getError(), level=nwAlert.ERROR
+                    info=delDoc.getError()
                 )
                 return False
 
@@ -195,45 +216,21 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
     #  Project Methods
     ##
 
-    def clearProject(self) -> None:
-        """Clear the data for the current project, and set them to
-        default values.
-
-        Note: Don't clear the lockedBy data here as it is needed after
-        this function is called.
-        """
-        # Core Elements
-        self._options = OptionState(self)
-        self._storage.clear()
-        self._data = NWProjectData(self)
-        self._tree.clear()
-        self._index.clearIndex()
-        self._session = NWSessionLog(self)
-
-        # Project Status
-        self._langData = {}
-        self._projChanged = False
-
-        return
-
-    def openProject(self, projPath: str | Path, overrideLock: bool = False) -> bool:
+    def openProject(self, projPath: str | Path, clearLock: bool = False) -> bool:
         """Open the project file provided. If it doesn't exist, assume
         it is a folder and look for the file within it. If successful,
         parse the XML of the file and populate the project variables and
         build the tree of project items.
         """
-        self.clearProject()
         logger.info("Opening project: %s", projPath)
         if not self._storage.openProjectInPlace(projPath):
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
-                "Could not open project with path: {0}"
-            ).format(projPath), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            SHARED.error(self.tr("Could not open project with path: {0}").format(projPath))
             return False
 
         # Project Lock
         # ============
 
-        if overrideLock:
+        if clearLock:
             self._storage.clearLockFile()
 
         lockStatus = self._storage.readLockFile()
@@ -243,7 +240,6 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
             else:
                 logger.error("Project is locked, so not opening")
                 self._lockedBy = lockStatus
-                self.clearProject()
                 return False
         else:
             logger.debug("Project is not locked")
@@ -253,7 +249,6 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
 
         xmlReader = self._storage.getXmlReader()
         if not isinstance(xmlReader, ProjectXMLReader):
-            self.clearProject()
             return False
 
         self._data = NWProjectData(self)
@@ -264,49 +259,43 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
 
         if not xmlParsed:
             if xmlReader.state == XMLReadState.NOT_NWX_FILE:
-                self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
+                SHARED.error(self.tr(
                     "Project file does not appear to be a novelWriterXML file."
-                ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+                ))
             elif xmlReader.state == XMLReadState.UNKNOWN_VERSION:
-                self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
+                SHARED.error(self.tr(
                     "Unknown or unsupported novelWriter project file format. "
                     "The project cannot be opened by this version of novelWriter. "
                     "The file was saved with novelWriter version {0}."
-                ).format(appVersion), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+                ).format(appVersion))
             else:
-                self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
-                    "Failed to parse project xml."
-                ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
-
-            self.clearProject()
+                SHARED.error(self.tr("Failed to parse project xml."))
             return False
 
         # Check Legacy Upgrade
         # ====================
 
         if xmlReader.state == XMLReadState.WAS_LEGACY:
-            msgYes = self.mainGui.askQuestion(self.tr(
+            msgYes = SHARED.question(self.tr(
                 "The file format of your project is about to be updated. "
                 "If you proceed, older versions of novelWriter will no "
                 "longer be able to open this project. Continue?"
             ))
             if not msgYes:
-                self.clearProject()
                 return False
 
         # Check novelWriter Version
         # =========================
 
         if xmlReader.hexVersion > hexToInt(__hexversion__):
-            msgYes = self.mainGui.askQuestion(self.tr(
+            msgYes = SHARED.question(self.tr(
                 "This project was saved by a newer version of "
                 "novelWriter, version {0}. This is version {1}. If you "
                 "continue to open the project, some attributes and "
                 "settings may not be preserved, but the overall project "
                 "should be fine. Continue opening the project?"
-            ).format(appVersion, __version__))
+            ).format(appVersion, __version__), warn=True)
             if not msgYes:
-                self.clearProject()
                 return False
 
         # Extract Data
@@ -317,17 +306,19 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
         self._loadProjectLocalisation()
 
         # Update recent projects
-        CONFIG.recentProjects.update(
-            self._storage.storagePath, self._data.name, sum(self._data.initCounts), time()
-        )
+        storePath = self._storage.storagePath
+        if storePath:
+            CONFIG.recentProjects.update(
+                storePath, self._data.name, sum(self._data.initCounts), time()
+            )
 
         # Check the project tree consistency
         # This also handles any orphaned files found
         orphans, recovered = self._tree.checkConsistency(self.tr("Recovered"))
         if orphans > 0:
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
+            SHARED.warn(self.tr(
                 "Found {0} orphaned file(s) in the project. {1} file(s) were recovered."
-            ).format(orphans, recovered), level=nwAlert.WARN)
+            ).format(orphans, recovered))
 
         self._index.loadIndex()
         if xmlReader.state == XMLReadState.WAS_LEGACY:
@@ -338,7 +329,9 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
         self._session.startSession()
         self._storage.writeLockFile()
         self.setProjectChanged(False)
-        self.mainGui.setStatus(self.tr("Opened Project: {0}").format(self._data.name))
+        self._valid = True
+
+        self.statusMessage.emit(self.tr("Opened Project: {0}").format(self._data.name))
 
         return True
 
@@ -349,9 +342,7 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
         file.
         """
         if not self._storage.isOpen():
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
-                "There is no project open."
-            ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            SHARED.error(self.tr("There is no project open."))
             return False
 
         saveTime = time()
@@ -374,9 +365,7 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
         editTime = self._data.editTime + max(round(saveTime - self._session.start), 0)
         content = self._tree.pack()
         if not xmlWriter.write(self._data, content, saveTime, editTime):
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
-                "Failed to save project."
-            ), level=nwAlert.ERROR, exception=xmlWriter.error)
+            SHARED.error(self.tr("Failed to save project."), exc=xmlWriter.error)
             return False
 
         # Save other project data
@@ -385,24 +374,25 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
         self._storage.runPostSaveTasks(autoSave=autoSave)
 
         # Update recent projects
-        CONFIG.recentProjects.update(
-            self._storage.storagePath, self._data.name, sum(self._data.currCounts), saveTime
-        )
+        storePath = self._storage.storagePath
+        if storePath:
+            CONFIG.recentProjects.update(
+                storePath, self._data.name, sum(self._data.currCounts), saveTime
+            )
 
         self._storage.writeLockFile()
-        self.mainGui.setStatus(self.tr("Saved Project: {0}").format(self._data.name))
+        self.statusMessage.emit(self.tr("Saved Project: {0}").format(self._data.name))
         self.setProjectChanged(False)
 
         return True
 
     def closeProject(self, idleTime: float = 0.0) -> None:
-        """Close the current project and clear all meta data."""
+        """Close the project."""
         logger.info("Closing project")
         self._options.saveSettings()
         self._tree.writeToCFile()
         self._session.appendSession(idleTime)
         self._storage.closeSession()
-        self.clearProject()
         self._lockedBy = None
         return
 
@@ -413,13 +403,13 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
             return False
 
         logger.info("Backing up project")
-        self.mainGui.setStatus(self.tr("Backing up project ..."))
+        self.statusMessage.emit(self.tr("Backing up project ..."))
 
         if not self._data.name:
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
+            SHARED.error(self.tr(
                 "Cannot backup project because no project name is set. "
                 "Please set a Project Name in Project Settings."
-            ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            ))
             return False
 
         cleanName = makeFileNameSafe(self._data.name)
@@ -428,9 +418,7 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
         try:
             baseDir.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
         except Exception as exc:
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
-                "Could not create backup folder."
-            ), level=nwAlert.ERROR, exception=exc)
+            SHARED.error(self.tr("Could not create backup folder."), exc=exc)
             return False
 
         timeStamp = formatTimeStamp(time(), fileSafe=True)
@@ -438,19 +426,15 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
         if self._storage.zipIt(archName, compression=2):
             size = formatInt(archName.stat().st_size)
             if doNotify:
-                self.mainGui.makeAlert(
+                SHARED.info(
                     self.tr("Created a backup of your project of size {0}B.").format(size),
                     info=self.tr("Path: {0}").format(str(backupPath))
                 )
         else:
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
-                "Could not write backup archive."
-            ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            SHARED.error(self.tr("Could not write backup archive."))
             return False
 
-        self.mainGui.setStatus(self.tr(
-            "Project backed up to '{0}'"
-        ).format(str(archName)))
+        self.statusMessage.emit(self.tr("Project backed up to '{0}'").format(str(archName)))
 
         return True
 
@@ -503,27 +487,15 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
         information to the GUI statusbar.
         """
         if isinstance(status, bool):
-            self._projChanged = status
-            self.projectStatusChanged.emit(self._projChanged)
-        return self._projChanged
+            self._changed = status
+            self.statusChanged.emit(self._changed)
+        return self._changed
 
     ##
-    #  Getters
+    #  Class Methods
     ##
 
-    def getLockStatus(self) -> list | None:
-        """Return the project lock information for the project."""
-        if isinstance(self._lockedBy, list) and len(self._lockedBy) == 4:
-            return self._lockedBy
-        return None
-
-    def getCurrentEditTime(self) -> int:
-        """Get the total project edit time, including the time spent in
-        the current session.
-        """
-        return self._data.editTime + round(time() - self._session.start)
-
-    def getProjectItems(self) -> Iterator[NWItem]:
+    def iterProjectItems(self) -> Iterator[NWItem]:
         """This function ensures that the item tree loaded is sent to
         the GUI tree view in such a way that the tree can be built. That
         is, the parent item must be sent before its child. In principle,
@@ -531,7 +503,7 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
         order has been altered, or a file is orphaned, this function is
         capable of handling it.
         """
-        sentItems = []
+        sentItems = set()
         iterItems = self._tree.handles()
         n = 0
         nMax = min(len(iterItems), 10000)
@@ -540,17 +512,15 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
             tItem = self._tree[tHandle]
             n += 1
             if tItem is None:
-                # Technically a bug since treeOrder is built from the
-                # same data as _projTree
+                # Technically a bug
                 continue
             elif tItem.itemParent is None:
-                # Item is a root, or already been identified as an
-                # orphaned item
-                sentItems.append(tHandle)
+                # Item is a root, or already been identified as orphaned
+                sentItems.add(tHandle)
                 yield tItem
             elif tItem.itemParent in sentItems:
                 # Item's parent has been sent, so all is fine
-                sentItems.append(tHandle)
+                sentItems.add(tHandle)
                 yield tItem
             elif tItem.itemParent in iterItems:
                 # Item's parent exists, but hasn't been sent yet, so add
@@ -566,10 +536,6 @@ class NWProject(QObject):
                 yield tItem
         return
 
-    ##
-    #  Class Methods
-    ##
-
     def updateWordCounts(self) -> None:
         """Update the total word count values."""
         novel, notes = self._tree.sumWords()

novelwriter/core/spellcheck.py

@@ -213,15 +213,15 @@ class UserDictionary:
     def load(self) -> None:
         """Load the user's dictionary."""
         self._path = self._project.storage.getMetaFile(nwFiles.DICT_FILE)
-        if not isinstance(self._path, Path):
-            return
-        try:
-            with open(self._path, mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as fObj:
-                data = json.load(fObj)
-            self._words = set(data.get("novelWriter.userDict", []))
-        except Exception:
-            logger.error("Failed to load user dictionary")
-            logException()
+        self._words = set()
+        if isinstance(self._path, Path) and self._path.is_file():
+            try:
+                with open(self._path, mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as fObj:
+                    data = json.load(fObj)
+                self._words = set(data.get("novelWriter.userDict", []))
+            except Exception:
+                logger.error("Failed to load user dictionary")
+                logException()
         return
 
     def save(self) -> None:

novelwriter/core/status.py

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class NWStatus:
 
     def name(self, key: str | None) -> str:
         """Return the name associated with a given key."""
-        if key in self._store:
+        if key and key in self._store:
             return self._store[key]["name"]
         elif self._default is not None:
             return self._store[self._default]["name"]
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class NWStatus:
 
     def cols(self, key: str | None) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
         """Return the colours associated with a given key."""
-        if key in self._store:
+        if key and key in self._store:
             return self._store[key]["cols"]
         elif self._default is not None:
             return self._store[self._default]["cols"]
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class NWStatus:
 
     def count(self, key: str | None) -> int:
         """Return the count associated with a given key."""
-        if key in self._store:
+        if key and key in self._store:
             return self._store[key]["count"]
         elif self._default is not None:
             return self._store[self._default]["count"]
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class NWStatus:
 
     def icon(self, key: str | None) -> QIcon:
         """Return the icon associated with a given key."""
-        if key in self._store:
+        if key and key in self._store:
             return self._store[key]["icon"]
         elif self._default is not None:
             return self._store[self._default]["icon"]
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ class NWStatus:
             self._store[key]["count"] = 0
         return
 
-    def increment(self, key: str) -> None:
+    def increment(self, key: str | None) -> None:
         """Increment the counter for a given entry."""
-        if key in self._store:
+        if key and key in self._store:
             self._store[key]["count"] += 1
         return
 

novelwriter/core/tokenizer.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from functools import partial
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QCoreApplication, QRegularExpression
 
-from novelwriter.enum import nwItemLayout, nwItemType
+from novelwriter.enum import nwItemLayout
 from novelwriter.common import formatTimeStamp, numberToRoman, checkInt
 from novelwriter.constants import nwConst, nwHeadFmt, nwRegEx, nwUnicode
 from novelwriter.core.project import NWProject
@@ -315,10 +315,8 @@ class Tokenizer(ABC):
 
     def addRootHeading(self, tHandle: str) -> bool:
         """Add a heading at the start of a new root folder."""
-        if not self._project.tree.checkType(tHandle, nwItemType.ROOT):
-            return False
-        theItem = self._project.tree[tHandle]
-        if not theItem:
+        tItem = self._project.tree[tHandle]
+        if not tItem or not tItem.isRootType():
             return False
 
         if self._isFirst:
@@ -327,14 +325,14 @@ class Tokenizer(ABC):
         else:
             textAlign = self.A_PBB | self.A_CENTRE
 
-        locNotes = self._localLookup("Notes")
-        theTitle = f"{locNotes}: {theItem.itemName}"
+        trNotes = self._localLookup("Notes")
+        title = f"{trNotes}: {tItem.itemName}"
         self._tokens = []
         self._tokens.append((
-            self.T_TITLE, 0, theTitle, None, textAlign
+            self.T_TITLE, 0, title, None, textAlign
         ))
         if self._keepMarkdown:
-            self._allMarkdown.append(f"# {theTitle}\n\n")
+            self._allMarkdown.append(f"# {title}\n\n")
 
         return True
 

novelwriter/core/tree.py

@@ -65,13 +65,12 @@ class NWTree:
 
         self._project = project
 
-        self._projTree: dict[str, NWItem] = {}   # Holds all the items of the project
-        self._treeOrder: list[str] = []          # The order of the tree items in the tree view
-        self._treeRoots: dict[str, NWItem] = {}  # The root items of the tree
+        self._tree: dict[str, NWItem] = {}   # Holds all the items of the project
+        self._order: list[str] = []          # The order of the tree items in the tree view
+        self._roots: dict[str, NWItem] = {}  # The root items of the tree
 
-        self._trashRoot = None     # The handle of the trash root folder
-        self._archRoot = None      # The handle of the archive root folder
-        self._treeChanged = False  # True if tree structure has changed
+        self._trash = None     # The handle of the trash root folder
+        self._changed = False  # True if tree structure has changed
 
         return
 
@@ -81,17 +80,16 @@ class NWTree:
 
     def clear(self) -> None:
         """Clear the item tree entirely."""
-        self._projTree    = {}
-        self._treeOrder   = []
-        self._treeRoots   = {}
-        self._trashRoot   = None
-        self._archRoot    = None
-        self._treeChanged = False
+        self._tree    = {}
+        self._order   = []
+        self._roots   = {}
+        self._trash   = None
+        self._changed = False
         return
 
     def handles(self) -> list[str]:
         """Returns a copy of the list of all the active handles."""
-        return self._treeOrder.copy()
+        return self._order.copy()
 
     @overload  # pragma: no cover
     def create(self, label: str, parent: None, itemType: Literal[nwItemType.ROOT],
@@ -109,7 +107,7 @@ class NWTree:
         parent, None is returned. For root elements, this cannot occur.
         """
         parent = None if itemType == nwItemType.ROOT else parent
-        if parent is None or parent in self._treeOrder:
+        if parent is None or parent in self._order:
             tHandle = self._makeHandle()
             newItem = NWItem(self._project, tHandle)
             newItem.setName(label)
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@ class NWTree:
             logger.warning("Invalid item handle '%s' detected, skipping", tHandle)
             return False
 
-        if tHandle in self._projTree:
+        if tHandle in self._tree:
             logger.warning("Duplicate handle '%s' detected, skipping", tHandle)
             return False
 
@@ -138,20 +136,17 @@ class NWTree:
 
         if nwItem.isRootType():
             logger.debug("Item '%s' is a root item", str(tHandle))
-            self._treeRoots[tHandle] = nwItem
-            if nwItem.itemClass == nwItemClass.ARCHIVE:
-                logger.debug("Item '%s' is the archive folder", str(tHandle))
-                self._archRoot = tHandle
-            elif nwItem.itemClass == nwItemClass.TRASH:
-                if self._trashRoot is None:
+            self._roots[tHandle] = nwItem
+            if nwItem.itemClass == nwItemClass.TRASH:
+                if self._trash is None:
                     logger.debug("Item '%s' is the trash folder", str(tHandle))
-                    self._trashRoot = tHandle
+                    self._trash = tHandle
                 else:
                     logger.error("Only one trash folder allowed")
                     return False
 
-        self._projTree[tHandle] = nwItem
-        self._treeOrder.append(tHandle)
+        self._tree[tHandle] = nwItem
+        self._order.append(tHandle)
         self._setTreeChanged(True)
 
         return True
@@ -171,7 +166,7 @@ class NWTree:
         items. In the order defined by the _treeOrder list.
         """
         tree = []
-        for tHandle in self._treeOrder:
+        for tHandle in self._order:
             tItem = self.__getitem__(tHandle)
             if tItem:
                 tree.append(tItem.pack())
@@ -199,7 +194,7 @@ class NWTree:
         """
         storage = self._project.storage
         files = set(storage.scanContent())
-        for tHandle in self._treeOrder:
+        for tHandle in self._order:
             if self.updateItemData(tHandle):
                 logger.debug("Checking item '%s' ... OK", tHandle)
                 files.discard(tHandle)  # Remove it from the record
@@ -220,7 +215,7 @@ class NWTree:
             oName, oParent, oClass, oLayout = aDoc.getMeta()
 
             oName = oName or cHandle
-            oParent = oParent if oParent in self._treeOrder else None
+            oParent = oParent if oParent in self._order else None
             oClass = oClass or nwItemClass.NOVEL
             oLayout = oLayout or nwItemLayout.NOTE
 
@@ -229,8 +224,10 @@ class NWTree:
                 oParent = self.findRoot(oClass)
             if oParent is None:  # Otherwise, add to the Novel root
                 oParent = self.findRoot(nwItemClass.NOVEL)
-            if oParent is None:  # If not, give up
-                continue
+            if oParent is None:  # If not, create a new novel folder
+                oParent = self.create(prefix, None, nwItemType.ROOT, nwItemClass.NOVEL)
+
+            assert oParent is not None  # Otherwise there's an issue with self.create()
 
             # Create a new item
             newItem = NWItem(self._project, cHandle)
@@ -256,7 +253,7 @@ class NWTree:
 
         tocList = []
         tocLen = 0
-        for tHandle in self._treeOrder:
+        for tHandle in self._order:
             tItem = self.__getitem__(tHandle)
             if tItem is None:
                 continue
@@ -298,7 +295,7 @@ class NWTree:
         """Loop over all entries and add up the word counts."""
         noteWords = 0
         novelWords = 0
-        for tHandle in self._treeOrder:
+        for tHandle in self._order:
             tItem = self.__getitem__(tHandle)
             if tItem is None:
                 continue
@@ -374,13 +371,13 @@ class NWTree:
     def rootClasses(self) -> set[nwItemClass]:
         """Return a set of all root classes in use by the project."""
         rootClasses = set()
-        for nwItem in self._treeRoots.values():
+        for nwItem in self._roots.values():
             rootClasses.add(nwItem.itemClass)
         return rootClasses
 
     def iterRoots(self, itemClass: nwItemClass | None) -> Iterator[tuple[str, NWItem]]:
         """Iterate over all root items of a given class in order."""
-        for tHandle in self._treeOrder:
+        for tHandle in self._order:
             nwItem = self.__getitem__(tHandle)
             if isinstance(nwItem, NWItem) and nwItem.isRootType():
                 if itemClass is None or nwItem.itemClass == itemClass:
@@ -394,12 +391,12 @@ class NWTree:
             return True
         if tItem.itemClass == nwItemClass.TRASH:
             return True
-        if self._trashRoot is not None:
-            if tHandle == self._trashRoot:
+        if self._trash is not None:
+            if tHandle == self._trash:
                 return True
-            elif tItem.itemParent == self._trashRoot:
+            elif tItem.itemParent == self._trash:
                 return True
-            elif tItem.itemRoot == self._trashRoot:
+            elif tItem.itemRoot == self._trash:
                 return True
         return False
 
@@ -407,13 +404,13 @@ class NWTree:
         """Returns the handle of the trash folder, or None if there
         isn't one.
         """
-        if self._trashRoot:
-            return self._trashRoot
+        if self._trash:
+            return self._trash
         return None
 
     def findRoot(self, itemClass: nwItemClass | None) -> str | None:
         """Find the first root item for a given class."""
-        for aRoot in self._treeRoots:
+        for aRoot in self._roots:
             tItem = self.__getitem__(aRoot)
             if tItem is None:
                 continue
@@ -427,18 +424,18 @@ class NWTree:
 
     def setOrder(self, newOrder: list[str]) -> None:
         """Reorders the tree based on a list of items."""
-        tmpOrder = [tHandle for tHandle in newOrder if tHandle in self._projTree]
-        if not (len(tmpOrder) == len(newOrder) == len(self._treeOrder)):
+        tmpOrder = [tHandle for tHandle in newOrder if tHandle in self._tree]
+        if not (len(tmpOrder) == len(newOrder) == len(self._order)):
             # Something is wrong, so let's debug it
             for tHandle in newOrder:
-                if tHandle not in self._projTree:
+                if tHandle not in self._tree:
                     logger.error("Handle '%s' in new tree order is not in old order", tHandle)
-            for tHandle in self._treeOrder:
+            for tHandle in self._order:
                 if tHandle not in tmpOrder:
                     logger.warning("Handle '%s' in old tree order is not in new order", tHandle)
 
         # Save the temp list
-        self._treeOrder = tmpOrder
+        self._order = tmpOrder
         self._setTreeChanged(True)
         logger.debug("Project tree order updated")
 
@@ -450,36 +447,34 @@ class NWTree:
 
     def __len__(self) -> int:
         """The number of items in the project."""
-        return len(self._treeOrder)
+        return len(self._order)
 
     def __bool__(self) -> bool:
         """True if there are any items in the project."""
-        return bool(self._treeOrder)
+        return bool(self._order)
 
     def __getitem__(self, tHandle: str | None) -> NWItem | None:
         """Return a project item based on its handle. Returns None if
         the handle doesn't exist in the project.
         """
-        if tHandle and tHandle in self._projTree:
-            return self._projTree[tHandle]
+        if tHandle and tHandle in self._tree:
+            return self._tree[tHandle]
         logger.error("No tree item with handle '%s'", str(tHandle))
         return None
 
     def __delitem__(self, tHandle: str) -> None:
         """Remove an item from the internal lists and dictionaries."""
-        if tHandle in self._treeOrder and tHandle in self._projTree:
-            self._treeOrder.remove(tHandle)
-            del self._projTree[tHandle]
+        if tHandle in self._order and tHandle in self._tree:
+            self._order.remove(tHandle)
+            del self._tree[tHandle]
         else:
             logger.warning("Failed to delete item '%s': item not found", tHandle)
             return
 
-        if tHandle in self._treeRoots:
-            del self._treeRoots[tHandle]
-        if tHandle == self._trashRoot:
-            self._trashRoot = None
-        if tHandle == self._archRoot:
-            self._archRoot = None
+        if tHandle in self._roots:
+            del self._roots[tHandle]
+        if tHandle == self._trash:
+            self._trash = None
 
         self._setTreeChanged(True)
 
@@ -487,12 +482,12 @@ class NWTree:
 
     def __contains__(self, tHandle: str) -> bool:
         """Checks if a handle exists in the tree."""
-        return tHandle in self._treeOrder
+        return tHandle in self._order
 
     def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[NWItem]:
         """Iterate through project items."""
-        for tHandle in self._treeOrder:
-            tItem = self._projTree.get(tHandle)
+        for tHandle in self._order:
+            tItem = self._tree.get(tHandle)
             if isinstance(tItem, NWItem):
                 yield tItem
         return
@@ -505,7 +500,7 @@ class NWTree:
         """Set the changed flag to theState, and if being set to True,
         propagate that state change to the parent NWProject class.
         """
-        self._treeChanged = state
+        self._changed = state
         if state:
             self._project.setProjectChanged(True)
         return
@@ -516,7 +511,7 @@ class NWTree:
         """
         logger.debug("Generating new handle")
         handle = f"{random.getrandbits(52):013x}"
-        if handle in self._projTree:
+        if handle in self._tree:
             logger.warning("Duplicate handle encountered! Retrying ...")
             handle = self._makeHandle()
 

novelwriter/dialogs/about.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QTextBrowser, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.common import readTextFile
 from novelwriter.constants import nwConst
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class GuiAbout(QDialog):
 
         nPx = CONFIG.pxInt(96)
         self.nwIcon = QLabel()
-        self.nwIcon.setPixmap(CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("novelwriter", (nPx, nPx)))
+        self.nwIcon.setPixmap(SHARED.theme.getPixmap("novelwriter", (nPx, nPx)))
         self.lblName = QLabel("<b>novelWriter</b>")
         self.lblVers = QLabel(f"v{novelwriter.__version__}")
         self.lblDate = QLabel(datetime.strptime(novelwriter.__date__, "%Y-%m-%d").strftime("%x"))
@@ -228,12 +228,12 @@ class GuiAbout(QDialog):
             "  color: rgb({kColR},{kColG},{kColB});"
             "}}\n"
         ).format(
-            hColR=CONFIG.theme.colHead[0],
-            hColG=CONFIG.theme.colHead[1],
-            hColB=CONFIG.theme.colHead[2],
-            kColR=CONFIG.theme.colKey[0],
-            kColG=CONFIG.theme.colKey[1],
-            kColB=CONFIG.theme.colKey[2],
+            hColR=SHARED.theme.colHead[0],
+            hColG=SHARED.theme.colHead[1],
+            hColB=SHARED.theme.colHead[2],
+            kColR=SHARED.theme.colKey[0],
+            kColG=SHARED.theme.colKey[1],
+            kColB=SHARED.theme.colKey[2],
         )
         self.pageAbout.document().setDefaultStyleSheet(styleSheet)
         self.pageNotes.document().setDefaultStyleSheet(styleSheet)

novelwriter/dialogs/docmerge.py

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ import logging
 from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QSize
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QAbstractItemView, QDialog, QDialogButtonBox, QGridLayout, QLabel,
-    QListWidget, QListWidgetItem, QVBoxLayout,
+    QListWidget, QListWidgetItem, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.extensions.switch import NSwitch
 from novelwriter.extensions.configlayout import NHelpLabel
 
@@ -43,24 +43,21 @@ class GuiDocMerge(QDialog):
 
     D_HANDLE = Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole
 
-    def __init__(self, mainGui, sHandle, itemList):
-        super().__init__(parent=mainGui)
+    def __init__(self, parent: QWidget, sHandle: str, itemList: list[str]) -> None:
+        super().__init__(parent=parent)
 
         logger.debug("Create: GuiDocMerge")
         self.setObjectName("GuiDocMerge")
-
-        self.mainGui = mainGui
+        self.setWindowTitle(self.tr("Merge Documents"))
 
         self._data = {}
 
-        self.setWindowTitle(self.tr("Merge Documents"))
-
         self.headLabel = QLabel("<b>{0}</b>".format(self.tr("Documents to Merge")))
         self.helpLabel = NHelpLabel(self.tr(
             "Drag and drop items to change the order, or uncheck to exclude."
-        ), CONFIG.theme.helpText)
+        ), SHARED.theme.helpText)
 
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
         hSp = CONFIG.pxInt(12)
         vSp = CONFIG.pxInt(8)
         bSp = CONFIG.pxInt(12)
@@ -155,11 +152,11 @@ class GuiDocMerge(QDialog):
 
         self.listBox.clear()
         for tHandle in itemList:
-            nwItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+            nwItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
             if nwItem is None or not nwItem.isFileType():
                 continue
 
-            itemIcon = CONFIG.theme.getItemIcon(
+            itemIcon = SHARED.theme.getItemIcon(
                 nwItem.itemType, nwItem.itemClass, nwItem.itemLayout, nwItem.mainHeading
             )
 

novelwriter/dialogs/docsplit.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QListWidgetItem, QDialogButtonBox, QLabel, QGridLayout
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.extensions.switch import NSwitch
 from novelwriter.extensions.configlayout import NHelpLabel
 
@@ -45,14 +45,12 @@ class GuiDocSplit(QDialog):
     LEVEL_ROLE = Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole + 1
     LABEL_ROLE = Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole + 2
 
-    def __init__(self, mainGui, sHandle):
-        super().__init__(parent=mainGui)
+    def __init__(self, parent, sHandle):
+        super().__init__(parent=parent)
 
         logger.debug("Create: GuiDocSplit")
         self.setObjectName("GuiDocSplit")
 
-        self.mainGui = mainGui
-
         self._data = {}
         self._text = []
 
@@ -61,16 +59,16 @@ class GuiDocSplit(QDialog):
         self.headLabel = QLabel("<b>{0}</b>".format(self.tr("Document Headers")))
         self.helpLabel = NHelpLabel(
             self.tr("Select the maximum level to split into files."),
-            CONFIG.theme.helpText
+            SHARED.theme.helpText
         )
 
         # Values
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
         hSp = CONFIG.pxInt(12)
         vSp = CONFIG.pxInt(8)
         bSp = CONFIG.pxInt(12)
 
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
         spLevel = pOptions.getInt("GuiDocSplit", "spLevel", 3)
         intoFolder = pOptions.getBool("GuiDocSplit", "intoFolder", True)
         docHierarchy = pOptions.getBool("GuiDocSplit", "docHierarchy", True)
@@ -169,7 +167,7 @@ class GuiDocSplit(QDialog):
         self._data["docHierarchy"] = docHierarchy
         self._data["moveToTrash"] = moveToTrash
 
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
         pOptions.setValue("GuiDocSplit", "spLevel", spLevel)
         pOptions.setValue("GuiDocSplit", "intoFolder", intoFolder)
         pOptions.setValue("GuiDocSplit", "docHierarchy", docHierarchy)
@@ -199,13 +197,13 @@ class GuiDocSplit(QDialog):
 
         self.listBox.clear()
 
-        nwItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[sHandle]
+        nwItem = SHARED.project.tree[sHandle]
         if nwItem is None or not nwItem.isFileType():
             return
 
         spLevel = self.splitLevel.currentData()
         if not self._text:
-            inDoc = self.mainGui.project.storage.getDocument(sHandle)
+            inDoc = SHARED.project.storage.getDocument(sHandle)
             self._text = (inDoc.readDocument() or "").splitlines()
 
         for lineNo, aLine in enumerate(self._text):

novelwriter/dialogs/preferences.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QLineEdit, QFileDialog, QFontDialog, QDoubleSpinBox
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.dialogs.quotes import GuiQuoteSelect
 from novelwriter.extensions.switch import NSwitch
 from novelwriter.extensions.pageddialog import NPagedDialog
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class GuiPreferencesGeneral(QWidget):
 
         # The Form
         self.mainForm = NConfigLayout()
-        self.mainForm.setHelpTextStyle(CONFIG.theme.helpText)
+        self.mainForm.setHelpTextStyle(SHARED.theme.helpText)
         self.setLayout(self.mainForm)
 
         # Look and Feel
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class GuiPreferencesGeneral(QWidget):
         # Select Theme
         self.guiTheme = QComboBox()
         self.guiTheme.setMinimumWidth(minWidth)
-        self.theThemes = CONFIG.theme.listThemes()
+        self.theThemes = SHARED.theme.listThemes()
         for themeDir, themeName in self.theThemes:
             self.guiTheme.addItem(themeName, themeDir)
         themeIdx = self.guiTheme.findData(CONFIG.guiTheme)
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class GuiPreferencesGeneral(QWidget):
         # Editor Theme
         self.guiSyntax = QComboBox()
         self.guiSyntax.setMinimumWidth(CONFIG.pxInt(200))
-        self.theSyntaxes = CONFIG.theme.listSyntax()
+        self.theSyntaxes = SHARED.theme.listSyntax()
         for syntaxFile, syntaxName in self.theSyntaxes:
             self.guiSyntax.addItem(syntaxName, syntaxFile)
         syntaxIdx = self.guiSyntax.findData(CONFIG.guiSyntax)
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class GuiPreferencesGeneral(QWidget):
         self.guiFont.setFixedWidth(CONFIG.pxInt(162))
         self.guiFont.setText(CONFIG.guiFont)
         self.fontButton = QPushButton("...")
-        self.fontButton.setMaximumWidth(int(2.5*CONFIG.theme.getTextWidth("...")))
+        self.fontButton.setMaximumWidth(int(2.5*SHARED.theme.getTextWidth("...")))
         self.fontButton.clicked.connect(self._selectFont)
         self.mainForm.addRow(
             self.tr("Font family"),
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ class GuiPreferencesProjects(QWidget):
 
         # The Form
         self.mainForm = NConfigLayout()
-        self.mainForm.setHelpTextStyle(CONFIG.theme.helpText)
+        self.mainForm.setHelpTextStyle(SHARED.theme.helpText)
         self.setLayout(self.mainForm)
 
         # Automatic Save
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ class GuiPreferencesDocuments(QWidget):
 
         # The Form
         self.mainForm = NConfigLayout()
-        self.mainForm.setHelpTextStyle(CONFIG.theme.helpText)
+        self.mainForm.setHelpTextStyle(SHARED.theme.helpText)
         self.setLayout(self.mainForm)
 
         # Text Style
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ class GuiPreferencesDocuments(QWidget):
         self.textFont.setFixedWidth(CONFIG.pxInt(162))
         self.textFont.setText(CONFIG.textFont)
         self.fontButton = QPushButton("...")
-        self.fontButton.setMaximumWidth(int(2.5*CONFIG.theme.getTextWidth("...")))
+        self.fontButton.setMaximumWidth(int(2.5*SHARED.theme.getTextWidth("...")))
         self.fontButton.clicked.connect(self._selectFont)
         self.mainForm.addRow(
             self.tr("Font family"),
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ class GuiPreferencesEditor(QWidget):
 
         # The Form
         self.mainForm = NConfigLayout()
-        self.mainForm.setHelpTextStyle(CONFIG.theme.helpText)
+        self.mainForm.setHelpTextStyle(SHARED.theme.helpText)
         self.setLayout(self.mainForm)
 
         mW = CONFIG.pxInt(250)
@@ -663,17 +663,13 @@ class GuiPreferencesEditor(QWidget):
         self.spellLanguage.setMaximumWidth(mW)
 
         langAvail = self.mainGui.docEditor.spEnchant.listDictionaries()
-        if CONFIG.hasEnchant:
-            if langAvail:
-                for spTag, spProv in langAvail:
-                    qLocal = QLocale(spTag)
-                    spLang = qLocal.nativeLanguageName().title()
-                    self.spellLanguage.addItem("%s [%s]" % (spLang, spProv), spTag)
-            else:
-                self.spellLanguage.addItem(self.tr("None"), "")
-                self.spellLanguage.setEnabled(False)
+        if CONFIG.hasEnchant and langAvail:
+            for spTag, spProv in langAvail:
+                qLocal = QLocale(spTag)
+                spLang = qLocal.nativeLanguageName().title()
+                self.spellLanguage.addItem("%s [%s]" % (spLang, spProv), spTag)
         else:
-            self.spellLanguage.addItem(self.tr("Not installed"), "")
+            self.spellLanguage.addItem(self.tr("None"), "")
             self.spellLanguage.setEnabled(False)
 
         spellIdx = self.spellLanguage.findData(CONFIG.spellLanguage)
@@ -819,7 +815,7 @@ class GuiPreferencesSyntax(QWidget):
 
         # The Form
         self.mainForm = NConfigLayout()
-        self.mainForm.setHelpTextStyle(CONFIG.theme.helpText)
+        self.mainForm.setHelpTextStyle(SHARED.theme.helpText)
         self.setLayout(self.mainForm)
 
         # Quotes & Dialogue
@@ -921,7 +917,7 @@ class GuiPreferencesAutomation(QWidget):
 
         # The Form
         self.mainForm = NConfigLayout()
-        self.mainForm.setHelpTextStyle(CONFIG.theme.helpText)
+        self.mainForm.setHelpTextStyle(SHARED.theme.helpText)
         self.setLayout(self.mainForm)
 
         # Automatic Features
@@ -1072,7 +1068,7 @@ class GuiPreferencesQuotes(QWidget):
 
         # The Form
         self.mainForm = NConfigLayout()
-        self.mainForm.setHelpTextStyle(CONFIG.theme.helpText)
+        self.mainForm.setHelpTextStyle(SHARED.theme.helpText)
         self.setLayout(self.mainForm)
 
         # Quotation Style
@@ -1080,7 +1076,7 @@ class GuiPreferencesQuotes(QWidget):
         self.mainForm.addGroupLabel(self.tr("Quotation Style"))
 
         qWidth = CONFIG.pxInt(40)
-        bWidth = int(2.5*CONFIG.theme.getTextWidth("..."))
+        bWidth = int(2.5*SHARED.theme.getTextWidth("..."))
         self.quoteSym = {}
 
         # Single Quote Style

novelwriter/dialogs/projdetails.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QLineEdit, QSpinBox, QTreeWidget, QTreeWidgetItem, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.common import formatTime, numberToRoman
 from novelwriter.constants import nwUnicode
 from novelwriter.extensions.switch import NSwitch
@@ -45,19 +45,17 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class GuiProjectDetails(NPagedDialog):
 
-    def __init__(self, mainGui):
-        super().__init__(parent=mainGui)
+    def __init__(self, parent):
+        super().__init__(parent=parent)
 
         logger.debug("Create: GuiProjectDetails")
         self.setObjectName("GuiProjectDetails")
 
-        self.mainGui = mainGui
-
         self.setWindowTitle(self.tr("Project Details"))
 
         wW = CONFIG.pxInt(600)
         wH = CONFIG.pxInt(400)
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
 
         self.setMinimumWidth(wW)
         self.setMinimumHeight(wH)
@@ -66,8 +64,8 @@ class GuiProjectDetails(NPagedDialog):
             CONFIG.pxInt(pOptions.getInt("GuiProjectDetails", "winHeight", wH))
         )
 
-        self.tabMain = GuiProjectDetailsMain(self.mainGui)
-        self.tabContents = GuiProjectDetailsContents(self.mainGui)
+        self.tabMain = GuiProjectDetailsMain(self)
+        self.tabContents = GuiProjectDetailsContents(self)
 
         self.addTab(self.tabMain, self.tr("Overview"))
         self.addTab(self.tabContents, self.tr("Contents"))
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ class GuiProjectDetails(NPagedDialog):
         countFrom    = self.tabContents.poValue.value()
         clearDouble  = self.tabContents.dblValue.isChecked()
 
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
         pOptions.setValue("GuiProjectDetails", "winWidth",     winWidth)
         pOptions.setValue("GuiProjectDetails", "winHeight",    winHeight)
         pOptions.setValue("GuiProjectDetails", "widthCol0",    widthCol0)
@@ -143,13 +141,11 @@ class GuiProjectDetails(NPagedDialog):
 
 class GuiProjectDetailsMain(QWidget):
 
-    def __init__(self, mainGui):
-        super().__init__(parent=mainGui)
+    def __init__(self, parent):
+        super().__init__(parent=parent)
 
-        self.mainGui = mainGui
-
-        fPx = CONFIG.theme.fontPixelSize
-        fPt = CONFIG.theme.fontPointSize
+        fPx = SHARED.theme.fontPixelSize
+        fPt = SHARED.theme.fontPointSize
         vPx = CONFIG.pxInt(4)
         hPx = CONFIG.pxInt(12)
 
@@ -241,14 +237,13 @@ class GuiProjectDetailsMain(QWidget):
 
         return
 
-    def updateValues(self):
-        """Set all the values.
-        """
-        project = self.mainGui.project
+    def updateValues(self) -> None:
+        """Set all the values."""
+        project = SHARED.project
         pIndex = project.index
         hCounts = pIndex.getNovelTitleCounts()
         nwCount = pIndex.getNovelWordCount()
-        edTime = project.getCurrentEditTime()
+        edTime = project.currentEditTime
 
         self.bookTitle.setText(project.data.title or project.data.name)
         self.projName.setText(self.tr("Project: {0}").format(project.data.name))
@@ -275,26 +270,24 @@ class GuiProjectDetailsContents(QWidget):
     C_PAGE  = 3
     C_PROG  = 4
 
-    def __init__(self, mainGui):
-        super().__init__(parent=mainGui)
-
-        self.mainGui = mainGui
+    def __init__(self, parent):
+        super().__init__(parent=parent)
 
         # Internal
         self._theToC = []
         self._currentRoot = None
 
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
         hPx = CONFIG.pxInt(12)
         vPx = CONFIG.pxInt(4)
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
 
         # Header
         # ======
 
         self.tocLabel = QLabel("<b>%s</b>" % self.tr("Table of Contents"))
 
-        self.novelValue = NovelSelector(self, self.mainGui)
+        self.novelValue = NovelSelector(self)
         self.novelValue.setMinimumWidth(CONFIG.pxInt(200))
         self.novelValue.novelSelectionChanged.connect(self._novelValueChanged)
 
@@ -320,10 +313,11 @@ class GuiProjectDetailsContents(QWidget):
         ])
 
         treeHeadItem = self.tocTree.headerItem()
-        treeHeadItem.setTextAlignment(self.C_WORDS, Qt.AlignRight)
-        treeHeadItem.setTextAlignment(self.C_PAGES, Qt.AlignRight)
-        treeHeadItem.setTextAlignment(self.C_PAGE,  Qt.AlignRight)
-        treeHeadItem.setTextAlignment(self.C_PROG,  Qt.AlignRight)
+        if treeHeadItem:
+            treeHeadItem.setTextAlignment(self.C_WORDS, Qt.AlignRight)
+            treeHeadItem.setTextAlignment(self.C_PAGES, Qt.AlignRight)
+            treeHeadItem.setTextAlignment(self.C_PAGE,  Qt.AlignRight)
+            treeHeadItem.setTextAlignment(self.C_PROG,  Qt.AlignRight)
 
         treeHeader = self.tocTree.header()
         treeHeader.setStretchLastSection(True)
@@ -347,7 +341,7 @@ class GuiProjectDetailsContents(QWidget):
 
         wordsPerPage = pOptions.getInt("GuiProjectDetails", "wordsPerPage", 350)
         countFrom    = pOptions.getInt("GuiProjectDetails", "countFrom", 1)
-        clearDouble  = pOptions.getInt("GuiProjectDetails", "clearDouble", True)
+        clearDouble  = pOptions.getBool("GuiProjectDetails", "clearDouble", True)
 
         wordsHelp = (
             self.tr("Typical word count for a 5 by 8 inch book page with 11 pt font is 350.")
@@ -443,7 +437,7 @@ class GuiProjectDetailsContents(QWidget):
         """Extract the information from the project index.
         """
         logger.debug("Populating ToC from handle '%s'", rootHandle)
-        self._theToC = self.mainGui.project.index.getTableOfContents(rootHandle, 2)
+        self._theToC = SHARED.project.index.getTableOfContents(rootHandle, 2)
         self._theToC.append(("", 0, self.tr("END"), 0))
         return
 
@@ -496,7 +490,7 @@ class GuiProjectDetailsContents(QWidget):
                 progPage = f"{cPage:n}"
                 progText = f"{pgProg:.1f}{nwUnicode.U_THSP}%"
 
-            hDec = CONFIG.theme.getHeaderDecoration(tLevel)
+            hDec = SHARED.theme.getHeaderDecoration(tLevel)
             if tTitle.strip() == "":
                 tTitle = self.tr("Untitled")
 

novelwriter/dialogs/projload.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
 
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from pathlib import Path
 from datetime import datetime
 
@@ -36,10 +37,13 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QFileDialog, QLineEdit
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.common import formatInt
 from novelwriter.constants import nwFiles
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
+    from novelwriter.guimain import GuiMain
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -55,19 +59,18 @@ class GuiProjectLoad(QDialog):
 
     D_PATH = Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole
 
-    def __init__(self, mainGui):
+    def __init__(self, mainGui: GuiMain) -> None:
         super().__init__(parent=mainGui)
 
         logger.debug("Create: GuiProjectLoad")
         self.setObjectName("GuiProjectLoad")
 
-        self.mainGui   = mainGui
         self.openState = self.NONE_STATE
         self.openPath  = None
 
         sPx = CONFIG.pxInt(16)
         nPx = CONFIG.pxInt(96)
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
 
         self.outerBox = QVBoxLayout()
         self.innerBox = QHBoxLayout()
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ class GuiProjectLoad(QDialog):
         self.setMinimumHeight(CONFIG.pxInt(400))
 
         self.nwIcon = QLabel()
-        self.nwIcon.setPixmap(CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("novelwriter", (nPx, nPx)))
+        self.nwIcon.setPixmap(SHARED.theme.getPixmap("novelwriter", (nPx, nPx)))
         self.innerBox.addWidget(self.nwIcon, 0, Qt.AlignTop)
 
         self.projectForm = QGridLayout()
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ class GuiProjectLoad(QDialog):
         self.selPath.setReadOnly(True)
 
         self.browseButton = QPushButton("...")
-        self.browseButton.setMaximumWidth(int(2.5*CONFIG.theme.getTextWidth("...")))
+        self.browseButton.setMaximumWidth(int(2.5*SHARED.theme.getTextWidth("...")))
         self.browseButton.clicked.connect(self._doBrowse)
 
         self.projectForm.addWidget(self.lblRecent,    0, 0, 1, 3)
@@ -225,7 +228,7 @@ class GuiProjectLoad(QDialog):
         selList = self.listBox.selectedItems()
         if selList:
             projName = selList[0].text(self.C_NAME)
-            msgYes = self.mainGui.askQuestion(self.tr(
+            msgYes = SHARED.question(self.tr(
                 "Remove '{0}' from the recent projects list? "
                 "The project files will not be deleted."
             ).format(projName))
@@ -268,7 +271,7 @@ class GuiProjectLoad(QDialog):
         self.listBox.clear()
         dataList = CONFIG.recentProjects.listEntries()
         sortList = sorted(dataList, key=lambda x: x[3], reverse=True)
-        nwxIcon = CONFIG.theme.getIcon("proj_nwx")
+        nwxIcon = SHARED.theme.getIcon("proj_nwx")
         for path, title, words, time in sortList:
             newItem = QTreeWidgetItem([""]*4)
             newItem.setIcon(self.C_NAME, nwxIcon)
@@ -279,7 +282,7 @@ class GuiProjectLoad(QDialog):
             newItem.setTextAlignment(self.C_NAME, Qt.AlignLeft | Qt.AlignVCenter)
             newItem.setTextAlignment(self.C_COUNT, Qt.AlignRight | Qt.AlignVCenter)
             newItem.setTextAlignment(self.C_TIME, Qt.AlignRight | Qt.AlignVCenter)
-            newItem.setFont(self.C_TIME, CONFIG.theme.guiFontFixed)
+            newItem.setFont(self.C_TIME, SHARED.theme.guiFontFixed)
             self.listBox.addTopLevelItem(newItem)
 
         self.listBox.setCurrentItem(self.listBox.topLevelItem(0))

novelwriter/dialogs/projsettings.py

@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QPushButton, QTreeWidget, QTreeWidgetItem, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
-from novelwriter.enum import nwAlert
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.common import simplified
 from novelwriter.extensions.switch import NSwitch
 from novelwriter.extensions.pageddialog import NPagedDialog
@@ -61,12 +60,12 @@ class GuiProjectSettings(NPagedDialog):
         self.setObjectName("GuiProjectSettings")
 
         self.mainGui = mainGui
-        self.mainGui.project.countStatus()
+        SHARED.project.countStatus()
         self.setWindowTitle(self.tr("Project Settings"))
 
         wW = CONFIG.pxInt(570)
         wH = CONFIG.pxInt(375)
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
 
         self.setMinimumWidth(wW)
         self.setMinimumHeight(wH)
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ class GuiProjectSettings(NPagedDialog):
     def _doSave(self):
         """Save settings and close dialog.
         """
-        project = self.mainGui.project
+        project = SHARED.project
         projName   = self.tabMain.editName.text()
         bookTitle  = self.tabMain.editTitle.text()
         bookAuthor = self.tabMain.editAuthor.text()
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ class GuiProjectSettings(NPagedDialog):
         statusColW  = CONFIG.rpxInt(self.tabStatus.listBox.columnWidth(0))
         importColW  = CONFIG.rpxInt(self.tabImport.listBox.columnWidth(0))
 
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
         pOptions.setValue("GuiProjectSettings", "winWidth",    winWidth)
         pOptions.setValue("GuiProjectSettings", "winHeight",   winHeight)
         pOptions.setValue("GuiProjectSettings", "replaceColW", replaceColW)
@@ -204,13 +203,13 @@ class GuiProjectEditMain(QWidget):
 
         # The Form
         self.mainForm = NConfigLayout()
-        self.mainForm.setHelpTextStyle(CONFIG.theme.helpText)
+        self.mainForm.setHelpTextStyle(SHARED.theme.helpText)
         self.setLayout(self.mainForm)
 
         self.mainForm.addGroupLabel(self.tr("Project Settings"))
 
         xW = CONFIG.pxInt(250)
-        pData = self.mainGui.project.data
+        pData = SHARED.project.data
 
         self.editName = QLineEdit()
         self.editName.setMaxLength(200)
@@ -288,26 +287,24 @@ class GuiProjectEditStatus(QWidget):
     def __init__(self, projGui, isStatus):
         super().__init__(parent=projGui)
 
-        self.mainGui = projGui.mainGui
-
         if isStatus:
-            self.theStatus = self.mainGui.project.data.itemStatus
+            self.theStatus = SHARED.project.data.itemStatus
             pageLabel = self.tr("Novel File Status Levels")
             colSetting = "statusColW"
         else:
-            self.theStatus = self.mainGui.project.data.itemImport
+            self.theStatus = SHARED.project.data.itemImport
             pageLabel = self.tr("Note File Importance Levels")
             colSetting = "importColW"
 
         wCol0 = CONFIG.pxInt(
-            self.mainGui.project.options.getInt("GuiProjectSettings", colSetting, 130)
+            SHARED.project.options.getInt("GuiProjectSettings", colSetting, 130)
         )
 
         self.colDeleted = []
         self.colChanged = False
         self.selColour = QColor(100, 100, 100)
 
-        self.iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        self.iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
 
         # The List
         # ========
@@ -326,16 +323,16 @@ class GuiProjectEditStatus(QWidget):
         # List Controls
         # =============
 
-        self.addButton = QPushButton(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("add"), "")
+        self.addButton = QPushButton(SHARED.theme.getIcon("add"), "")
         self.addButton.clicked.connect(self._newItem)
 
-        self.delButton = QPushButton(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("remove"), "")
+        self.delButton = QPushButton(SHARED.theme.getIcon("remove"), "")
         self.delButton.clicked.connect(self._delItem)
 
-        self.upButton = QPushButton(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("up"), "")
+        self.upButton = QPushButton(SHARED.theme.getIcon("up"), "")
         self.upButton.clicked.connect(lambda: self._moveItem(-1))
 
-        self.dnButton = QPushButton(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("down"), "")
+        self.dnButton = QPushButton(SHARED.theme.getIcon("down"), "")
         self.dnButton.clicked.connect(lambda: self._moveItem(1))
 
         # Edit Form
@@ -441,9 +438,7 @@ class GuiProjectEditStatus(QWidget):
         if isinstance(selItem, QTreeWidgetItem):
             iRow = self.listBox.indexOfTopLevelItem(selItem)
             if selItem.data(self.COL_LABEL, self.NUM_ROLE) > 0:
-                self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
-                    "Cannot delete a status item that is in use."
-                ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+                SHARED.error(self.tr("Cannot delete a status item that is in use."))
             else:
                 self.listBox.takeTopLevelItem(iRow)
                 self.colDeleted.append(selItem.data(self.COL_LABEL, self.KEY_ROLE))
@@ -574,11 +569,10 @@ class GuiProjectEditReplace(QWidget):
     def __init__(self, projGui):
         super().__init__(parent=projGui)
 
-        self.mainGui   = projGui.mainGui
         self.arChanged = False
 
         wCol0 = CONFIG.pxInt(
-            self.mainGui.project.options.getInt("GuiProjectSettings", "replaceColW", 130)
+            SHARED.project.options.getInt("GuiProjectSettings", "replaceColW", 130)
         )
         pageLabel = self.tr("Text Replace List for Preview and Export")
 
@@ -594,7 +588,7 @@ class GuiProjectEditReplace(QWidget):
         self.listBox.setColumnWidth(self.COL_KEY, wCol0)
         self.listBox.setIndentation(0)
 
-        for aKey, aVal in self.mainGui.project.data.autoReplace.items():
+        for aKey, aVal in SHARED.project.data.autoReplace.items():
             newItem = QTreeWidgetItem(["<%s>" % aKey, aVal])
             self.listBox.addTopLevelItem(newItem)
 
@@ -604,10 +598,10 @@ class GuiProjectEditReplace(QWidget):
         # List Controls
         # =============
 
-        self.addButton = QPushButton(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("add"), "")
+        self.addButton = QPushButton(SHARED.theme.getIcon("add"), "")
         self.addButton.clicked.connect(self._addEntry)
 
-        self.delButton = QPushButton(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("remove"), "")
+        self.delButton = QPushButton(SHARED.theme.getIcon("remove"), "")
         self.delButton.clicked.connect(self._delEntry)
 
         # Edit Form

novelwriter/dialogs/updates.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     qApp, QDialog, QHBoxLayout, QVBoxLayout, QDialogButtonBox, QLabel
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG, __version__, __date__
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED, __version__, __date__
 from novelwriter.common import logException
 from novelwriter.constants import nwConst
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class GuiUpdates(QDialog):
 
         # Left Box
         self.nwIcon = QLabel()
-        self.nwIcon.setPixmap(CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("novelwriter", (nPx, nPx)))
+        self.nwIcon.setPixmap(SHARED.theme.getPixmap("novelwriter", (nPx, nPx)))
 
         self.leftBox = QVBoxLayout()
         self.leftBox.addWidget(self.nwIcon)

novelwriter/dialogs/wordlist.py

@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QLineEdit, QListWidget, QListWidgetItem, QPushButton, QVBoxLayout
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
-from novelwriter.enum import nwAlert
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.core.spellcheck import UserDictionary
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
@@ -52,12 +51,10 @@ class GuiWordList(QDialog):
         self.setObjectName("GuiWordList")
         self.setWindowTitle(self.tr("Project Word List"))
 
-        self.mainGui = mainGui
-
         mS = CONFIG.pxInt(250)
         wW = CONFIG.pxInt(320)
         wH = CONFIG.pxInt(340)
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
 
         self.setMinimumWidth(mS)
         self.setMinimumHeight(mS)
@@ -77,10 +74,10 @@ class GuiWordList(QDialog):
 
         self.newEntry = QLineEdit()
 
-        self.addButton = QPushButton(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("add"), "")
+        self.addButton = QPushButton(SHARED.theme.getIcon("add"), "")
         self.addButton.clicked.connect(self._doAdd)
 
-        self.delButton = QPushButton(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("remove"), "")
+        self.delButton = QPushButton(SHARED.theme.getIcon("remove"), "")
         self.delButton.clicked.connect(self._doDelete)
 
         self.editBox = QHBoxLayout()
@@ -123,15 +120,13 @@ class GuiWordList(QDialog):
         """Add a new word to the word list."""
         word = self.newEntry.text().strip()
         if word == "":
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
-                "Cannot add a blank word."
-            ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            SHARED.error(self.tr("Cannot add a blank word."))
             return
 
         if self.listBox.findItems(word, Qt.MatchExactly):
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
+            SHARED.error(self.tr(
                 "The word '{0}' is already in the word list."
-            ).format(word), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            ).format(word))
             return
 
         self.listBox.addItem(word)
@@ -149,7 +144,7 @@ class GuiWordList(QDialog):
     def _doSave(self):
         """Save the new word list and close."""
         self._saveGuiSettings()
-        userDict = UserDictionary(self.mainGui.project)
+        userDict = UserDictionary(SHARED.project)
         for i in range(self.listBox.count()):
             item = self.listBox.item(i)
             if isinstance(item, QListWidgetItem):
@@ -172,7 +167,7 @@ class GuiWordList(QDialog):
 
     def _loadWordList(self):
         """Load the project's word list, if it exists."""
-        userDict = UserDictionary(self.mainGui.project)
+        userDict = UserDictionary(SHARED.project)
         userDict.load()
         self.listBox.clear()
         for word in userDict:
@@ -185,7 +180,7 @@ class GuiWordList(QDialog):
         winWidth  = CONFIG.rpxInt(self.width())
         winHeight = CONFIG.rpxInt(self.height())
 
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
         pOptions.setValue("GuiWordList", "winWidth",  winWidth)
         pOptions.setValue("GuiWordList", "winHeight", winHeight)
 

novelwriter/enum.py

@@ -119,16 +119,6 @@ class nwDocInsert(Enum):
 # END Enum nwDocInsert
 
 
-class nwAlert(Enum):
-
-    INFO  = 0
-    WARN  = 1
-    ERROR = 2
-    ASK   = 3
-
-# END Enum nwAlert
-
-
 class nwView(Enum):
 
     EDITOR  = 0

novelwriter/extensions/novelselector.py

@@ -25,18 +25,13 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-
 from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QComboBox, QWidget
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import SHARED
 from novelwriter.enum import nwItemClass
 from novelwriter.constants import nwLabels
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
-    from novelwriter.guimain import GuiMain
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -44,9 +39,8 @@ class NovelSelector(QComboBox):
 
     novelSelectionChanged = pyqtSignal(str)
 
-    def __init__(self, parent: QWidget, mainGui: GuiMain) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, parent: QWidget) -> None:
         super().__init__(parent=parent)
-        self._mainGui = mainGui
         self._blockSignal = False
         self._firstHandle = None
         self.currentIndexChanged.connect(self._indexChanged)
@@ -86,9 +80,9 @@ class NovelSelector(QComboBox):
         self._firstHandle = None
         self.clear()
 
-        icon = CONFIG.theme.getIcon(nwLabels.CLASS_ICON[nwItemClass.NOVEL])
+        icon = SHARED.theme.getIcon(nwLabels.CLASS_ICON[nwItemClass.NOVEL])
         handle = self.currentData()
-        for tHandle, nwItem in self._mainGui.project.tree.iterRoots(nwItemClass.NOVEL):
+        for tHandle, nwItem in SHARED.project.tree.iterRoots(nwItemClass.NOVEL):
             if prefix:
                 name = prefix.format(nwItem.itemName)
                 self.addItem(name, tHandle)

novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py

@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QPushButton, QShortcut, QTextEdit, QToolBar, QToolButton, QWidget
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
-from novelwriter.enum import nwAlert, nwDocAction, nwDocInsert, nwDocMode, nwItemClass
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
+from novelwriter.enum import nwDocAction, nwDocInsert, nwDocMode, nwItemClass
 from novelwriter.common import minmax, transferCase
 from novelwriter.constants import nwConst, nwKeyWords, nwUnicode
 from novelwriter.core.index import countWords
@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
     )
 
     # Custom Signals
-    spellDictionaryChanged = pyqtSignal(str, str)
-    docEditedStatusChanged = pyqtSignal(bool)
+    statusMessage = pyqtSignal(str)
     docCountsChanged = pyqtSignal(str, int, int, int)
+    editedStatusChanged = pyqtSignal(bool)
+    spellDictionaryChanged = pyqtSignal(str, str)
     loadDocumentTagRequest = pyqtSignal(str, Enum)
     novelStructureChanged = pyqtSignal()
     novelItemMetaChanged = pyqtSignal(str)
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         self._wordCount  = 0      # Word count
         self._paraCount  = 0      # Paragraph count
         self._lastEdit   = 0      # Time stamp of last edit
-        self._lastActive = 0      # Time stamp of last activity
+        self._lastActive = 0.0    # Time stamp of last activity
         self._lastFind   = None   # Position of the last found search word
         self._bigDoc     = False  # Flag for very large document size
         self._doReplace  = False  # Switch to temporarily disable auto-replace
@@ -132,8 +133,8 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         self.docSearch = GuiDocEditSearch(self)
 
         # Syntax
-        self.spEnchant = NWSpellEnchant(self.mainGui.project)
-        self.highLight = GuiDocHighlighter(qDoc, self.mainGui, self.spEnchant)
+        self.spEnchant = NWSpellEnchant(SHARED.project)
+        self.highLight = GuiDocHighlighter(qDoc, self.spEnchant)
 
         # Context Menu
         self.setContextMenuPolicy(Qt.CustomContextMenu)
@@ -188,6 +189,34 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
 
         return
 
+    ##
+    #  Properties
+    ##
+
+    @property
+    def docChanged(self) -> bool:
+        """Return the changed status of the document."""
+        return self._docChanged
+
+    @property
+    def docHandle(self) -> str | None:
+        """Return the handle of the currently open document."""
+        return self._docHandle
+
+    @property
+    def lastActive(self) -> float:
+        """Return the last active timestamp for the user."""
+        return self._lastActive
+
+    @property
+    def isEmpty(self) -> bool:
+        """Check if the current document is empty."""
+        return self.document().isEmpty()
+
+    ##
+    #  Methods
+    ##
+
     def clearEditor(self):
         """Clear the current document and reset all document-related
         flags and counters.
@@ -203,7 +232,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         self._wordCount  = 0
         self._paraCount  = 0
         self._lastEdit   = 0
-        self._lastActive = 0
+        self._lastActive = 0.0
         self._lastFind   = None
         self._bigDoc     = False
         self._doReplace  = False
@@ -227,14 +256,14 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         """Update the syntax highlighting theme.
         """
         mainPalette = self.palette()
-        mainPalette.setColor(QPalette.Window, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colBack))
-        mainPalette.setColor(QPalette.Base, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colBack))
-        mainPalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colText))
+        mainPalette.setColor(QPalette.Window, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colBack))
+        mainPalette.setColor(QPalette.Base, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colBack))
+        mainPalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colText))
         self.setPalette(mainPalette)
 
         docPalette = self.viewport().palette()
-        docPalette.setColor(QPalette.Base, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colBack))
-        docPalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colText))
+        docPalette.setColor(QPalette.Base, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colBack))
+        docPalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colText))
         self.viewport().setPalette(docPalette)
 
         self.docHeader.matchColours()
@@ -340,7 +369,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         document is new (empty string), we set up the editor for editing
         the file.
         """
-        self._nwDocument = self.mainGui.project.storage.getDocument(tHandle)
+        self._nwDocument = SHARED.project.storage.getDocument(tHandle)
         self._nwItem = self._nwDocument.getCurrentItem()
 
         theDoc = self._nwDocument.readDocument()
@@ -351,14 +380,14 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
 
         docSize = len(theDoc)
         if docSize > nwConst.MAX_DOCSIZE:
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
+            SHARED.error(self.tr(
                 "The document you are trying to open is too big. "
                 "The document size is {0} MB. "
                 "The maximum size allowed is {1} MB."
             ).format(
                 f"{docSize/1.0e6:.2f}",
                 f"{nwConst.MAX_DOCSIZE/1.0e6:.2f}"
-            ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            ))
             self.clearEditor()
             return False
 
@@ -426,9 +455,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
 
         # Update the status bar
         if self._nwItem is not None:
-            self.mainGui.setStatus(
-                self.tr("Opened Document: {0}").format(self._nwItem.itemName)
-            )
+            self.statusMessage.emit(self.tr("Opened Document: {0}").format(self._nwItem.itemName))
 
         return True
 
@@ -451,14 +478,14 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         """
         docSize = len(theText)
         if docSize > nwConst.MAX_DOCSIZE:
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
+            SHARED.error(self.tr(
                 "The text you are trying to add is too big. "
                 "The text size is {0} MB. "
                 "The maximum size allowed is {1} MB."
             ).format(
                 f"{docSize/1.0e6:.2f}",
                 f"{nwConst.MAX_DOCSIZE/1.0e6:.2f}"
-            ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            ))
             return False
 
         qApp.setOverrideCursor(QCursor(Qt.WaitCursor))
@@ -497,7 +524,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         if not self._nwDocument.writeDocument(docText):
             saveOk = False
             if self._nwDocument._currHash != self._nwDocument._prevHash:
-                msgYes = self.mainGui.askQuestion(self.tr(
+                msgYes = SHARED.question(self.tr(
                     "This document has been changed outside of novelWriter "
                     "while it was open. Overwrite the file on disk?"
                 ))
@@ -505,10 +532,9 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
                     saveOk = self._nwDocument.writeDocument(docText, forceWrite=True)
 
             if not saveOk:
-                self.mainGui.makeAlert(
+                SHARED.error(
                     self.tr("Could not save document."),
-                    info=self._nwDocument.getError(),
-                    level=nwAlert.ERROR
+                    info=self._nwDocument.getError()
                 )
 
             return False
@@ -516,10 +542,10 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         self.setDocumentChanged(False)
 
         oldHeader = self._nwItem.mainHeading
-        oldCount = self.mainGui.project.index.getHandleHeaderCount(tHandle)
-        self.mainGui.project.index.scanText(tHandle, docText)
+        oldCount = SHARED.project.index.getHandleHeaderCount(tHandle)
+        SHARED.project.index.scanText(tHandle, docText)
         newHeader = self._nwItem.mainHeading
-        newCount = self.mainGui.project.index.getHandleHeaderCount(tHandle)
+        newCount = SHARED.project.index.getHandleHeaderCount(tHandle)
 
         if self._nwItem.itemClass == nwItemClass.NOVEL:
             if oldCount == newCount:
@@ -534,9 +560,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
             self.docFooter.updateInfo()
 
         # Update the status bar
-        self.mainGui.setStatus(
-            self.tr("Saved Document: {0}").format(self._nwItem.itemName)
-        )
+        self.statusMessage.emit(self.tr("Saved Document: {0}").format(self._nwItem.itemName))
 
         return True
 
@@ -580,31 +604,6 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
 
         return
 
-    ##
-    #  Properties
-    ##
-
-    def docChanged(self):
-        """Return the changed status of the document in the editor.
-        """
-        return self._docChanged
-
-    def docHandle(self):
-        """Return the handle of the currently open document. Return
-        None if no document is open.
-        """
-        return self._docHandle
-
-    def lastActive(self):
-        """Return the last active timestamp for the user.
-        """
-        return self._lastActive
-
-    def isEmpty(self):
-        """Wrapper function to check if the current document is empty.
-        """
-        return self.document().isEmpty()
-
     ##
     #  Getters
     ##
@@ -636,7 +635,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         document change signal.
         """
         self._docChanged = bValue
-        self.docEditedStatusChanged.emit(self._docChanged)
+        self.editedStatusChanged.emit(self._docChanged)
         return self._docChanged
 
     def setCursorPosition(self, position):
@@ -698,10 +697,10 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         """Set the spell checker dictionary language, and emit the
         dictionary changed signal.
         """
-        if self.mainGui.project.data.spellLang is None:
+        if SHARED.project.data.spellLang is None:
             theLang = CONFIG.spellLanguage
         else:
-            theLang = self.mainGui.project.data.spellLang
+            theLang = SHARED.project.data.spellLang
 
         self.spEnchant.setLanguage(theLang)
         _, theProvider = self.spEnchant.describeDict()
@@ -723,7 +722,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
 
         if not CONFIG.hasEnchant:
             if theMode:
-                self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
+                SHARED.info(self.tr(
                     "Spell checking requires the package PyEnchant. "
                     "It does not appear to be installed."
                 ))
@@ -734,7 +733,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
 
         self._spellCheck = theMode
         self.mainGui.mainMenu.setSpellCheck(theMode)
-        self.mainGui.project.data.setSpellCheck(theMode)
+        SHARED.project.data.setSpellCheck(theMode)
         self.highLight.setSpellCheck(theMode)
         if not self._bigDoc or theMode is False:
             # We don't run the spell checker automatically on big docs
@@ -744,7 +743,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
 
         return True
 
-    def spellCheckDocument(self):
+    def spellCheckDocument(self) -> None:
         """Rerun the highlighter to update spell checking status of the
         currently loaded text. The fastest way to do this, at least as
         of Qt 5.13, is to clear the text and put it back. This clears
@@ -760,9 +759,8 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
             self.highLight.rehighlight()
         qApp.restoreOverrideCursor()
         logger.debug("Document highlighted in %.3f ms", 1000*(time() - start))
-        self.mainGui.mainStatus.setStatus(self.tr("Spell check complete"))
-
-        return True
+        self.statusMessage.emit(self.tr("Spell check complete"))
+        return
 
     ##
     #  General Class Methods
@@ -868,7 +866,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         if self._nwDocument is None:
             logger.error("No document open")
             return False
-        self.mainGui.makeAlert(
+        SHARED.info(
             self.tr("The currently open file is saved in:"),
             info=self._nwDocument.getFileLocation()
         )
@@ -1104,12 +1102,12 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         self._lastFind = None
 
         if self.document().characterCount() > nwConst.MAX_DOCSIZE:
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
+            SHARED.error(self.tr(
                 "The document has grown too big and you cannot add more text to it. "
                 "The maximum size of a single novelWriter document is {0} MB."
             ).format(
                 f"{nwConst.MAX_DOCSIZE/1.0e6:.2f}"
-            ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            ))
             self.undo()
             return
 
@@ -1666,9 +1664,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         """
         theCursor = self.textCursor()
         if not theCursor.hasSelection():
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
-                "Please select some text before calling replace quotes."
-            ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            SHARED.error(self.tr("Please select some text before calling replace quotes."))
             return False
 
         posS = theCursor.selectionStart()
@@ -1916,7 +1912,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
 
         if theText.startswith("@"):
 
-            isGood, tBits, tPos = self.mainGui.project.index.scanThis(theText)
+            isGood, tBits, tPos = SHARED.project.index.scanThis(theText)
             if not isGood:
                 return False
 
@@ -2233,9 +2229,9 @@ class GuiDocEditSearch(QFrame):
         self.doMatchCap  = CONFIG.searchMatchCap
 
         mPx = CONFIG.pxInt(6)
-        tPx = int(0.8*CONFIG.theme.fontPixelSize)
-        self.boxFont = CONFIG.theme.guiFont
-        self.boxFont.setPointSizeF(0.9*CONFIG.theme.fontPointSize)
+        tPx = int(0.8*SHARED.theme.fontPixelSize)
+        self.boxFont = SHARED.theme.guiFont
+        self.boxFont.setPointSizeF(0.9*SHARED.theme.fontPointSize)
 
         self.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
         self.setAutoFillBackground(True)
@@ -2268,7 +2264,7 @@ class GuiDocEditSearch(QFrame):
 
         self.resultLabel = QLabel("?/?")
         self.resultLabel.setFont(self.boxFont)
-        self.resultLabel.setMinimumWidth(CONFIG.theme.getTextWidth("?/?", self.boxFont))
+        self.resultLabel.setMinimumWidth(SHARED.theme.getTextWidth("?/?", self.boxFont))
 
         self.toggleCase = QAction(self.tr("Case Sensitive"), self)
         self.toggleCase.setCheckable(True)
@@ -2374,15 +2370,15 @@ class GuiDocEditSearch(QFrame):
         self.replaceBox.setPalette(qPalette)
 
         # Set icons
-        self.toggleCase.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("search_case"))
-        self.toggleWord.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("search_word"))
-        self.toggleRegEx.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("search_regex"))
-        self.toggleLoop.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("search_loop"))
-        self.toggleProject.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("search_project"))
-        self.toggleMatchCap.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("search_preserve"))
-        self.cancelSearch.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("search_cancel"))
-        self.searchButton.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("search"))
-        self.replaceButton.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("search_replace"))
+        self.toggleCase.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("search_case"))
+        self.toggleWord.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("search_word"))
+        self.toggleRegEx.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("search_regex"))
+        self.toggleLoop.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("search_loop"))
+        self.toggleProject.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("search_project"))
+        self.toggleMatchCap.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("search_preserve"))
+        self.cancelSearch.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("search_cancel"))
+        self.searchButton.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("search"))
+        self.replaceButton.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("search_replace"))
 
         # Set stylesheets
         self.searchOpt.setStyleSheet("QToolBar {padding: 0;}")
@@ -2474,7 +2470,7 @@ class GuiDocEditSearch(QFrame):
         """
         currRes = "?" if currRes is None else currRes
         resCount = "?" if resCount is None else "1000+" if resCount > 1000 else resCount
-        minWidth = CONFIG.theme.getTextWidth(f"{resCount}//{resCount}", self.boxFont)
+        minWidth = SHARED.theme.getTextWidth(f"{resCount}//{resCount}", self.boxFont)
         self.resultLabel.setText(f"{currRes}/{resCount}")
         self.resultLabel.setMinimumWidth(minWidth)
         self.adjustSize()
@@ -2639,7 +2635,7 @@ class GuiDocEditHeader(QWidget):
 
         self._docHandle = None
 
-        fPx = int(0.9*CONFIG.theme.fontPixelSize)
+        fPx = int(0.9*SHARED.theme.fontPixelSize)
         hSp = CONFIG.pxInt(6)
 
         # Main Widget Settings
@@ -2656,7 +2652,7 @@ class GuiDocEditHeader(QWidget):
         self.theTitle.setFixedHeight(fPx)
 
         lblFont = self.theTitle.font()
-        lblFont.setPointSizeF(0.9*CONFIG.theme.fontPointSize)
+        lblFont.setPointSizeF(0.9*SHARED.theme.fontPointSize)
         self.theTitle.setFont(lblFont)
 
         # Buttons
@@ -2726,15 +2722,15 @@ class GuiDocEditHeader(QWidget):
     def updateTheme(self):
         """Update theme elements.
         """
-        self.editButton.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("edit"))
-        self.searchButton.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("search"))
-        self.minmaxButton.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("maximise"))
-        self.closeButton.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("close"))
+        self.editButton.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("edit"))
+        self.searchButton.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("search"))
+        self.minmaxButton.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("maximise"))
+        self.closeButton.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("close"))
 
         buttonStyle = (
             "QToolButton {{border: none; background: transparent;}} "
             "QToolButton:hover {{border: none; background: rgba({0},{1},{2},0.2);}}"
-        ).format(*CONFIG.theme.colText)
+        ).format(*SHARED.theme.colText)
 
         self.editButton.setStyleSheet(buttonStyle)
         self.searchButton.setStyleSheet(buttonStyle)
@@ -2750,9 +2746,9 @@ class GuiDocEditHeader(QWidget):
         theme rather than the main GUI.
         """
         thePalette = QPalette()
-        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.Window, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colBack))
-        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.WindowText, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colText))
-        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colText))
+        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.Window, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colBack))
+        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.WindowText, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colText))
+        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colText))
 
         self.setPalette(thePalette)
         self.theTitle.setPalette(thePalette)
@@ -2772,7 +2768,7 @@ class GuiDocEditHeader(QWidget):
             self.minmaxButton.setVisible(False)
             return True
 
-        pTree = self.mainGui.project.tree
+        pTree = SHARED.project.tree
         if CONFIG.showFullPath:
             tTitle = []
             tTree = pTree.getItemPath(tHandle)
@@ -2801,9 +2797,9 @@ class GuiDocEditHeader(QWidget):
         toggleFocusMode function and should not be activated directly.
         """
         if self.mainGui.isFocusMode:
-            self.minmaxButton.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("minimise"))
+            self.minmaxButton.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("minimise"))
         else:
-            self.minmaxButton.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("maximise"))
+            self.minmaxButton.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("maximise"))
         return
 
     ##
@@ -2876,13 +2872,13 @@ class GuiDocEditFooter(QWidget):
 
         self._docSelection = False
 
-        self.sPx = int(round(0.9*CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize))
-        fPx = int(0.9*CONFIG.theme.fontPixelSize)
+        self.sPx = int(round(0.9*SHARED.theme.baseIconSize))
+        fPx = int(0.9*SHARED.theme.fontPixelSize)
         bSp = CONFIG.pxInt(4)
         hSp = CONFIG.pxInt(6)
 
         lblFont = self.font()
-        lblFont.setPointSizeF(0.9*CONFIG.theme.fontPointSize)
+        lblFont.setPointSizeF(0.9*SHARED.theme.fontPointSize)
 
         # Main Widget Settings
         self.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
@@ -2969,8 +2965,8 @@ class GuiDocEditFooter(QWidget):
     def updateTheme(self):
         """Update theme elements.
         """
-        self.linesIcon.setPixmap(CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("status_lines", (self.sPx, self.sPx)))
-        self.wordsIcon.setPixmap(CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("status_stats", (self.sPx, self.sPx)))
+        self.linesIcon.setPixmap(SHARED.theme.getPixmap("status_lines", (self.sPx, self.sPx)))
+        self.wordsIcon.setPixmap(SHARED.theme.getPixmap("status_stats", (self.sPx, self.sPx)))
 
         self.matchColours()
 
@@ -2981,9 +2977,9 @@ class GuiDocEditFooter(QWidget):
         theme rather than the main GUI.
         """
         thePalette = QPalette()
-        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.Window, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colBack))
-        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.WindowText, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colText))
-        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colText))
+        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.Window, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colBack))
+        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.WindowText, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colText))
+        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colText))
 
         self.setPalette(thePalette)
         self.statusText.setPalette(thePalette)
@@ -3000,7 +2996,7 @@ class GuiDocEditFooter(QWidget):
             logger.debug("No handle set, so clearing the editor footer")
             self._theItem = None
         else:
-            self._theItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[self._docHandle]
+            self._theItem = SHARED.project.tree[self._docHandle]
 
         self.setHasSelection(False)
         self.updateInfo()

novelwriter/gui/dochighlight.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtGui import (
     QColor, QTextCharFormat, QFont, QSyntaxHighlighter, QBrush
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.common import checkInt
 from novelwriter.constants import nwRegEx, nwUnicode
 
@@ -46,14 +46,13 @@ class GuiDocHighlighter(QSyntaxHighlighter):
     BLOCK_META  = 2
     BLOCK_TITLE = 4
 
-    def __init__(self, theDoc, mainGui, spEnchant):
+    def __init__(self, theDoc, spEnchant):
         super().__init__(theDoc)
 
         logger.debug("Create: GuiDocHighlighter")
 
         self.theDoc     = theDoc
         self.spEnchant  = spEnchant
-        self.mainGui    = mainGui
         self.theHandle  = None
         self.spellCheck = False
         self.spellRx    = None
@@ -85,24 +84,24 @@ class GuiDocHighlighter(QSyntaxHighlighter):
         """
         logger.debug("Setting up highlighting rules")
 
-        self.colHead   = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colHead)
-        self.colHeadH  = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colHeadH)
-        self.colDialN  = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colDialN)
-        self.colDialD  = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colDialD)
-        self.colDialS  = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colDialS)
-        self.colHidden = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colHidden)
-        self.colKey    = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colKey)
-        self.colVal    = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colVal)
-        self.colSpell  = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colSpell)
-        self.colError  = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colError)
-        self.colRepTag = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colRepTag)
-        self.colMod    = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colMod)
-        self.colBreak  = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colEmph)
+        self.colHead   = QColor(*SHARED.theme.colHead)
+        self.colHeadH  = QColor(*SHARED.theme.colHeadH)
+        self.colDialN  = QColor(*SHARED.theme.colDialN)
+        self.colDialD  = QColor(*SHARED.theme.colDialD)
+        self.colDialS  = QColor(*SHARED.theme.colDialS)
+        self.colHidden = QColor(*SHARED.theme.colHidden)
+        self.colKey    = QColor(*SHARED.theme.colKey)
+        self.colVal    = QColor(*SHARED.theme.colVal)
+        self.colSpell  = QColor(*SHARED.theme.colSpell)
+        self.colError  = QColor(*SHARED.theme.colError)
+        self.colRepTag = QColor(*SHARED.theme.colRepTag)
+        self.colMod    = QColor(*SHARED.theme.colMod)
+        self.colBreak  = QColor(*SHARED.theme.colEmph)
         self.colBreak.setAlpha(64)
 
         self.colEmph = None
         if CONFIG.highlightEmph:
-            self.colEmph = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colEmph)
+            self.colEmph = QColor(*SHARED.theme.colEmph)
 
         self.hStyles = {
             "header1":   self._makeFormat(self.colHead, "bold", 1.8),
@@ -285,8 +284,8 @@ class GuiDocHighlighter(QSyntaxHighlighter):
 
         if theText.startswith("@"):  # Keywords and commands
             self.setCurrentBlockState(self.BLOCK_META)
-            pIndex = self.mainGui.project.index
-            tItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[self.theHandle]
+            pIndex = SHARED.project.index
+            tItem = SHARED.project.tree[self.theHandle]
             isValid, theBits, thePos = pIndex.scanThis(theText)
             isGood = pIndex.checkThese(theBits, tItem)
             if isValid:

novelwriter/gui/docviewer.py

@@ -30,22 +30,27 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import logging
 
 from enum import Enum
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QUrl, QSize, pyqtSlot, pyqtSignal
+from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot, QPoint, QSize, Qt, QUrl
 from PyQt5.QtGui import (
-    QTextOption, QFont, QPalette, QColor, QTextCursor, QIcon, QCursor
+    QColor, QCursor, QFont, QIcon, QMouseEvent, QPalette, QResizeEvent,
+    QTextCursor, QTextOption
 )
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
-    qApp, QTextBrowser, QWidget, QScrollArea, QLabel, QHBoxLayout, QToolButton,
-    QAction, QMenu, QFrame
+    QAction, qApp, QFrame, QHBoxLayout, QLabel, QMenu, QScrollArea,
+    QTextBrowser, QToolButton, QWidget
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.enum import nwItemType, nwDocAction, nwDocMode
 from novelwriter.error import logException
 from novelwriter.constants import nwUnicode
 from novelwriter.core.tohtml import ToHtml
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
+    from novelwriter.guimain import GuiMain
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -53,7 +58,7 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
 
     loadDocumentTagRequest = pyqtSignal(str, Enum)
 
-    def __init__(self, mainGui):
+    def __init__(self, mainGui: GuiMain) -> None:
         super().__init__(parent=mainGui)
 
         logger.debug("Create: GuiDocViewer")
@@ -90,25 +95,43 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
 
         return
 
-    def clearViewer(self):
-        """Clear the content of the document and reset key variables.
-        """
+    ##
+    #  Properties
+    ##
+
+    @property
+    def docHandle(self) -> str | None:
+        """Return the handle of the currently open document."""
+        return self._docHandle
+
+    @property
+    def scrollPosition(self) -> int:
+        """Return the scrollbar position."""
+        vBar = self.verticalScrollBar()
+        if vBar.isVisible():
+            return vBar.value()
+        return 0
+
+    ##
+    #  Methods
+    ##
+
+    def clearViewer(self) -> None:
+        """Clear the content of the document and reset key variables."""
         self.clear()
         self.setSearchPaths([""])
         self._docHandle = None
         self.docHeader.setTitleFromHandle(self._docHandle)
-        return True
+        return
 
-    def updateTheme(self):
-        """Update theme elements.
-        """
+    def updateTheme(self) -> None:
+        """Update theme elements."""
         self.docHeader.updateTheme()
         self.docFooter.updateTheme()
         return
 
-    def initViewer(self):
-        """Set editor settings from main config.
-        """
+    def initViewer(self) -> None:
+        """Set editor settings from main config."""
         self._makeStyleSheet()
 
         # Set Font
@@ -119,14 +142,14 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
 
         # Set the widget colours to match syntax theme
         mainPalette = self.palette()
-        mainPalette.setColor(QPalette.Window, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colBack))
-        mainPalette.setColor(QPalette.Base, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colBack))
-        mainPalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colText))
+        mainPalette.setColor(QPalette.Window, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colBack))
+        mainPalette.setColor(QPalette.Base, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colBack))
+        mainPalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colText))
         self.setPalette(mainPalette)
 
         docPalette = self.viewport().palette()
-        docPalette.setColor(QPalette.Base, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colBack))
-        docPalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colText))
+        docPalette.setColor(QPalette.Base, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colBack))
+        docPalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colText))
         self.viewport().setPalette(docPalette)
 
         self.docHeader.matchColours()
@@ -157,12 +180,11 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
         if self._docHandle is not None:
             self.reloadText()
 
-        return True
+        return
 
-    def loadText(self, tHandle, updateHistory=True):
-        """Load text into the viewer from an item handle.
-        """
-        if not self.mainGui.project.tree.checkType(tHandle, nwItemType.FILE):
+    def loadText(self, tHandle: str, updateHistory: bool = True) -> bool:
+        """Load text into the viewer from an item handle."""
+        if not SHARED.project.tree.checkType(tHandle, nwItemType.FILE):
             logger.warning("Item not found")
             return False
 
@@ -170,7 +192,7 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
         qApp.setOverrideCursor(QCursor(Qt.WaitCursor))
 
         sPos = self.verticalScrollBar().value()
-        aDoc = ToHtml(self.mainGui.project)
+        aDoc = ToHtml(SHARED.project)
         aDoc.setPreview(CONFIG.viewComments, CONFIG.viewSynopsis)
         aDoc.setLinkHeaders(True)
 
@@ -210,7 +232,7 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
             self.verticalScrollBar().setValue(sPos)
 
         self._docHandle = tHandle
-        self.mainGui.project.data.setLastHandle(tHandle, "viewer")
+        SHARED.project.data.setLastHandle(tHandle, "viewer")
         self.docHeader.setTitleFromHandle(self._docHandle)
         self.updateDocMargins()
 
@@ -224,23 +246,20 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
 
         return True
 
-    def reloadText(self):
-        """Reload the text in the current document.
-        """
-        self.loadText(self._docHandle, updateHistory=False)
+    def reloadText(self) -> None:
+        """Reload the text in the current document."""
+        if self._docHandle:
+            self.loadText(self._docHandle, updateHistory=False)
         return
 
-    def redrawText(self):
-        """Redraw the text by marking the document content as "dirty".
-        """
+    def redrawText(self) -> None:
+        """Redraw the text by marking the content as "dirty"."""
         self.document().markContentsDirty(0, self.document().characterCount())
         self.updateDocMargins()
         return
 
-    def docAction(self, theAction):
-        """Wrapper function for various document actions on the current
-        document.
-        """
+    def docAction(self, theAction: nwDocAction) -> bool:
+        """Process document actions on the current document."""
         logger.debug("Requesting action: '%s'", theAction.name)
         if self._docHandle is None:
             logger.error("No document open")
@@ -258,9 +277,8 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
             return False
         return True
 
-    def navigateTo(self, tAnchor):
-        """Go to a specific #link in the document.
-        """
+    def navigateTo(self, tAnchor: str) -> bool:
+        """Go to a specific #link in the document."""
         if not isinstance(tAnchor, str):
             return False
         if tAnchor.startswith("#"):
@@ -268,27 +286,13 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
             self.setSource(QUrl(tAnchor))
         return True
 
-    def navBackward(self):
-        """Navigate backwards in the document view history.
-        """
-        self.docHistory.backward()
-        return
-
-    def navForward(self):
-        """Navigate forwards in the document view history.
-        """
-        self.docHistory.forward()
-        return
-
-    def clearNavHistory(self):
-        """Clear the navigation history.
-        """
+    def clearNavHistory(self) -> None:
+        """Clear the navigation history."""
         self.docHistory.clear()
         return
 
-    def updateDocMargins(self):
-        """Automatically adjust the margins so the text is centred.
-        """
+    def updateDocMargins(self) -> None:
+        """Automatically adjust the margins so the text is centred."""
         wW = self.width()
         wH = self.height()
         cM = CONFIG.getTextMargin()
@@ -320,41 +324,20 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
     #  Setters
     ##
 
-    def setScrollPosition(self, thePos):
-        """Set the scrollbar position.
-        """
+    def setScrollPosition(self, pos: int) -> None:
+        """Set the scrollbar position."""
         vBar = self.verticalScrollBar()
         if vBar.isVisible():
-            vBar.setValue(thePos)
+            vBar.setValue(pos)
         return
 
-    ##
-    #  Getters
-    ##
-
-    def docHandle(self):
-        """Return the handle of the currently open document. Returns
-        None if no document is open.
-        """
-        return self._docHandle
-
-    def getScrollPosition(self):
-        """Get the scrollbar position. Returns 0 if no scrollbar.
-        """
-        vBar = self.verticalScrollBar()
-        if vBar.isVisible():
-            return vBar.value()
-        return 0
-
     ##
     #  Public Slots
     ##
 
     @pyqtSlot(str)
-    def updateDocInfo(self, tHandle):
-        """Called when an item label is changed to check if the document
-        title bar needs updating,
-        """
+    def updateDocInfo(self, tHandle: str) -> None:
+        """Update the header titlebar if needed."""
         if tHandle == self._docHandle:
             self.docHeader.setTitleFromHandle(self._docHandle)
             self.updateDocMargins()
@@ -364,11 +347,22 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
     #  Private Slots
     ##
 
+    @pyqtSlot()
+    def navBackward(self) -> None:
+        """Navigate backwards in the document view history."""
+        self.docHistory.backward()
+        return
+
+    @pyqtSlot()
+    def navForward(self) -> None:
+        """Navigate forwards in the document view history."""
+        self.docHistory.forward()
+        return
+
     @pyqtSlot("QUrl")
-    def _linkClicked(self, theURL):
-        """Process a clicked link internally in the document.
-        """
-        theLink = theURL.url()
+    def _linkClicked(self, url: QUrl) -> None:
+        """Process a clicked link internally in the document."""
+        theLink = url.url()
         logger.debug("Clicked link: '%s'", theLink)
         if len(theLink) > 0:
             theBits = theLink.split("=")
@@ -377,9 +371,8 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
         return
 
     @pyqtSlot("QPoint")
-    def _openContextMenu(self, thePos):
-        """Triggered by right click to open the context menu.
-        """
+    def _openContextMenu(self, point: QPoint) -> None:
+        """Open context menu at location."""
         userCursor = self.textCursor()
         userSelection = userCursor.hasSelection()
 
@@ -404,18 +397,18 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
 
         mnuSelWord = QAction(self.tr("Select Word"), mnuContext)
         mnuSelWord.triggered.connect(
-            lambda: self._makePosSelection(QTextCursor.WordUnderCursor, thePos)
+            lambda: self._makePosSelection(QTextCursor.WordUnderCursor, point)
         )
         mnuContext.addAction(mnuSelWord)
 
         mnuSelPara = QAction(self.tr("Select Paragraph"), mnuContext)
         mnuSelPara.triggered.connect(
-            lambda: self._makePosSelection(QTextCursor.BlockUnderCursor, thePos)
+            lambda: self._makePosSelection(QTextCursor.BlockUnderCursor, point)
         )
         mnuContext.addAction(mnuSelPara)
 
         # Open the context menu
-        mnuContext.exec_(self.viewport().mapToGlobal(thePos))
+        mnuContext.exec_(self.viewport().mapToGlobal(point))
 
         return
 
@@ -423,37 +416,33 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
     #  Events
     ##
 
-    def resizeEvent(self, theEvent):
-        """If the text editor is resized, we must make sure the document
-        has its margins adjusted according to user preferences.
-        """
+    def resizeEvent(self, event: QResizeEvent) -> None:
+        """Update document margins when widget is resized."""
         self.updateDocMargins()
-        super().resizeEvent(theEvent)
+        super().resizeEvent(event)
         return
 
-    def mouseReleaseEvent(self, theEvent):
-        """Capture mouse click events on the document.
-        """
-        if theEvent.button() == Qt.BackButton:
+    def mouseReleaseEvent(self, event: QMouseEvent) -> None:
+        """Capture mouse click events on the document."""
+        if event.button() == Qt.BackButton:
             self.navBackward()
-        elif theEvent.button() == Qt.ForwardButton:
+        elif event.button() == Qt.ForwardButton:
             self.navForward()
         else:
-            super().mouseReleaseEvent(theEvent)
+            super().mouseReleaseEvent(event)
         return
 
     ##
     #  Internal Functions
     ##
 
-    def _makeSelection(self, selMode):
-        """Wrapper function to select text based on a selection mode.
-        """
+    def _makeSelection(self, selType: QTextCursor.SelectionType) -> None:
+        """Handle select of text based on a selection mode."""
         theCursor = self.textCursor()
         theCursor.clearSelection()
-        theCursor.select(selMode)
+        theCursor.select(selType)
 
-        if selMode == QTextCursor.BlockUnderCursor:
+        if selType == QTextCursor.BlockUnderCursor:
             # This selection mode also selects the preceding paragraph
             # separator, which we want to avoid.
             posS = theCursor.selectionStart()
@@ -467,19 +456,18 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
 
         return
 
-    def _makePosSelection(self, selMode, thePos):
-        """Wrapper function to select text based on selection mode, but
-        first move cursor to given position.
-        """
-        theCursor = self.cursorForPosition(thePos)
+    def _makePosSelection(self, selType: QTextCursor.SelectionType, pos: QPoint) -> None:
+        """Handle text selection at a given location."""
+        theCursor = self.cursorForPosition(pos)
         self.setTextCursor(theCursor)
-        self._makeSelection(selMode)
+        self._makeSelection(selType)
         return
 
-    def _makeStyleSheet(self):
+    def _makeStyleSheet(self) -> None:
         """Generate an appropriate style sheet for the document viewer,
         based on the current syntax highlighter theme,
         """
+        pTheme = SHARED.theme
         styleSheet = (
             "body {{"
             "  color: rgb({tColR}, {tColG}, {tColB});"
@@ -506,31 +494,31 @@ class GuiDocViewer(QTextBrowser):
             "  text-align: center;"
             "}}\n"
         ).format(
-            tColR=CONFIG.theme.colText[0],
-            tColG=CONFIG.theme.colText[1],
-            tColB=CONFIG.theme.colText[2],
-            hColR=CONFIG.theme.colHead[0],
-            hColG=CONFIG.theme.colHead[1],
-            hColB=CONFIG.theme.colHead[2],
-            aColR=CONFIG.theme.colVal[0],
-            aColG=CONFIG.theme.colVal[1],
-            aColB=CONFIG.theme.colVal[2],
-            eColR=CONFIG.theme.colEmph[0],
-            eColG=CONFIG.theme.colEmph[1],
-            eColB=CONFIG.theme.colEmph[2],
-            kColR=CONFIG.theme.colKey[0],
-            kColG=CONFIG.theme.colKey[1],
-            kColB=CONFIG.theme.colKey[2],
-            cColR=CONFIG.theme.colHidden[0],
-            cColG=CONFIG.theme.colHidden[1],
-            cColB=CONFIG.theme.colHidden[2],
-            mColR=CONFIG.theme.colMod[0],
-            mColG=CONFIG.theme.colMod[1],
-            mColB=CONFIG.theme.colMod[2],
+            tColR=pTheme.colText[0],
+            tColG=pTheme.colText[1],
+            tColB=pTheme.colText[2],
+            hColR=pTheme.colHead[0],
+            hColG=pTheme.colHead[1],
+            hColB=pTheme.colHead[2],
+            aColR=pTheme.colVal[0],
+            aColG=pTheme.colVal[1],
+            aColB=pTheme.colVal[2],
+            eColR=pTheme.colEmph[0],
+            eColG=pTheme.colEmph[1],
+            eColB=pTheme.colEmph[2],
+            kColR=pTheme.colKey[0],
+            kColG=pTheme.colKey[1],
+            kColB=pTheme.colKey[2],
+            cColR=pTheme.colHidden[0],
+            cColG=pTheme.colHidden[1],
+            cColB=pTheme.colHidden[2],
+            mColR=pTheme.colMod[0],
+            mColG=pTheme.colMod[1],
+            mColB=pTheme.colMod[2],
         )
         self.document().setDefaultStyleSheet(styleSheet)
 
-        return True
+        return
 
 # END Class GuiDocViewer
 
@@ -628,7 +616,7 @@ class GuiDocViewHistory:
         """Update the scrollbar position of the previous entry.
         """
         if self._prevPos >= 0 and self._prevPos < len(self._posHistory):
-            self._posHistory[self._prevPos] = self.docViewer.getScrollPosition()
+            self._posHistory[self._prevPos] = self.docViewer.scrollPosition
         return
 
     def _updateNavButtons(self):
@@ -685,7 +673,7 @@ class GuiDocViewHeader(QWidget):
         # Internal Variables
         self._docHandle = None
 
-        fPx = int(0.9*CONFIG.theme.fontPixelSize)
+        fPx = int(0.9*SHARED.theme.fontPixelSize)
         hSp = CONFIG.pxInt(6)
 
         # Main Widget Settings
@@ -702,7 +690,7 @@ class GuiDocViewHeader(QWidget):
         self.theTitle.setFixedHeight(fPx)
 
         lblFont = self.theTitle.font()
-        lblFont.setPointSizeF(0.9*CONFIG.theme.fontPointSize)
+        lblFont.setPointSizeF(0.9*SHARED.theme.fontPointSize)
         self.theTitle.setFont(lblFont)
 
         # Buttons
@@ -773,15 +761,15 @@ class GuiDocViewHeader(QWidget):
     def updateTheme(self):
         """Update theme elements.
         """
-        self.backButton.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("backward"))
-        self.forwardButton.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("forward"))
-        self.refreshButton.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("refresh"))
-        self.closeButton.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("close"))
+        self.backButton.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("backward"))
+        self.forwardButton.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("forward"))
+        self.refreshButton.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("refresh"))
+        self.closeButton.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("close"))
 
         buttonStyle = (
             "QToolButton {{border: none; background: transparent;}} "
             "QToolButton:hover {{border: none; background: rgba({0},{1},{2},0.2);}}"
-        ).format(*CONFIG.theme.colText)
+        ).format(*SHARED.theme.colText)
 
         self.backButton.setStyleSheet(buttonStyle)
         self.forwardButton.setStyleSheet(buttonStyle)
@@ -797,9 +785,9 @@ class GuiDocViewHeader(QWidget):
         theme rather than the main GUI.
         """
         thePalette = QPalette()
-        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.Window, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colBack))
-        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.WindowText, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colText))
-        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colText))
+        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.Window, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colBack))
+        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.WindowText, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colText))
+        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colText))
 
         self.setPalette(thePalette)
         self.theTitle.setPalette(thePalette)
@@ -819,7 +807,7 @@ class GuiDocViewHeader(QWidget):
             self.refreshButton.setVisible(False)
             return True
 
-        pTree = self.mainGui.project.tree
+        pTree = SHARED.project.tree
         if CONFIG.showFullPath:
             tTitle = []
             tTree = pTree.getItemPath(tHandle)
@@ -864,7 +852,7 @@ class GuiDocViewHeader(QWidget):
     def _refreshDocument(self):
         """Reload the content of the document.
         """
-        if self.docViewer.docHandle() == self.mainGui.docEditor.docHandle():
+        if self.docViewer.docHandle == self.mainGui.docEditor.docHandle:
             self.mainGui.saveDocument()
         self.docViewer.reloadText()
         return
@@ -902,7 +890,7 @@ class GuiDocViewFooter(QWidget):
         # Internal Variables
         self._docHandle = None
 
-        fPx = int(0.9*CONFIG.theme.fontPixelSize)
+        fPx = int(0.9*SHARED.theme.fontPixelSize)
         bSp = CONFIG.pxInt(2)
         hSp = CONFIG.pxInt(8)
 
@@ -987,7 +975,7 @@ class GuiDocViewFooter(QWidget):
         self.lblSynopsis.setAlignment(Qt.AlignLeft | Qt.AlignTop)
 
         lblFont = self.font()
-        lblFont.setPointSizeF(0.9*CONFIG.theme.fontPointSize)
+        lblFont.setPointSizeF(0.9*SHARED.theme.fontPointSize)
         self.lblRefs.setFont(lblFont)
         self.lblSticky.setFont(lblFont)
         self.lblComments.setFont(lblFont)
@@ -1032,21 +1020,21 @@ class GuiDocViewFooter(QWidget):
         """
         # Icons
 
-        fPx = int(0.9*CONFIG.theme.fontPixelSize)
+        fPx = int(0.9*SHARED.theme.fontPixelSize)
 
-        stickyOn  = CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("sticky-on", (fPx, fPx))
-        stickyOff = CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("sticky-off", (fPx, fPx))
+        stickyOn  = SHARED.theme.getPixmap("sticky-on", (fPx, fPx))
+        stickyOff = SHARED.theme.getPixmap("sticky-off", (fPx, fPx))
         stickyIcon = QIcon()
         stickyIcon.addPixmap(stickyOn, QIcon.Normal, QIcon.On)
         stickyIcon.addPixmap(stickyOff, QIcon.Normal, QIcon.Off)
 
-        bulletOn  = CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("bullet-on", (fPx, fPx))
-        bulletOff = CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("bullet-off", (fPx, fPx))
+        bulletOn  = SHARED.theme.getPixmap("bullet-on", (fPx, fPx))
+        bulletOff = SHARED.theme.getPixmap("bullet-off", (fPx, fPx))
         bulletIcon = QIcon()
         bulletIcon.addPixmap(bulletOn, QIcon.Normal, QIcon.On)
         bulletIcon.addPixmap(bulletOff, QIcon.Normal, QIcon.Off)
 
-        self.showHide.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("reference"))
+        self.showHide.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("reference"))
         self.stickyRefs.setIcon(stickyIcon)
         self.showComments.setIcon(bulletIcon)
         self.showSynopsis.setIcon(bulletIcon)
@@ -1056,7 +1044,7 @@ class GuiDocViewFooter(QWidget):
         buttonStyle = (
             "QToolButton {{border: none; background: transparent;}} "
             "QToolButton:hover {{border: none; background: rgba({0},{1},{2},0.2);}}"
-        ).format(*CONFIG.theme.colText)
+        ).format(*SHARED.theme.colText)
 
         self.showHide.setStyleSheet(buttonStyle)
         self.stickyRefs.setStyleSheet(buttonStyle)
@@ -1072,9 +1060,9 @@ class GuiDocViewFooter(QWidget):
         theme rather than the main GUI.
         """
         thePalette = QPalette()
-        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.Window, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colBack))
-        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.WindowText, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colText))
-        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colText))
+        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.Window, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colBack))
+        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.WindowText, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colText))
+        thePalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(*SHARED.theme.colText))
 
         self.setPalette(thePalette)
         self.lblRefs.setPalette(thePalette)
@@ -1102,8 +1090,8 @@ class GuiDocViewFooter(QWidget):
         """
         logger.debug("Reference sticky is %s", str(theState))
         self.docViewer.stickyRef = theState
-        if not theState and self.docViewer.docHandle() is not None:
-            self.viewMeta.refreshReferences(self.docViewer.docHandle())
+        if not theState and self.docViewer.docHandle is not None:
+            self.viewMeta.refreshReferences(self.docViewer.docHandle)
         return
 
     @pyqtSlot(bool)
@@ -1145,7 +1133,7 @@ class GuiDocViewDetails(QScrollArea):
         self.refList.setScaledContents(True)
         self.refList.linkActivated.connect(self._linkClicked)
 
-        self.linkStyle = "style='color: rgb({0},{1},{2})'".format(*CONFIG.theme.colLink)
+        self.linkStyle = "style='color: rgb({0},{1},{2})'".format(*SHARED.theme.colLink)
 
         # Assemble
         self.outerWidget = QWidget()
@@ -1172,10 +1160,10 @@ class GuiDocViewDetails(QScrollArea):
         if self.mainGui.docViewer.stickyRef:
             return
 
-        theRefs = self.mainGui.project.index.getBackReferenceList(tHandle)
+        theRefs = SHARED.project.index.getBackReferenceList(tHandle)
         theList = []
         for tHandle in theRefs:
-            tItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+            tItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
             if tItem is not None:
                 theList.append("<a href='%s#%s' %s>%s</a>" % (
                     tHandle, theRefs[tHandle], self.linkStyle, tItem.itemName

novelwriter/gui/itemdetails.py

@@ -25,25 +25,28 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
 
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QFont
 from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, pyqtSlot
-from PyQt5.QtGui import QFont, QPixmap
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget, QGridLayout, QLabel
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.constants import trConst, nwLabels
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
+    from novelwriter.guimain import GuiMain
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class GuiItemDetails(QWidget):
 
-    def __init__(self, mainGui):
+    def __init__(self, mainGui: GuiMain) -> None:
         super().__init__(parent=mainGui)
 
         logger.debug("Create: GuiItemDetails")
 
-        self.mainGui = mainGui
-
         # Internal Variables
         self._itemHandle  = None
 
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ class GuiItemDetails(QWidget):
         hSp = CONFIG.pxInt(6)
         vSp = CONFIG.pxInt(1)
         mPx = CONFIG.pxInt(6)
-        fPt = CONFIG.theme.fontPointSize
+        fPt = SHARED.theme.fontPointSize
 
         fntLabel = QFont()
         fntLabel.setBold(True)
@@ -176,8 +179,8 @@ class GuiItemDetails(QWidget):
         self.updateTheme()
 
         # Make sure the columns for flags and counts don't resize too often
-        flagWidth  = CONFIG.theme.getTextWidth("Mm", fntValue)
-        countWidth = CONFIG.theme.getTextWidth("99,999", fntValue)
+        flagWidth  = SHARED.theme.getTextWidth("Mm", fntValue)
+        countWidth = SHARED.theme.getTextWidth("99,999", fntValue)
         self.mainBox.setColumnMinimumWidth(1, flagWidth)
         self.mainBox.setColumnMinimumWidth(4, countWidth)
 
@@ -189,35 +192,28 @@ class GuiItemDetails(QWidget):
     #  Class Methods
     ##
 
-    def clearDetails(self):
-        """Clear all the data values.
-        """
+    def clearDetails(self) -> None:
+        """Clear all the data values."""
         self._itemHandle = None
-
-        self.labelIcon.setPixmap(QPixmap(1, 1))
-        self.statusIcon.setPixmap(QPixmap(1, 1))
-        self.classIcon.setText("")
-        self.usageIcon.setText("")
-
-        self.labelData.setText("–")
-        self.statusData.setText("–")
-        self.classData.setText("–")
-        self.usageData.setText("–")
-
-        self.cCountData.setText("–")
-        self.wCountData.setText("–")
-        self.pCountData.setText("–")
-
+        self.labelIcon.clear()
+        self.labelData.clear()
+        self.statusIcon.clear()
+        self.statusData.clear()
+        self.classIcon.clear()
+        self.classData.clear()
+        self.usageIcon.clear()
+        self.usageData.clear()
+        self.cCountData.clear()
+        self.wCountData.clear()
+        self.pCountData.clear()
         return
 
-    def refreshDetails(self):
-        """Reload the content of the details panel.
-        """
+    def refreshDetails(self) -> None:
+        """Reload the content of the details panel."""
         self.updateViewBox(self._itemHandle)
 
-    def updateTheme(self):
-        """Update theme elements.
-        """
+    def updateTheme(self) -> None:
+        """Update theme elements."""
         self.updateViewBox(self._itemHandle)
         return
 
@@ -226,20 +222,19 @@ class GuiItemDetails(QWidget):
     ##
 
     @pyqtSlot(str)
-    def updateViewBox(self, tHandle):
-        """Populate the details box from a given handle.
-        """
+    def updateViewBox(self, tHandle: str) -> None:
+        """Populate the details box from a given handle."""
         if tHandle is None:
             self.clearDetails()
             return
 
-        nwItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        nwItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         if nwItem is None:
             self.clearDetails()
             return
 
         self._itemHandle = tHandle
-        iPx = int(round(0.8*CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize))
+        iPx = int(round(0.8*SHARED.theme.baseIconSize))
 
         # Label
         # =====
@@ -250,11 +245,11 @@ class GuiItemDetails(QWidget):
 
         if nwItem.isFileType():
             if nwItem.isActive:
-                self.labelIcon.setPixmap(CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("checked", (iPx, iPx)))
+                self.labelIcon.setPixmap(SHARED.theme.getPixmap("checked", (iPx, iPx)))
             else:
-                self.labelIcon.setPixmap(CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("unchecked", (iPx, iPx)))
+                self.labelIcon.setPixmap(SHARED.theme.getPixmap("unchecked", (iPx, iPx)))
         else:
-            self.labelIcon.setPixmap(CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("noncheckable", (iPx, iPx)))
+            self.labelIcon.setPixmap(SHARED.theme.getPixmap("noncheckable", (iPx, iPx)))
 
         self.labelData.setText(theLabel)
 
@@ -268,14 +263,14 @@ class GuiItemDetails(QWidget):
         # Class
         # =====
 
-        classIcon = CONFIG.theme.getIcon(nwLabels.CLASS_ICON[nwItem.itemClass])
+        classIcon = SHARED.theme.getIcon(nwLabels.CLASS_ICON[nwItem.itemClass])
         self.classIcon.setPixmap(classIcon.pixmap(iPx, iPx))
         self.classData.setText(trConst(nwLabels.CLASS_NAME[nwItem.itemClass]))
 
         # Layout
         # ======
 
-        usageIcon = CONFIG.theme.getItemIcon(
+        usageIcon = SHARED.theme.getItemIcon(
             nwItem.itemType, nwItem.itemClass, nwItem.itemLayout, nwItem.mainHeading
         )
         self.usageIcon.setPixmap(usageIcon.pixmap(iPx, iPx))
@@ -296,7 +291,7 @@ class GuiItemDetails(QWidget):
         return
 
     @pyqtSlot(str, int, int, int)
-    def updateCounts(self, tHandle, cC, wC, pC):
+    def updateCounts(self, tHandle: str, cC: int, wC: int, pC: int) -> None:
         """Update the counts if the handle is the same as the one we're
         already showing. Otherwise, do nothing.
         """
@@ -304,7 +299,6 @@ class GuiItemDetails(QWidget):
             self.cCountData.setText(f"{cC:n}")
             self.wCountData.setText(f"{wC:n}")
             self.pCountData.setText(f"{pC:n}")
-
         return
 
 # END Class GuiItemDetails

novelwriter/gui/mainmenu.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import QUrl
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QDesktopServices
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMenuBar, QAction
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.enum import nwDocAction, nwDocInsert, nwWidget
 from novelwriter.constants import nwConst, trConst, nwKeyWords, nwLabels, nwUnicode
 
@@ -349,13 +349,13 @@ class GuiMainMenu(QMenuBar):
         # View > Go Backward
         self.aViewPrev = QAction(self.tr("Navigate Backward"), self)
         self.aViewPrev.setShortcut("Alt+Left")
-        self.aViewPrev.triggered.connect(lambda: self.mainGui.docViewer.navBackward())
+        self.aViewPrev.triggered.connect(self.mainGui.docViewer.navBackward)
         self.viewMenu.addAction(self.aViewPrev)
 
         # View > Go Forward
         self.aViewNext = QAction(self.tr("Navigate Forward"), self)
         self.aViewNext.setShortcut("Alt+Right")
-        self.aViewNext.triggered.connect(lambda: self.mainGui.docViewer.navForward())
+        self.aViewNext.triggered.connect(self.mainGui.docViewer.navForward)
         self.viewMenu.addAction(self.aViewNext)
 
         # View > Separator
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ class GuiMainMenu(QMenuBar):
         # Tools > Check Spelling
         self.aSpellCheck = QAction(self.tr("Check Spelling"), self)
         self.aSpellCheck.setCheckable(True)
-        self.aSpellCheck.setChecked(self.mainGui.project.data.spellCheck)
+        self.aSpellCheck.setChecked(SHARED.project.data.spellCheck)
         self.aSpellCheck.triggered.connect(self._toggleSpellCheck)  # triggered, not toggled!
         self.aSpellCheck.setShortcut("Ctrl+F7")
         self.toolsMenu.addAction(self.aSpellCheck)
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ class GuiMainMenu(QMenuBar):
 
         # Tools > Backup Project
         self.aBackupProject = QAction(self.tr("Backup Project"), self)
-        self.aBackupProject.triggered.connect(lambda: self.mainGui.project.backupProject(True))
+        self.aBackupProject.triggered.connect(lambda: SHARED.project.backupProject(True))
         self.toolsMenu.addAction(self.aBackupProject)
 
         # Tools > Build Manuscript

novelwriter/gui/noveltree.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QTreeWidgetItem, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.enum import nwDocMode, nwItemClass, nwOutline
 from novelwriter.common import minmax
 from novelwriter.constants import nwHeaders, nwKeyWords, nwLabels, trConst
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class GuiNovelView(QWidget):
         self.novelTree.initSettings()
         return
 
-    def clearProject(self):
+    def clearNovelView(self):
         """Clear project-related GUI content.
         """
         self.novelTree.clearContent()
@@ -117,21 +117,20 @@ class GuiNovelView(QWidget):
     def openProjectTasks(self):
         """Run open project tasks.
         """
-        lastNovel = self.mainGui.project.data.getLastHandle("novelTree")
-        if lastNovel not in self.mainGui.project.tree:
-            lastNovel = self.mainGui.project.tree.findRoot(nwItemClass.NOVEL)
+        lastNovel = SHARED.project.data.getLastHandle("novelTree")
+        if lastNovel not in SHARED.project.tree:
+            lastNovel = SHARED.project.tree.findRoot(nwItemClass.NOVEL)
 
         logger.debug("Setting novel tree to root item '%s'", lastNovel)
 
-        lastCol = self.mainGui.project.options.getEnum(
+        lastCol = SHARED.project.options.getEnum(
             "GuiNovelView", "lastCol", NovelTreeColumn, NovelTreeColumn.HIDDEN
         )
-        lastColSize = self.mainGui.project.options.getInt(
+        lastColSize = SHARED.project.options.getInt(
             "GuiNovelView", "lastColSize", 25
         )
 
-        self.clearProject()
-
+        self.clearNovelView()
         self.novelBar.buildNovelRootMenu()
         self.novelBar.setLastColType(lastCol, doRefresh=False)
         self.novelBar.setCurrentRoot(lastNovel)
@@ -142,13 +141,13 @@ class GuiNovelView(QWidget):
         return
 
     def closeProjectTasks(self):
-        """Run closing project tasks.
-        """
+        """Run closing project tasks."""
         lastColType = self.novelTree.lastColType
         lastColSize = self.novelTree.lastColSize
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
         pOptions.setValue("GuiNovelView", "lastCol", lastColType)
         pOptions.setValue("GuiNovelView", "lastColSize", lastColSize)
+        self.clearNovelView()
         return
 
     def setTreeFocus(self):
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ class GuiNovelView(QWidget):
     def refreshTree(self):
         """Refresh the current tree.
         """
-        self.novelTree.refreshTree(rootHandle=self.mainGui.project.data.getLastHandle("novelTree"))
+        self.novelTree.refreshTree(rootHandle=SHARED.project.data.getLastHandle("novelTree"))
         return
 
     @pyqtSlot(str)
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@ class GuiNovelToolBar(QWidget):
         self.novelView = novelView
         self.mainGui   = novelView.mainGui
 
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
         mPx = CONFIG.pxInt(2)
 
         self.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ class GuiNovelToolBar(QWidget):
         selFont = self.font()
         selFont.setWeight(QFont.Bold)
         self.novelPrefix = self.tr("Outline of {0}")
-        self.novelValue = NovelSelector(self, self.mainGui)
+        self.novelValue = NovelSelector(self)
         self.novelValue.setFont(selFont)
         self.novelValue.setMinimumWidth(CONFIG.pxInt(150))
         self.novelValue.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Expanding)
@@ -274,9 +273,9 @@ class GuiNovelToolBar(QWidget):
         """Update theme elements.
         """
         # Icons
-        self.tbNovel.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("cls_novel"))
-        self.tbRefresh.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("refresh"))
-        self.tbMore.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("menu"))
+        self.tbNovel.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("cls_novel"))
+        self.tbRefresh.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("refresh"))
+        self.tbMore.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("menu"))
 
         qPalette = self.palette()
         qPalette.setBrush(QPalette.Window, qPalette.base())
@@ -345,7 +344,7 @@ class GuiNovelToolBar(QWidget):
     def _refreshNovelTree(self):
         """Rebuild the current tree.
         """
-        rootHandle = self.mainGui.project.data.getLastHandle("novelTree")
+        rootHandle = SHARED.project.data.getLastHandle("novelTree")
         self.novelView.novelTree.refreshTree(rootHandle=rootHandle, overRide=True)
         return
 
@@ -415,7 +414,7 @@ class GuiNovelTree(QTreeWidget):
         # Build GUI
         # =========
 
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
         cMg = CONFIG.pxInt(6)
 
         self.setIconSize(QSize(iPx, iPx))
@@ -481,8 +480,8 @@ class GuiNovelTree(QTreeWidget):
     def updateTheme(self):
         """Update theme elements.
         """
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
-        self._pMore = CONFIG.theme.loadDecoration("deco_doc_more", pxH=iPx)
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
+        self._pMore = SHARED.theme.loadDecoration("deco_doc_more", pxH=iPx)
         return
 
     ##
@@ -514,10 +513,10 @@ class GuiNovelTree(QTreeWidget):
         """
         logger.debug("Requesting refresh of the novel tree")
         if rootHandle is None:
-            rootHandle = self.mainGui.project.tree.findRoot(nwItemClass.NOVEL)
+            rootHandle = SHARED.project.tree.findRoot(nwItemClass.NOVEL)
 
         treeChanged = self.mainGui.projView.changedSince(self._lastBuild)
-        indexChanged = self.mainGui.project.index.rootChangedSince(rootHandle, self._lastBuild)
+        indexChanged = SHARED.project.index.rootChangedSince(rootHandle, self._lastBuild)
         if not (treeChanged or indexChanged or overRide):
             logger.debug("No changes have been made to the novel index")
             return
@@ -528,7 +527,7 @@ class GuiNovelTree(QTreeWidget):
             titleKey = selItem[0].data(self.C_DATA, self.D_KEY)
 
         self._populateTree(rootHandle)
-        self.mainGui.project.data.setLastHandle(rootHandle, "novelTree")
+        SHARED.project.data.setLastHandle(rootHandle, "novelTree")
 
         if titleKey is not None and titleKey in self._treeMap:
             self._treeMap[titleKey].setSelected(True)
@@ -538,7 +537,7 @@ class GuiNovelTree(QTreeWidget):
     def refreshHandle(self, tHandle):
         """Refresh the data for a given handle.
         """
-        idxData = self.mainGui.project.index.getItemData(tHandle)
+        idxData = SHARED.project.index.getItemData(tHandle)
         if idxData is None:
             return
 
@@ -575,7 +574,7 @@ class GuiNovelTree(QTreeWidget):
             self._lastCol = colType
             self.setColumnHidden(self.C_EXTRA, colType == NovelTreeColumn.HIDDEN)
             if doRefresh:
-                lastNovel = self.mainGui.project.data.getLastHandle("novelTree")
+                lastNovel = SHARED.project.data.getLastHandle("novelTree")
                 self.refreshTree(rootHandle=lastNovel, overRide=True)
         return
 
@@ -707,7 +706,7 @@ class GuiNovelTree(QTreeWidget):
         tStart = time()
         logger.debug("Building novel tree for root item '%s'", rootHandle)
 
-        novStruct = self.mainGui.project.index.novelStructure(rootHandle=rootHandle, skipExcl=True)
+        novStruct = SHARED.project.index.novelStructure(rootHandle=rootHandle, skipExcl=True)
         for tKey, tHandle, sTitle, novIdx in novStruct:
             if novIdx.level == "H0":
                 continue
@@ -733,7 +732,7 @@ class GuiNovelTree(QTreeWidget):
         """Set the tree item values from the index entry.
         """
         iLevel = nwHeaders.H_LEVEL.get(idxItem.level, 0)
-        hDec = CONFIG.theme.getHeaderDecoration(iLevel)
+        hDec = SHARED.theme.getHeaderDecoration(iLevel)
 
         trItem.setData(self.C_TITLE, Qt.DecorationRole, hDec)
         trItem.setText(self.C_TITLE, idxItem.title)
@@ -759,7 +758,7 @@ class GuiNovelTree(QTreeWidget):
 
         refData = []
         refName = ""
-        theRefs = self.mainGui.project.index.getReferences(tHandle, sTitle)
+        theRefs = SHARED.project.index.getReferences(tHandle, sTitle)
         if self._lastCol == NovelTreeColumn.POV:
             refData = theRefs[nwKeyWords.POV_KEY]
             refName = self._povLabel
@@ -783,7 +782,7 @@ class GuiNovelTree(QTreeWidget):
         """
         logger.debug("Generating meta data tooltip for '%s:%s'", tHandle, sTitle)
 
-        pIndex = self.mainGui.project.index
+        pIndex = SHARED.project.index
         novIdx = pIndex.getItemHeader(tHandle, sTitle)
         refTags = pIndex.getReferences(tHandle, sTitle)
 

novelwriter/gui/outline.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QTreeWidget, QTreeWidgetItem, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.enum import (
     nwDocMode, nwItemClass, nwItemLayout, nwItemType, nwOutline
 )
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ class GuiOutlineView(QWidget):
     def __init__(self, mainGui):
         super().__init__(parent=mainGui)
 
-        self.mainGui = mainGui
-
         # Build GUI
         self.outlineTree = GuiOutlineTree(self)
         self.outlineData = GuiOutlineDetails(self)
@@ -117,10 +115,10 @@ class GuiOutlineView(QWidget):
     def refreshTree(self):
         """Refresh the current tree.
         """
-        self.outlineTree.refreshTree(rootHandle=self.mainGui.project.data.getLastHandle("outline"))
+        self.outlineTree.refreshTree(rootHandle=SHARED.project.data.getLastHandle("outline"))
         return
 
-    def clearProject(self):
+    def clearOutline(self):
         """Clear project-related GUI content.
         """
         self.outlineData.clearDetails()
@@ -130,13 +128,13 @@ class GuiOutlineView(QWidget):
     def openProjectTasks(self):
         """Run open project tasks.
         """
-        lastOutline = self.mainGui.project.data.getLastHandle("outline")
-        if not (lastOutline in self.mainGui.project.tree or lastOutline is None):
-            lastOutline = self.mainGui.project.tree.findRoot(nwItemClass.NOVEL)
+        lastOutline = SHARED.project.data.getLastHandle("outline")
+        if not (lastOutline in SHARED.project.tree or lastOutline is None):
+            lastOutline = SHARED.project.tree.findRoot(nwItemClass.NOVEL)
 
         logger.debug("Setting outline tree to root item '%s'", lastOutline)
 
-        self.clearProject()
+        self.clearOutline()
         self.outlineBar.populateNovelList()
         self.outlineBar.setCurrentRoot(lastOutline)
         self.outlineBar.setEnabled(True)
@@ -146,6 +144,7 @@ class GuiOutlineView(QWidget):
     def closeProjectTasks(self):
         self.outlineTree.closeProjectTasks()
         self.outlineData.updateClasses()
+        self.clearOutline()
         return
 
     def splitSizes(self):
@@ -214,8 +213,6 @@ class GuiOutlineToolBar(QToolBar):
 
         logger.debug("Create: GuiOutlineToolBar")
 
-        self.mainGui = theOutline.mainGui
-
         iPx = CONFIG.pxInt(22)
         mPx = CONFIG.pxInt(12)
 
@@ -230,7 +227,7 @@ class GuiOutlineToolBar(QToolBar):
         self.novelLabel = QLabel(self.tr("Outline of"))
         self.novelLabel.setContentsMargins(0, 0, mPx, 0)
 
-        self.novelValue = NovelSelector(self, self.mainGui)
+        self.novelValue = NovelSelector(self)
         self.novelValue.setMinimumWidth(CONFIG.pxInt(200))
         self.novelValue.novelSelectionChanged.connect(self._novelValueChanged)
 
@@ -272,8 +269,8 @@ class GuiOutlineToolBar(QToolBar):
         self.setStyleSheet("QToolBar {border: 0px;}")
 
         self.novelValue.updateList(includeAll=True)
-        self.aRefresh.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("refresh"))
-        self.tbColumns.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("menu"))
+        self.aRefresh.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("refresh"))
+        self.tbColumns.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("menu"))
 
         return
 
@@ -370,7 +367,6 @@ class GuiOutlineTree(QTreeWidget):
         logger.debug("Create: GuiOutlineTree")
 
         self.outlineView = outlineView
-        self.mainGui     = outlineView.mainGui
 
         self.setUniformRowHeights(True)
         self.setFrameStyle(QFrame.NoFrame)
@@ -381,7 +377,7 @@ class GuiOutlineTree(QTreeWidget):
         self.itemDoubleClicked.connect(self._treeDoubleClick)
         self.itemSelectionChanged.connect(self._itemSelected)
 
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
         self.setIconSize(QSize(iPx, iPx))
         self.setIndentation(0)
 
@@ -398,11 +394,11 @@ class GuiOutlineTree(QTreeWidget):
 
         self._hFonts = [self.font(), fH1, fH2, self.font(), self.font()]
         self._dIcon = {
-            "H0": CONFIG.theme.getItemIcon(nwItemType.FILE, None, nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT, "H0"),
-            "H1": CONFIG.theme.getItemIcon(nwItemType.FILE, None, nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT, "H1"),
-            "H2": CONFIG.theme.getItemIcon(nwItemType.FILE, None, nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT, "H2"),
-            "H3": CONFIG.theme.getItemIcon(nwItemType.FILE, None, nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT, "H3"),
-            "H4": CONFIG.theme.getItemIcon(nwItemType.FILE, None, nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT, "H4"),
+            "H0": SHARED.theme.getItemIcon(nwItemType.FILE, None, nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT, "H0"),
+            "H1": SHARED.theme.getItemIcon(nwItemType.FILE, None, nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT, "H1"),
+            "H2": SHARED.theme.getItemIcon(nwItemType.FILE, None, nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT, "H2"),
+            "H3": SHARED.theme.getItemIcon(nwItemType.FILE, None, nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT, "H3"),
+            "H4": SHARED.theme.getItemIcon(nwItemType.FILE, None, nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT, "H4"),
         }
 
         # Internals
@@ -488,13 +484,13 @@ class GuiOutlineTree(QTreeWidget):
 
         # If the novel index or novel tree has changed since the tree
         # was last built, we rebuild the tree from the updated index.
-        indexChanged = self.mainGui.project.index.rootChangedSince(rootHandle, self._lastBuild)
+        indexChanged = SHARED.project.index.rootChangedSince(rootHandle, self._lastBuild)
         if not (novelChanged or indexChanged or overRide):
             logger.debug("No changes have been made to the novel index")
             return
 
         self._populateTree(rootHandle)
-        self.mainGui.project.data.setLastHandle(rootHandle or None, "outline")
+        SHARED.project.data.setLastHandle(rootHandle or None, "outline")
 
         return
 
@@ -574,7 +570,7 @@ class GuiOutlineTree(QTreeWidget):
         """
         # Load whatever we saved last time, regardless of wether it
         # contains the correct names or number of columns.
-        colState = self.mainGui.project.options.getValue("GuiOutline", "columnState", {})
+        colState = SHARED.project.options.getValue("GuiOutline", "columnState", {})
 
         tmpOrder = []
         tmpHidden = {}
@@ -625,7 +621,7 @@ class GuiOutlineTree(QTreeWidget):
                 logHidden, orgWidth if logHidden and logWidth == 0 else logWidth
             ]
 
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
         pOptions.setValue("GuiOutline", "columnState", colState)
         pOptions.saveSettings()
 
@@ -661,7 +657,7 @@ class GuiOutlineTree(QTreeWidget):
                 headItem.setTextAlignment(self._colIdx[nwOutline.WCOUNT], Qt.AlignRight)
                 headItem.setTextAlignment(self._colIdx[nwOutline.PCOUNT], Qt.AlignRight)
 
-        novStruct = self.mainGui.project.index.novelStructure(rootHandle=rootHandle, skipExcl=True)
+        novStruct = SHARED.project.index.novelStructure(rootHandle=rootHandle, skipExcl=True)
         for _, tHandle, sTitle, novIdx in novStruct:
 
             iLevel = nwHeaders.H_LEVEL.get(novIdx.level, 0)
@@ -669,8 +665,8 @@ class GuiOutlineTree(QTreeWidget):
                 continue
 
             trItem = QTreeWidgetItem()
-            nwItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
-            hDec = CONFIG.theme.getHeaderDecoration(iLevel)
+            nwItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
+            hDec = SHARED.theme.getHeaderDecoration(iLevel)
 
             trItem.setData(self._colIdx[nwOutline.TITLE], Qt.DecorationRole, hDec)
             trItem.setText(self._colIdx[nwOutline.TITLE], novIdx.title)
@@ -689,7 +685,7 @@ class GuiOutlineTree(QTreeWidget):
             trItem.setTextAlignment(self._colIdx[nwOutline.WCOUNT], Qt.AlignRight)
             trItem.setTextAlignment(self._colIdx[nwOutline.PCOUNT], Qt.AlignRight)
 
-            refs = self.mainGui.project.index.getReferences(tHandle, sTitle)
+            refs = SHARED.project.index.getReferences(tHandle, sTitle)
             trItem.setText(self._colIdx[nwOutline.POV],    ", ".join(refs[nwKeyWords.POV_KEY]))
             trItem.setText(self._colIdx[nwOutline.FOCUS],  ", ".join(refs[nwKeyWords.FOCUS_KEY]))
             trItem.setText(self._colIdx[nwOutline.CHAR],   ", ".join(refs[nwKeyWords.CHAR_KEY]))
@@ -770,12 +766,11 @@ class GuiOutlineDetails(QScrollArea):
         logger.debug("Create: GuiOutlineDetails")
 
         self.theOutline = theOutline
-        self.mainGui    = theOutline.mainGui
 
         # Sizes
-        minTitle = 30*CONFIG.theme.textNWidth
-        maxTitle = 40*CONFIG.theme.textNWidth
-        wCount = CONFIG.theme.getTextWidth("999,999")
+        minTitle = 30*SHARED.theme.textNWidth
+        maxTitle = 40*SHARED.theme.textNWidth
+        wCount = SHARED.theme.getTextWidth("999,999")
         hSpace = int(CONFIG.pxInt(10))
         vSpace = int(CONFIG.pxInt(4))
 
@@ -1005,8 +1000,8 @@ class GuiOutlineDetails(QScrollArea):
         """Update the content of the tree with the given handle and line
         number pointing to a header.
         """
-        pIndex = self.mainGui.project.index
-        nwItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        pIndex = SHARED.project.index
+        nwItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         novIdx = pIndex.getItemHeader(tHandle, sTitle)
         theRefs = pIndex.getReferences(tHandle, sTitle)
         if nwItem is None or novIdx is None:
@@ -1049,7 +1044,7 @@ class GuiOutlineDetails(QScrollArea):
     def updateClasses(self):
         """Update the visibility status of class details.
         """
-        usedClasses = self.mainGui.project.tree.rootClasses()
+        usedClasses = SHARED.project.tree.rootClasses()
 
         pltVisible = nwItemClass.PLOT in usedClasses
         timVisible = nwItemClass.TIMELINE in usedClasses

novelwriter/gui/projtree.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QVBoxLayout, QWidget
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.common import minmax
 from novelwriter.constants import nwHeaders, nwUnicode, trConst, nwLabels
 from novelwriter.core.item import NWItem
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ from novelwriter.dialogs.docsplit import GuiDocSplit
 from novelwriter.dialogs.editlabel import GuiEditLabel
 from novelwriter.dialogs.projsettings import GuiProjectSettings
 from novelwriter.enum import (
-    nwDocMode, nwItemType, nwItemClass, nwItemLayout, nwAlert, nwWidget
+    nwDocMode, nwItemType, nwItemClass, nwItemLayout, nwWidget
 )
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class GuiProjectView(QWidget):
         self.projTree.initSettings()
         return
 
-    def clearProject(self) -> None:
+    def clearProjectView(self) -> None:
         """Clear project-related GUI content."""
         self.projBar.clearContent()
         self.projBar.setEnabled(False)
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class GuiProjectToolBar(QWidget):
         self.projTree = projView.projTree
         self.mainGui  = projView.mainGui
 
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
         mPx = CONFIG.pxInt(2)
 
         self.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
@@ -367,16 +367,16 @@ class GuiProjectToolBar(QWidget):
         self.tbAdd.setStyleSheet(buttonStyle)
         self.tbMore.setStyleSheet(buttonStyle)
 
-        self.tbQuick.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("bookmark"))
-        self.tbMoveU.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("up"))
-        self.tbMoveD.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("down"))
-        self.aAddEmpty.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("proj_document"))
-        self.aAddChap.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("proj_chapter"))
-        self.aAddScene.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("proj_scene"))
-        self.aAddNote.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("proj_note"))
-        self.aAddFolder.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("proj_folder"))
-        self.tbAdd.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("add"))
-        self.tbMore.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("menu"))
+        self.tbQuick.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("bookmark"))
+        self.tbMoveU.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("up"))
+        self.tbMoveD.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("down"))
+        self.aAddEmpty.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("proj_document"))
+        self.aAddChap.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("proj_chapter"))
+        self.aAddScene.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("proj_scene"))
+        self.aAddNote.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("proj_note"))
+        self.aAddFolder.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("proj_folder"))
+        self.tbAdd.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("add"))
+        self.tbMore.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("menu"))
 
         self.buildQuickLinkMenu()
         self._buildRootMenu()
@@ -392,10 +392,10 @@ class GuiProjectToolBar(QWidget):
         """Build the quick link menu."""
         logger.debug("Rebuilding quick links menu")
         self.mQuick.clear()
-        for n, (tHandle, nwItem) in enumerate(self.mainGui.project.tree.iterRoots(None)):
+        for n, (tHandle, nwItem) in enumerate(SHARED.project.tree.iterRoots(None)):
             aRoot = self.mQuick.addAction(nwItem.itemName)
             aRoot.setData(tHandle)
-            aRoot.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon(nwLabels.CLASS_ICON[nwItem.itemClass]))
+            aRoot.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon(nwLabels.CLASS_ICON[nwItem.itemClass]))
             aRoot.triggered.connect(
                 lambda n, tHandle=tHandle: self.projView.setSelectedHandle(tHandle, doScroll=True)
             )
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ class GuiProjectToolBar(QWidget):
         """Build the rood folder menu."""
         def addClass(itemClass):
             aNew = self.mAddRoot.addAction(trConst(nwLabels.CLASS_NAME[itemClass]))
-            aNew.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon(nwLabels.CLASS_ICON[itemClass]))
+            aNew.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon(nwLabels.CLASS_ICON[itemClass]))
             aNew.triggered.connect(lambda: self.projTree.newTreeItem(nwItemType.ROOT, itemClass))
             self.mAddRoot.addAction(aNew)
             return
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ class GuiProjectToolBar(QWidget):
         documents. They should only be visible if novel documents can
         actually be added.
         """
-        nwItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        nwItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         allowDoc = isinstance(nwItem, NWItem) and nwItem.documentAllowed()
         self.aAddEmpty.setVisible(allowDoc)
         self.aAddChap.setVisible(allowDoc)
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         self.customContextMenuRequested.connect(self._openContextMenu)
 
         # Tree Settings
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
         cMg = CONFIG.pxInt(6)
 
         self.setIconSize(QSize(iPx, iPx))
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         make sure the item is added in a place it can be added, and that
         other meta data is set correctly to ensure a valid project tree.
         """
-        if not self.mainGui.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
@@ -572,19 +572,17 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
 
         if itemType == nwItemType.ROOT and isinstance(itemClass, nwItemClass):
 
-            tHandle = self.mainGui.project.newRoot(itemClass)
+            tHandle = SHARED.project.newRoot(itemClass)
             sHandle = self.getSelectedHandle()
-            pItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[sHandle] if sHandle else None
+            pItem = SHARED.project.tree[sHandle] if sHandle else None
             nHandle = pItem.itemRoot if pItem else None
 
         elif itemType in (nwItemType.FILE, nwItemType.FOLDER):
 
             sHandle = self.getSelectedHandle()
-            pItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[sHandle] if sHandle else None
+            pItem = SHARED.project.tree[sHandle] if sHandle else None
             if sHandle is None or pItem is None:
-                self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
-                    "Did not find anywhere to add the file or folder!"
-                ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+                SHARED.error(self.tr("Did not find anywhere to add the file or folder!"))
                 return False
 
             # Collect some information about the selected item
@@ -592,10 +590,8 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
             sLevel = nwHeaders.H_LEVEL.get(pItem.mainHeading, 0)
             sIsParent = False if qItem is None else qItem.childCount() > 0
 
-            if self.mainGui.project.tree.isTrash(sHandle):
-                self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
-                    "Cannot add new files or folders to the Trash folder."
-                ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            if SHARED.project.tree.isTrash(sHandle):
+                SHARED.error(self.tr("Cannot add new files or folders to the Trash folder."))
                 return False
 
             # Set default label and determine if new item is to be added
@@ -635,9 +631,9 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
 
             # Add the file or folder
             if itemType == nwItemType.FILE:
-                tHandle = self.mainGui.project.newFile(newLabel, sHandle)
+                tHandle = SHARED.project.newFile(newLabel, sHandle)
             else:
-                tHandle = self.mainGui.project.newFolder(newLabel, sHandle)
+                tHandle = SHARED.project.newFolder(newLabel, sHandle)
 
         else:
             logger.error("Failed to add new item")
@@ -650,7 +646,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
 
         # Handle new file creation
         if itemType == nwItemType.FILE and hLevel > 0:
-            self.mainGui.project.writeNewFile(tHandle, hLevel, not isNote)
+            SHARED.project.writeNewFile(tHandle, hLevel, not isNote)
 
         # Add the new item to the project tree
         self.revealNewTreeItem(tHandle, nHandle=nHandle, wordCount=True)
@@ -661,7 +657,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
     def revealNewTreeItem(self, tHandle: str | None, nHandle: str | None = None,
                           wordCount: bool = False) -> bool:
         """Reveal a newly added project item in the project tree."""
-        nwItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle] if tHandle else None
+        nwItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle] if tHandle else None
         if tHandle is None or nwItem is None:
             return False
 
@@ -670,7 +666,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
             return False
 
         if nwItem.isFileType() and wordCount:
-            wC = self.mainGui.project.index.getCounts(tHandle)[1]
+            wC = SHARED.project.index.getCounts(tHandle)[1]
             self.propagateCount(tHandle, wC)
             self.projView.wordCountsChanged.emit()
 
@@ -745,7 +741,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
 
     def renameTreeItem(self, tHandle: str) -> bool:
         """Open a dialog to edit the label of an item."""
-        tItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        tItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         if tItem is None:
             return False
 
@@ -769,7 +765,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
             if isinstance(item, QTreeWidgetItem):
                 theList = self._scanChildren(theList, item, i)
         logger.debug("Saving project tree item order")
-        self.mainGui.project.setTreeOrder(theList)
+        SHARED.project.setTreeOrder(theList)
         return
 
     def getTreeFromHandle(self, tHandle: str) -> list[str]:
@@ -787,7 +783,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         can be called on any item, and will check whether to attempt a
         permanent deletion or moving the item to Trash.
         """
-        if not self.mainGui.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
@@ -802,16 +798,16 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
             logger.error("There is no item to delete")
             return False
 
-        trashHandle = self.mainGui.project.tree.trashRoot()
+        trashHandle = SHARED.project.tree.trashRoot()
         if tHandle == trashHandle:
             logger.error("Cannot delete the Trash folder")
             return False
 
-        nwItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        nwItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         if nwItem is None:
             return False
 
-        if self.mainGui.project.tree.isTrash(tHandle) or nwItem.isRootType():
+        if SHARED.project.tree.isTrash(tHandle) or nwItem.isRootType():
             status = self.permDeleteItem(tHandle)
         else:
             status = self.moveItemToTrash(tHandle)
@@ -823,17 +819,15 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         function only asks for confirmation once, and calls the regular
         deleteItem function for each document in the Trash folder.
         """
-        if not self.mainGui.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
-        trashHandle = self.mainGui.project.tree.trashRoot()
+        trashHandle = SHARED.project.tree.trashRoot()
 
         logger.debug("Emptying Trash folder")
         if trashHandle is None:
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
-                "There is currently no Trash folder in this project."
-            ))
+            SHARED.info(self.tr("There is currently no Trash folder in this project."))
             return False
 
         theTrash = self.getTreeFromHandle(trashHandle)
@@ -842,12 +836,10 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
 
         nTrash = len(theTrash)
         if nTrash == 0:
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
-                "The Trash folder is already empty."
-            ))
+            SHARED.info(self.tr("The Trash folder is already empty."))
             return False
 
-        msgYes = self.mainGui.askQuestion(
+        msgYes = SHARED.question(
             self.tr("Permanently delete {0} file(s) from Trash?").format(nTrash)
         )
         if not msgYes:
@@ -870,13 +862,13 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         so such a request is cancelled.
         """
         trItemS = self._getTreeItem(tHandle)
-        nwItemS = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        nwItemS = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
 
         if trItemS is None or nwItemS is None:
             logger.error("Could not find tree item for deletion")
             return False
 
-        if self.mainGui.project.tree.isTrash(tHandle):
+        if SHARED.project.tree.isTrash(tHandle):
             logger.error("Item is already in the Trash folder")
             return False
 
@@ -893,8 +885,8 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
             return False
 
         if askFirst:
-            msgYes = self.mainGui.askQuestion(
-                self.tr("Move '{0}' to Trash?").format(nwItemS.itemName),
+            msgYes = SHARED.question(
+                self.tr("Move '{0}' to Trash?").format(nwItemS.itemName)
             )
             if not msgYes:
                 logger.info("Action cancelled by user")
@@ -920,7 +912,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         Root items are handled a little different than other items.
         """
         trItemS = self._getTreeItem(tHandle)
-        nwItemS = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        nwItemS = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         if trItemS is None or nwItemS is None:
             logger.error("Could not find tree item for deletion")
             return False
@@ -928,16 +920,14 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         if nwItemS.isRootType():
             # Only an empty ROOT folder can be deleted
             if trItemS.childCount() > 0:
-                self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
-                    "Root folders can only be deleted when they are empty."
-                ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+                SHARED.error(self.tr("Root folders can only be deleted when they are empty."))
                 return False
 
             logger.debug("Permanently deleting root folder '%s'", tHandle)
 
             tIndex = self.indexOfTopLevelItem(trItemS)
             self.takeTopLevelItem(tIndex)
-            self.mainGui.project.removeItem(tHandle)
+            SHARED.project.removeItem(tHandle)
             self._treeMap.pop(tHandle, None)
             self._alertTreeChange(tHandle, flush=True)
 
@@ -948,7 +938,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
 
         else:
             if askFirst:
-                msgYes = self.mainGui.askQuestion(
+                msgYes = SHARED.question(
                     self.tr("Permanently delete '{0}'?").format(nwItemS.itemName)
                 )
                 if not msgYes:
@@ -964,9 +954,9 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
             trItemP.takeChild(tIndex)
 
             for dHandle in reversed(self.getTreeFromHandle(tHandle)):
-                if self.mainGui.docEditor.docHandle() == dHandle:
+                if self.mainGui.docEditor.docHandle == dHandle:
                     self.mainGui.closeDocument()
-                self.mainGui.project.removeItem(dHandle)
+                SHARED.project.removeItem(dHandle)
                 self._treeMap.pop(dHandle, None)
 
             self._alertTreeChange(tHandle, flush=flush)
@@ -984,13 +974,13 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         already coming from the project tree.
         """
         trItem = self._getTreeItem(tHandle)
-        nwItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        nwItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         if trItem is None or nwItem is None:
             return
 
         itemStatus, statusIcon = nwItem.getImportStatus(incIcon=True)
         hLevel = nwItem.mainHeading
-        itemIcon = CONFIG.theme.getItemIcon(
+        itemIcon = SHARED.theme.getItemIcon(
             nwItem.itemType, nwItem.itemClass, nwItem.itemLayout, hLevel
         )
 
@@ -1006,7 +996,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         else:
             iconName = "noncheckable"
 
-        trItem.setIcon(self.C_ACTIVE, CONFIG.theme.getIcon(iconName))
+        trItem.setIcon(self.C_ACTIVE, SHARED.theme.getIcon(iconName))
 
         if CONFIG.emphLabels and nwItem.isDocumentLayout():
             trFont = trItem.font(self.C_NAME)
@@ -1046,10 +1036,10 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
             pHandle = pItem.data(self.C_DATA, self.D_HANDLE)
 
         if pHandle:
-            if self.mainGui.project.tree.checkType(pHandle, nwItemType.FILE):
+            if SHARED.project.tree.checkType(pHandle, nwItemType.FILE):
                 # A file has an internal word count we need to account
                 # for, but a folder always has 0 words on its own.
-                pCount += self.mainGui.project.index.getCounts(pHandle)[1]
+                pCount += SHARED.project.index.getCounts(pHandle)[1]
 
             self.propagateCount(pHandle, pCount, countChildren=False)
 
@@ -1064,7 +1054,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         logger.debug("Building the project tree ...")
         self.clearTree()
         count = 0
-        for nwItem in self.mainGui.project.getProjectItems():
+        for nwItem in SHARED.project.iterProjectItems():
             count += 1
             self._addTreeItem(nwItem)
         if count > 0:
@@ -1177,7 +1167,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         if tHandle is None:
             return
 
-        tItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        tItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         if tItem is None:
             return
 
@@ -1199,7 +1189,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         selItem = self.itemAt(clickPos)
         if isinstance(selItem, QTreeWidgetItem):
             tHandle = selItem.data(self.C_DATA, self.D_HANDLE)
-            tItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+            tItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
             hasChild = selItem.childCount() > 0
 
         if tItem is None or tHandle is None:
@@ -1211,7 +1201,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         # Trash Folder
         # ============
 
-        trashHandle = self.mainGui.project.tree.trashRoot()
+        trashHandle = SHARED.project.tree.trashRoot()
         if tItem.itemHandle == trashHandle and trashHandle is not None:
             # The trash folder only has one option
             aEmptyTrash = ctxMenu.addAction(self.tr("Empty Trash"))
@@ -1250,7 +1240,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         checkMark = f" ({nwUnicode.U_CHECK})"
         if tItem.isNovelLike():
             mStatus = ctxMenu.addMenu(self.tr("Set Status to ..."))
-            for n, (key, entry) in enumerate(self.mainGui.project.data.itemStatus.items()):
+            for n, (key, entry) in enumerate(SHARED.project.data.itemStatus.items()):
                 entryName = entry["name"] + (checkMark if tItem.itemStatus == key else "")
                 aStatus = mStatus.addAction(entry["icon"], entryName)
                 aStatus.triggered.connect(
@@ -1263,7 +1253,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
             )
         else:
             mImport = ctxMenu.addMenu(self.tr("Set Importance to ..."))
-            for n, (key, entry) in enumerate(self.mainGui.project.data.itemImport.items()):
+            for n, (key, entry) in enumerate(SHARED.project.data.itemImport.items()):
                 entryName = entry["name"] + (checkMark if tItem.itemImport == key else "")
                 aImport = mImport.addAction(entry["icon"], entryName)
                 aImport.triggered.connect(
@@ -1375,7 +1365,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
                 return
 
             tHandle = selItem.data(self.C_DATA, self.D_HANDLE)
-            tItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+            tItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
             if tItem is None:
                 return
 
@@ -1419,7 +1409,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
     def _postItemMove(self, tHandle: str, wCount: int) -> bool:
         """Run various maintenance tasks for a moved item."""
         trItemS = self._getTreeItem(tHandle)
-        nwItemS = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        nwItemS = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         trItemP = trItemS.parent() if trItemS else None
         if trItemP is None or nwItemS is None:
             logger.error("Failed to find new parent item of '%s'", tHandle)
@@ -1436,13 +1426,13 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         logger.debug("A total of %d item(s) were moved", len(mHandles))
         for mHandle in mHandles:
             logger.debug("Updating item '%s'", mHandle)
-            self.mainGui.project.tree.updateItemData(mHandle)
+            SHARED.project.tree.updateItemData(mHandle)
 
             # Update the index
             if nwItemS.isInactiveClass():
-                self.mainGui.project.index.deleteHandle(mHandle)
+                SHARED.project.index.deleteHandle(mHandle)
             else:
-                self.mainGui.project.index.reIndexHandle(mHandle)
+                SHARED.project.index.reIndexHandle(mHandle)
 
             self.setTreeItemValues(mHandle)
 
@@ -1462,7 +1452,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
 
     def _toggleItemActive(self, tHandle: str) -> None:
         """Toggle the active status of an item."""
-        tItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        tItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         if tItem is not None:
             tItem.setActive(not tItem.isActive)
             self.setTreeItemValues(tItem.itemHandle)
@@ -1483,7 +1473,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
 
     def _changeItemStatus(self, tHandle: str, tStatus: str) -> None:
         """Set a new status value of an item."""
-        tItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        tItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         if tItem is not None:
             tItem.setStatus(tStatus)
             self.setTreeItemValues(tItem.itemHandle)
@@ -1492,7 +1482,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
 
     def _changeItemImport(self, tHandle: str, tImport: str) -> None:
         """Set a new importance value of an item."""
-        tItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        tItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         if tItem is not None:
             tItem.setImport(tImport)
             self.setTreeItemValues(tItem.itemHandle)
@@ -1501,7 +1491,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
 
     def _changeItemLayout(self, tHandle: str, itemLayout: nwItemLayout) -> None:
         """Set a new item layout value of an item."""
-        tItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        tItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         if tItem is not None:
             if itemLayout == nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT and tItem.documentAllowed():
                 tItem.setLayout(nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT)
@@ -1515,9 +1505,9 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
 
     def _covertFolderToFile(self, tHandle: str, itemLayout: nwItemLayout) -> None:
         """Convert a folder to a note or document."""
-        tItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        tItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         if tItem is not None and tItem.isFolderType():
-            msgYes = self.mainGui.askQuestion(self.tr(
+            msgYes = SHARED.question(self.tr(
                 "Do you want to convert the folder to a {0}? "
                 "This action cannot be reversed."
             ).format(trConst(nwLabels.LAYOUT_NAME[itemLayout])))
@@ -1540,7 +1530,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         logger.info("Request to merge items under handle '%s'", tHandle)
         itemList = self.getTreeFromHandle(tHandle)
 
-        tItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        tItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         if tItem is None:
             return False
 
@@ -1559,14 +1549,14 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
             mrgData = dlgMerge.getData()
             mrgList = mrgData.get("finalItems", [])
             if not mrgList:
-                self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr("No documents selected for merging."))
+                SHARED.info(self.tr("No documents selected for merging."))
                 return False
 
             # Save the open document first, in case it's part of merge
             self.mainGui.saveDocument()
 
             # Create merge object, and append docs
-            docMerger = DocMerger(self.mainGui.project)
+            docMerger = DocMerger(SHARED.project)
             mLabel = self.tr("Merged")
 
             if newFile:
@@ -1582,13 +1572,13 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
                 docMerger.appendText(sHandle, True, mLabel)
 
             if not docMerger.writeTargetDoc():
-                self.mainGui.makeAlert(
+                SHARED.error(
                     self.tr("Could not write document content."),
-                    info=docMerger.getError(), level=nwAlert.ERROR
+                    info=docMerger.getError()
                 )
                 return False
 
-            self.mainGui.project.index.reIndexHandle(mHandle)
+            SHARED.project.index.reIndexHandle(mHandle)
             if newFile:
                 self.revealNewTreeItem(mHandle, nHandle=tHandle, wordCount=True)
 
@@ -1613,7 +1603,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         """Split a document into multiple documents."""
         logger.info("Request to split items with handle '%s'", tHandle)
 
-        tItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        tItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         if tItem is None:
             return False
 
@@ -1632,7 +1622,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
             intoFolder = splitData.get("intoFolder", False)
             docHierarchy = splitData.get("docHierarchy", False)
 
-            docSplit = DocSplitter(self.mainGui.project, tHandle)
+            docSplit = DocSplitter(SHARED.project, tHandle)
             if intoFolder:
                 fHandle = docSplit.newParentFolder(tItem.itemParent, tItem.itemName)
                 self.revealNewTreeItem(fHandle, nHandle=tHandle)
@@ -1642,13 +1632,13 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
 
             docSplit.splitDocument(headerList, splitText)
             for writeOk, dHandle, nHandle in docSplit.writeDocuments(docHierarchy):
-                self.mainGui.project.index.reIndexHandle(dHandle)
+                SHARED.project.index.reIndexHandle(dHandle)
                 self.revealNewTreeItem(dHandle, nHandle=nHandle, wordCount=True)
                 self._alertTreeChange(dHandle, flush=False)
                 if not writeOk:
-                    self.mainGui.makeAlert(
+                    SHARED.error(
                         self.tr("Could not write document content."),
-                        info=docSplit.getError(), level=nwAlert.ERROR
+                        info=docSplit.getError()
                     )
 
             if splitData.get("moveToTrash", False):
@@ -1673,19 +1663,19 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         else:
             question = self.tr("Do you want to duplicate this item and all child items?")
 
-        if not self.mainGui.askQuestion(question):
+        if not SHARED.question(question):
             return False
 
-        docDup = DocDuplicator(self.mainGui.project)
+        docDup = DocDuplicator(SHARED.project)
         dupCount = 0
         for dHandle, nHandle in docDup.duplicate(itemTree):
-            self.mainGui.project.index.reIndexHandle(dHandle)
+            SHARED.project.index.reIndexHandle(dHandle)
             self.revealNewTreeItem(dHandle, nHandle=nHandle, wordCount=True)
             self._alertTreeChange(dHandle, flush=False)
             dupCount += 1
 
         if dupCount != nItems:
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr("Could not duplicate all items."), level=nwAlert.WARN)
+            SHARED.warn(self.tr("Could not duplicate all items."))
 
         self.saveTreeOrder()
 
@@ -1699,7 +1689,7 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         cCount = tItem.childCount()
 
         # Update tree-related meta data
-        nwItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        nwItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         if nwItem is not None:
             nwItem.setExpanded(tItem.isExpanded() and cCount > 0)
             nwItem.setOrder(tIndex)
@@ -1742,9 +1732,9 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         elif pHandle and pHandle in self._treeMap:
             pItem = self._treeMap[pHandle]
         else:
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr(
+            SHARED.error(self.tr(
                 "There is nowhere to add item with name '{0}'."
-            ).format(nwItem.itemName), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            ).format(nwItem.itemName))
             return None
 
         byIndex = -1
@@ -1766,13 +1756,13 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         """Adds the trash root folder if it doesn't already exist in the
         project tree.
         """
-        trashHandle = self.mainGui.project.trashFolder()
+        trashHandle = SHARED.project.trashFolder()
         if trashHandle is None:
             return None
 
         trItem = self._getTreeItem(trashHandle)
         if trItem is None:
-            trItem = self._addTreeItem(self.mainGui.project.tree[trashHandle])
+            trItem = self._addTreeItem(SHARED.project.tree[trashHandle])
             if trItem is not None:
                 trItem.setExpanded(True)
                 self._alertTreeChange(trashHandle, flush=True)
@@ -1785,14 +1775,14 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeWidget):
         deleted.
         """
         self._timeChanged = time()
-        self.mainGui.project.setProjectChanged(True)
+        SHARED.project.setProjectChanged(True)
         if flush:
             self.saveTreeOrder()
 
-        if tHandle is None or tHandle not in self.mainGui.project.tree:
+        if tHandle is None or tHandle not in SHARED.project.tree:
             return
 
-        tItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[tHandle]
+        tItem = SHARED.project.tree[tHandle]
         if tItem and tItem.isRootType():
             self.projView.rootFolderChanged.emit(tHandle)
 

novelwriter/gui/sidebar.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QToolBar, QWidget, QSizePolicy, QAction, QMenu, QToolButton
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.enum import nwView
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ class GuiSideBar(QToolBar):
         iPx = CONFIG.pxInt(22)
         mPx = CONFIG.pxInt(60)
 
-        lblFont = CONFIG.theme.guiFont
-        lblFont.setPointSizeF(0.65*CONFIG.theme.fontPointSize)
+        lblFont = SHARED.theme.guiFont
+        lblFont.setPointSizeF(0.65*SHARED.theme.fontPointSize)
 
         self.setMovable(False)
         self.setToolButtonStyle(Qt.ToolButtonTextUnderIcon)
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ class GuiSideBar(QToolBar):
         """
         self.setStyleSheet("QToolBar {border: 0px;}")
 
-        self.aProject.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("view_editor"))
-        self.aNovel.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("view_novel"))
-        self.aOutline.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("view_outline"))
-        self.aBuild.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("view_build"))
-        self.aDetails.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("proj_details"))
-        self.aStats.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("proj_stats"))
-        self.tbSettings.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("settings"))
+        self.aProject.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("view_editor"))
+        self.aNovel.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("view_novel"))
+        self.aOutline.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("view_outline"))
+        self.aBuild.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("view_build"))
+        self.aDetails.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("proj_details"))
+        self.aStats.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("proj_stats"))
+        self.tbSettings.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("settings"))
 
         return
 

novelwriter/gui/statusbar.py

@@ -27,34 +27,38 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import logging
 
 from time import time
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSlot, QLocale
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QColor
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import qApp, QStatusBar, QLabel
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.common import formatTime
+from novelwriter.constants import nwConst
 from novelwriter.extensions.statusled import StatusLED
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
+    from novelwriter.guimain import GuiMain
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class GuiMainStatus(QStatusBar):
 
-    def __init__(self, mainGui):
+    def __init__(self, mainGui: GuiMain) -> None:
         super().__init__(parent=mainGui)
 
         logger.debug("Create: GuiMainStatus")
 
-        self.mainGui   = mainGui
-        self.refTime   = None
-        self.userIdle  = False
+        self._refTime  = -1.0
+        self._userIdle = False
 
-        colNone = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.statNone)
-        colSaved = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.statSaved)
-        colUnsaved = QColor(*CONFIG.theme.statUnsaved)
+        colNone = QColor(*SHARED.theme.statNone)
+        colSaved = QColor(*SHARED.theme.statSaved)
+        colUnsaved = QColor(*SHARED.theme.statUnsaved)
 
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
 
         # Permanent Widgets
         # =================
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ class GuiMainStatus(QStatusBar):
         self.timeIcon = QLabel()
         self.timeText = QLabel("")
         self.timeText.setToolTip(self.tr("Session Time"))
-        self.timeText.setMinimumWidth(CONFIG.theme.getTextWidth("00:00:00:"))
+        self.timeText.setMinimumWidth(SHARED.theme.getTextWidth("00:00:00:"))
         self.timeIcon.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
         self.timeText.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
         self.addPermanentWidget(self.timeIcon)
@@ -114,80 +118,59 @@ class GuiMainStatus(QStatusBar):
 
         return
 
-    def clearStatus(self):
-        """Reset all widgets on the status bar to default values.
-        """
-        self.setRefTime(None)
+    def clearStatus(self) -> None:
+        """Reset all widgets on the status bar to default values."""
+        self.setRefTime(-1.0)
         self.setLanguage(None, "")
         self.setProjectStats(0, 0)
         self.setProjectStatus(StatusLED.S_NONE)
         self.setDocumentStatus(StatusLED.S_NONE)
         self.updateTime()
-        return True
-
-    def updateTheme(self):
-        """Update theme elements.
-        """
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
-
-        self.langIcon.setPixmap(CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("status_lang", (iPx, iPx)))
-        self.statsIcon.setPixmap(CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("status_stats", (iPx, iPx)))
-
-        self.timePixmap = CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("status_time", (iPx, iPx))
-        self.idlePixmap = CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("status_idle", (iPx, iPx))
+        return
 
+    def updateTheme(self) -> None:
+        """Update theme elements."""
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
+        self.langIcon.setPixmap(SHARED.theme.getPixmap("status_lang", (iPx, iPx)))
+        self.statsIcon.setPixmap(SHARED.theme.getPixmap("status_stats", (iPx, iPx)))
+        self.timePixmap = SHARED.theme.getPixmap("status_time", (iPx, iPx))
+        self.idlePixmap = SHARED.theme.getPixmap("status_idle", (iPx, iPx))
         self.timeIcon.setPixmap(self.timePixmap)
-
         return
 
     ##
     #  Setters
     ##
 
-    def setRefTime(self, theTime):
-        """Set the reference time for the status bar clock.
-        """
-        self.refTime = theTime
+    def setRefTime(self, refTime: float) -> None:
+        """Set the reference time for the status bar clock."""
+        self._refTime = refTime
         return
 
-    def setStatus(self, theMessage, timeOut=20.0):
-        """Set the status bar message to display for 'timeOut' seconds.
-        """
-        self.showMessage(theMessage, int(timeOut*1000))
-        qApp.processEvents()
+    def setProjectStatus(self, state: Literal[0, 1, 2]) -> None:
+        """Set the project status colour icon."""
+        self.projIcon.setState(state)
         return
 
-    def setProjectStatus(self, theState):
-        """Set the project status colour icon.
-        """
-        self.projIcon.setState(theState)
+    def setDocumentStatus(self, state: Literal[0, 1, 2]) -> None:
+        """Set the document status colour icon."""
+        self.docIcon.setState(state)
         return
 
-    def setDocumentStatus(self, theState):
-        """Set the document status colour icon.
-        """
-        self.docIcon.setState(theState)
-        return
-
-    def setUserIdle(self, userIdle):
-        """Change the idle status icon.
-        """
+    def setUserIdle(self, idle: bool) -> None:
+        """Change the idle status icon."""
         if not CONFIG.stopWhenIdle:
-            userIdle = False
-
-        if self.userIdle != userIdle:
-            if userIdle:
+            idle = False
+        if self._userIdle != idle:
+            if idle:
                 self.timeIcon.setPixmap(self.idlePixmap)
             else:
                 self.timeIcon.setPixmap(self.timePixmap)
-
-            self.userIdle = userIdle
-
+            self._userIdle = idle
         return
 
-    def setProjectStats(self, pWC, sWC):
-        """Update the current project statistics.
-        """
+    def setProjectStats(self, pWC: int, sWC: int) -> None:
+        """Update the current project statistics."""
         self.statsText.setText(self.tr("Words: {0} ({1})").format(f"{pWC:n}", f"{sWC:+n}"))
         if CONFIG.incNotesWCount:
             self.statsText.setToolTip(self.tr("Project word count (session change)"))
@@ -195,53 +178,55 @@ class GuiMainStatus(QStatusBar):
             self.statsText.setToolTip(self.tr("Novel word count (session change)"))
         return
 
-    def updateTime(self, idleTime=0.0):
-        """Update the session clock.
-        """
-        if self.refTime is None:
+    def updateTime(self, idleTime: float = 0.0) -> None:
+        """Update the session clock."""
+        if self._refTime < 0.0:
             self.timeText.setText("00:00:00")
         else:
             if CONFIG.stopWhenIdle:
-                sessTime = round(time() - self.refTime - idleTime)
+                sessTime = round(time() - self._refTime - idleTime)
             else:
-                sessTime = round(time() - self.refTime)
+                sessTime = round(time() - self._refTime)
             self.timeText.setText(formatTime(sessTime))
         return
 
     ##
-    #  Slots
+    #  Public Slots
     ##
 
+    @pyqtSlot(str)
+    def setStatusMessage(self, message: str) -> None:
+        """Set the status bar message to display."""
+        self.showMessage(message, nwConst.STATUS_MSG_TIMEOUT)
+        qApp.processEvents()
+        return
+
     @pyqtSlot(str, str)
-    def setLanguage(self, theLanguage, theProvider):
-        """Set the language code for the spell checker.
-        """
-        if theLanguage == "None":
+    def setLanguage(self, language: str, provider: str) -> None:
+        """Set the language code for the spell checker."""
+        if language == "None":
             self.langText.setText(self.tr("None"))
             self.langText.setToolTip("")
         else:
-            qLocal = QLocale(theLanguage)
+            qLocal = QLocale(language)
             spLang = qLocal.nativeLanguageName().title()
             self.langText.setText(spLang)
-            if theProvider:
-                self.langText.setToolTip("%s (%s)" % (theLanguage, theProvider))
+            if provider:
+                self.langText.setToolTip("%s (%s)" % (language, provider))
             else:
-                self.langText.setToolTip(theLanguage)
-
+                self.langText.setToolTip(language)
         return
 
     @pyqtSlot(bool)
-    def doUpdateProjectStatus(self, isChanged):
-        """Slot for updating the project status.
-        """
-        self.setProjectStatus(StatusLED.S_BAD if isChanged else StatusLED.S_GOOD)
+    def updateProjectStatus(self, status: bool) -> None:
+        """Update the project status."""
+        self.setProjectStatus(StatusLED.S_BAD if status else StatusLED.S_GOOD)
         return
 
     @pyqtSlot(bool)
-    def doUpdateDocumentStatus(self, isChanged):
-        """Slot for updating the document status.
-        """
-        self.setDocumentStatus(StatusLED.S_BAD if isChanged else StatusLED.S_GOOD)
+    def updateDocumentStatus(self, status: bool) -> None:
+        """Update the document status."""
+        self.setDocumentStatus(StatusLED.S_BAD if status else StatusLED.S_GOOD)
         return
 
 # END Class GuiMainStatus

novelwriter/guimain.py

@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QTimer, QThreadPool, pyqtSlot
-from PyQt5.QtGui import QCloseEvent, QCursor, QIcon, QKeySequence, QPixmap
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QCloseEvent, QCursor, QIcon, QKeySequence
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     qApp, QDialog, QFileDialog, QMainWindow, QMessageBox, QShortcut, QSplitter,
     QStackedWidget, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG, __hexversion__
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED, __hexversion__
 from novelwriter.gui.theme import GuiTheme
 from novelwriter.gui.sidebar import GuiSideBar
 from novelwriter.gui.outline import GuiOutlineView
@@ -59,14 +59,13 @@ from novelwriter.tools.lipsum import GuiLipsum
 from novelwriter.tools.manuscript import GuiManuscript
 from novelwriter.tools.projwizard import GuiProjectWizard
 from novelwriter.tools.writingstats import GuiWritingStats
-from novelwriter.core.project import NWProject
 from novelwriter.core.coretools import ProjectBuilder
 
 from novelwriter.enum import (
-    nwDocAction, nwDocMode, nwItemType, nwItemClass, nwAlert, nwWidget, nwView
+    nwDocAction, nwDocMode, nwItemType, nwItemClass, nwWidget, nwView
 )
 from novelwriter.common import getGuiItem, hexToInt
-from novelwriter.constants import nwFiles, nwLabels, trConst
+from novelwriter.constants import nwFiles
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -112,15 +111,11 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         # Core Classes
         # ============
 
-        # Core Classes
-        CONFIG.setThemeInstance(GuiTheme())
-        self._project = NWProject(self)
+        # Initialise UserData Instance
+        SHARED.initSharedData(self, GuiTheme())
 
         # Core Settings
-        self.hasProject  = False
         self.isFocusMode = False
-        self.idleRefTime = time()
-        self.idleTime    = 0.0
 
         # Prepare Main Window
         self.resize(*CONFIG.mainWinSize)
@@ -135,7 +130,6 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         # =============
 
         # Sizes
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.fontPixelSize
         mPx = CONFIG.pxInt(4)
         hWd = CONFIG.pxInt(4)
 
@@ -238,7 +232,8 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         # Connect Signals
         # ===============
 
-        self._project.projectStatusChanged.connect(self.mainStatus.doUpdateProjectStatus)
+        SHARED.projectStatusChanged.connect(self.mainStatus.updateProjectStatus)
+        SHARED.projectStatusMessage.connect(self.mainStatus.setStatusMessage)
 
         self.viewsBar.viewChangeRequested.connect(self._changeView)
 
@@ -257,12 +252,13 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         self.novelView.openDocumentRequest.connect(self._openDocument)
 
         self.docEditor.spellDictionaryChanged.connect(self.mainStatus.setLanguage)
-        self.docEditor.docEditedStatusChanged.connect(self.mainStatus.doUpdateDocumentStatus)
+        self.docEditor.editedStatusChanged.connect(self.mainStatus.updateDocumentStatus)
         self.docEditor.docCountsChanged.connect(self.itemDetails.updateCounts)
         self.docEditor.docCountsChanged.connect(self.projView.updateCounts)
         self.docEditor.loadDocumentTagRequest.connect(self._followTag)
         self.docEditor.novelStructureChanged.connect(self.novelView.refreshTree)
         self.docEditor.novelItemMetaChanged.connect(self.novelView.updateNovelItemMeta)
+        self.docEditor.statusMessage.connect(self.mainStatus.setStatusMessage)
 
         self.docViewer.loadDocumentTagRequest.connect(self._followTag)
 
@@ -301,18 +297,6 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         keyEscape.setKey(QKeySequence(Qt.Key_Escape))
         keyEscape.activated.connect(self._keyPressEscape)
 
-        # Forward Functions
-        self.setStatus = self.mainStatus.setStatus
-
-        # Cache Alert Pixmaps
-        pxSize = (2*iPx, 2*iPx)
-        self.alertPix: dict[nwAlert, QPixmap] = {
-            nwAlert.INFO:  CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("alert_info", pxSize),
-            nwAlert.WARN:  CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("alert_warn", pxSize),
-            nwAlert.ERROR: CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("alert_error", pxSize),
-            nwAlert.ASK:   CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("alert_question", pxSize),
-        }
-
         # Check that config loaded fine
         self.reportConfErr()
 
@@ -328,33 +312,14 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         logger.debug("Ready: GUI")
 
         if __hexversion__[-2] == "a" and logger.getEffectiveLevel() > logging.DEBUG:
-            self.makeAlert(self.tr(
+            SHARED.warn(self.tr(
                 "You are running an untested development version of novelWriter. "
                 "Please be careful when working on a live project "
                 "and make sure you take regular backups."
-            ), level=nwAlert.WARN)
+            ))
 
         logger.info("novelWriter is ready ...")
-        self.setStatus(self.tr("novelWriter is ready ..."))
-
-        return
-
-    def clearGUI(self) -> None:
-        """Clear all sub-elements of the main GUI."""
-        # Project Area
-        self.projView.clearProject()
-        self.novelView.clearProject()
-        self.itemDetails.clearDetails()
-
-        # Work Area
-        self.docEditor.clearEditor()
-        self.docEditor.setDictionaries()
-        self.closeDocViewer(byUser=False)
-        self.outlineView.clearProject()
-
-        # General
-        self.mainStatus.clearStatus()
-        self._updateWindowTitle()
+        self.mainStatus.setStatusMessage(self.tr("novelWriter is ready ..."))
 
         return
 
@@ -365,14 +330,12 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         return
 
     def postLaunchTasks(self, cmdOpen: str | None) -> None:
-        """This function is called after the main window is created to
-        determine what to open or show after initialisation.
-        """
+        """Process tasks after the main window has been created."""
         if cmdOpen:
             logger.info("Command line path: %s", cmdOpen)
             self.openProject(cmdOpen)
 
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             self.showProjectLoadDialog()
 
         # Determine whether release notes need to be shown or not
@@ -382,26 +345,17 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
         return
 
-    ##
-    #  Properties
-    ##
-
-    @property
-    def project(self) -> NWProject:
-        """The project instance."""
-        return self._project
-
     ##
     #  Project Actions
     ##
 
     def newProject(self, projData: dict | None = None) -> bool:
         """Create a new project via the new project wizard."""
-        if self.hasProject:
+        if SHARED.hasProject:
             if not self.closeProject():
-                self.makeAlert(self.tr(
+                SHARED.error(self.tr(
                     "Cannot create a new project when another project is open."
-                ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+                ))
                 return False
 
         if projData is None:
@@ -416,14 +370,14 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             return False
 
         if (Path(projPath) / nwFiles.PROJ_FILE).is_file():
-            self.makeAlert(self.tr(
+            SHARED.error(self.tr(
                 "A project already exists in that location. "
                 "Please choose another folder."
-            ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            ))
             return False
 
         logger.info("Creating new project")
-        nwProject = ProjectBuilder(self)
+        nwProject = ProjectBuilder()
         if nwProject.buildProject(projData):
             self.openProject(projPath)
         else:
@@ -436,45 +390,46 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         close application event so the user doesn't get prompted twice
         to confirm.
         """
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             # There is no project loaded, everything OK
             return True
 
         if not isYes:
-            msgYes = self.askQuestion("%s<br>%s" % (
+            msgYes = SHARED.question("%s<br>%s" % (
                 self.tr("Close the current project?"),
                 self.tr("Changes are saved automatically.")
             ))
             if not msgYes:
                 return False
 
-        if self.docEditor.docChanged():
+        if self.docEditor.docChanged:
             self.saveDocument()
 
         saveOK = self.saveProject()
         doBackup = False
-        if self._project.data.doBackup and CONFIG.backupOnClose:
+        if SHARED.project.data.doBackup and CONFIG.backupOnClose:
             doBackup = True
             if CONFIG.askBeforeBackup:
-                msgYes = self.askQuestion(self.tr("Backup the current project?"))
-                if not msgYes:
-                    doBackup = False
+                doBackup = SHARED.question(self.tr("Backup the current project?"))
 
         if doBackup:
-            self._project.backupProject(False)
+            SHARED.project.backupProject(False)
 
         if saveOK:
             self.closeDocument()
             self.docViewer.clearNavHistory()
+            self.closeDocViewer(byUser=False)
+
             self.outlineView.closeProjectTasks()
             self.novelView.closeProjectTasks()
+            self.projView.clearProjectView()
+            self.itemDetails.clearDetails()
+            self.mainStatus.clearStatus()
 
-            self._project.closeProject(self.idleTime)
-            self.idleRefTime = time()
-            self.idleTime = 0.0
+            SHARED.closeProject()
 
-            self.clearGUI()
-            self.hasProject = False
+            self.docEditor.setDictionaries()
+            self._updateWindowTitle()
             self._changeView(nwView.PROJECT)
 
         return saveOK
@@ -493,9 +448,10 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         self._changeView(nwView.PROJECT)
 
         # Try to open the project
-        if not self._project.openProject(projFile):
+        tStart = time()
+        if not SHARED.openProject(projFile):
             # The project open failed.
-            lockStatus = self._project.getLockStatus()
+            lockStatus = SHARED.projectLock
             if lockStatus is None:
                 # The project is not locked, so failed for some other
                 # reason handled by the project class.
@@ -524,23 +480,18 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             except Exception:
                 lockDetails = ""
 
-            if self.askQuestion(lockText, info=lockInfo, details=lockDetails, level=nwAlert.WARN):
-                if not self._project.openProject(projFile, overrideLock=True):
+            if SHARED.question(lockText, info=lockInfo, details=lockDetails, warn=True):
+                if not SHARED.openProject(projFile, clearLock=True):
                     return False
             else:
                 return False
 
-        # Project is loaded
-        self.hasProject = True
-        self.idleRefTime = time()
-        self.idleTime = 0.0
-
         # Update GUI
-        self._updateWindowTitle(self._project.data.name)
+        self._updateWindowTitle(SHARED.project.data.name)
         self.rebuildTrees()
         self.docEditor.setDictionaries()
-        self.docEditor.toggleSpellCheck(self._project.data.spellCheck)
-        self.mainStatus.setRefTime(self._project.projOpened)
+        self.docEditor.toggleSpellCheck(SHARED.project.data.spellCheck)
+        self.mainStatus.setRefTime(SHARED.project.projOpened)
         self.projView.openProjectTasks()
         self.novelView.openProjectTasks()
         self.outlineView.openProjectTasks()
@@ -548,9 +499,9 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
         # Restore previously open documents, if any
         # If none was recorded, open the first document found
-        lastEdited = self._project.data.getLastHandle("editor")
+        lastEdited = SHARED.project.data.getLastHandle("editor")
         if lastEdited is None:
-            for nwItem in self._project.tree:
+            for nwItem in SHARED.project.tree:
                 if nwItem and nwItem.isFileType():
                     lastEdited = nwItem.itemHandle
                     break
@@ -558,32 +509,31 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         if lastEdited is not None:
             self.openDocument(lastEdited, doScroll=True)
 
-        lastViewed = self._project.data.getLastHandle("viewer")
+        lastViewed = SHARED.project.data.getLastHandle("viewer")
         if lastViewed is not None:
             self.viewDocument(lastViewed)
 
         # Check if we need to rebuild the index
-        if self._project.index.indexBroken:
-            self.makeAlert(self.tr("The project index is outdated or broken. Rebuilding index."))
+        if SHARED.project.index.indexBroken:
+            SHARED.info(self.tr("The project index is outdated or broken. Rebuilding index."))
             self.rebuildIndex()
 
         # Make sure the changed status is set to false on things opened
         qApp.processEvents()
         self.docEditor.setDocumentChanged(False)
-        self._project.setProjectChanged(False)
+        SHARED.project.setProjectChanged(False)
 
-        logger.debug("Project load complete")
+        logger.debug("Project loaded in %.3f ms", (time() - tStart)*1000)
 
         return True
 
     def saveProject(self, autoSave: bool = False) -> bool:
         """Save the current project."""
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
         self.projView.saveProjectTasks()
-        self._project.saveProject(autoSave=autoSave)
-        return True
+        return SHARED.saveProject(autoSave=autoSave)
 
     ##
     #  Document Actions
@@ -591,7 +541,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
     def closeDocument(self, beforeOpen: bool = False) -> bool:
         """Close the document and clear the editor and title field."""
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
@@ -600,7 +550,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             self.toggleFocusMode()
 
         self.docEditor.saveCursorPosition()
-        if self.docEditor.docChanged():
+        if self.docEditor.docChanged:
             self.saveDocument()
         self.docEditor.clearEditor()
         if not beforeOpen:
@@ -611,16 +561,16 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
     def openDocument(self, tHandle: str | None, tLine: int | None = None,
                      changeFocus: bool = True, doScroll: bool = False) -> bool:
         """Open a specific document, optionally at a given line."""
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
-        if not tHandle or not self._project.tree.checkType(tHandle, nwItemType.FILE):
+        if not tHandle or not SHARED.project.tree.checkType(tHandle, nwItemType.FILE):
             logger.debug("Requested item '%s' is not a document", tHandle)
             return False
 
         self._changeView(nwView.EDITOR)
-        cHandle = self.docEditor.docHandle()
+        cHandle = self.docEditor.docHandle
         if cHandle == tHandle:
             self.docEditor.setCursorLine(tLine)
             if changeFocus:
@@ -629,7 +579,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
         self.closeDocument(beforeOpen=True)
         if self.docEditor.loadText(tHandle, tLine):
-            self._project.data.setLastHandle(tHandle, "editor")
+            SHARED.project.data.setLastHandle(tHandle, "editor")
             self.projView.setSelectedHandle(tHandle, doScroll=doScroll)
             self.novelView.setActiveHandle(tHandle)
             if changeFocus:
@@ -643,14 +593,14 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         """Opens the next document in the project tree, following the
         document with the given handle. Stops when reaching the end.
         """
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
         nHandle = None   # The next handle after tHandle
         fHandle = None   # The first file handle we encounter
         foundIt = False  # We've found tHandle, pick the next we see
-        for tItem in self._project.tree:
+        for tItem in SHARED.project.tree:
             if not tItem.isFileType():
                 continue
             if fHandle is None:
@@ -672,7 +622,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
     def saveDocument(self) -> bool:
         """Save the current documents."""
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
         self.docEditor.saveText()
@@ -680,7 +630,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
     def viewDocument(self, tHandle: str | None = None, sTitle: str | None = None) -> bool:
         """Load a document for viewing in the view panel."""
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
@@ -688,7 +638,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             logger.debug("Viewing document, but no handle provided")
 
             if self.docEditor.hasFocus():
-                tHandle = self.docEditor.docHandle()
+                tHandle = self.docEditor.docHandle
 
             if tHandle is not None:
                 self.saveDocument()
@@ -696,7 +646,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
                 tHandle = self.projView.getSelectedHandle()
 
             if tHandle is None:
-                tHandle = self._project.data.getLastHandle("viewer")
+                tHandle = SHARED.project.data.getLastHandle("viewer")
 
             if tHandle is None:
                 logger.debug("No document to view, giving up")
@@ -725,7 +675,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         """Import the text contained in an out-of-project text file, and
         insert the text into the currently open document.
         """
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
@@ -751,19 +701,19 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
                 theText = inFile.read()
             CONFIG.setLastPath(loadFile)
         except Exception as exc:
-            self.makeAlert(self.tr(
+            SHARED.error(self.tr(
                 "Could not read file. The file must be an existing text file."
-            ), level=nwAlert.ERROR, exception=exc)
+            ), exc=exc)
             return False
 
-        if self.docEditor.docHandle() is None:
-            self.makeAlert(self.tr(
+        if self.docEditor.docHandle is None:
+            SHARED.error(self.tr(
                 "Please open a document to import the text file into."
-            ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            ))
             return False
 
-        if not self.docEditor.isEmpty():
-            msgYes = self.askQuestion(self.tr(
+        if not self.docEditor.isEmpty:
+            msgYes = SHARED.question(self.tr(
                 "Importing the file will overwrite the current content of "
                 "the document. Do you want to proceed?"
             ))
@@ -797,7 +747,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         active. It is not checked that the item is actually a document.
         That should be handled by the openDocument function.
         """
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
@@ -815,7 +765,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             return False
 
         if tHandle is not None and sTitle is not None:
-            hItem = self._project.index.getItemHeader(tHandle, sTitle)
+            hItem = SHARED.project.index.getItemHeader(tHandle, sTitle)
             if hItem is not None:
                 tLine = hItem.line
 
@@ -826,12 +776,12 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
     def editItemLabel(self, tHandle: str | None = None) -> bool:
         """Open the edit item dialog."""
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
         if tHandle is None and (self.docEditor.anyFocus() or self.isFocusMode):
-            tHandle = self.docEditor.docHandle()
+            tHandle = self.docEditor.docHandle
         self.projView.renameTreeItem(tHandle)
 
         return True
@@ -843,7 +793,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
     def rebuildIndex(self, beQuiet: bool = False) -> bool:
         """Rebuild the entire index."""
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
@@ -852,12 +802,12 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         tStart = time()
 
         self.projView.saveProjectTasks()
-        self._project.index.rebuildIndex()
+        SHARED.project.index.rebuildIndex()
         self.projView.populateTree()
         self.novelView.refreshTree()
 
         tEnd = time()
-        self.setStatus(
+        self.mainStatus.setStatusMessage(
             self.tr("Indexing completed in {0} ms").format(f"{(tEnd - tStart)*1000.0:.1f}")
         )
         self.docEditor.updateTagHighLighting()
@@ -865,7 +815,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         qApp.restoreOverrideCursor()
 
         if not beQuiet:
-            self.makeAlert(self.tr("The project index has been successfully rebuilt."))
+            SHARED.info(self.tr("The project index has been successfully rebuilt."))
 
         return True
 
@@ -911,7 +861,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             self.saveDocument()
 
             if dlgConf.needsRestart:
-                self.makeAlert(self.tr(
+                SHARED.info(self.tr(
                     "Some changes will not be applied until novelWriter has been restarted."
                 ))
 
@@ -921,7 +871,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             if dlgConf.updateTheme:
                 # We are doing this manually instead of connecting to
                 # qApp.paletteChanged since the processing order matters
-                CONFIG.theme.loadTheme()
+                SHARED.theme.loadTheme()
                 self.docEditor.updateTheme()
                 self.docViewer.updateTheme()
                 self.viewsBar.updateTheme()
@@ -932,7 +882,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
                 self.mainStatus.updateTheme()
 
             if dlgConf.updateSyntax:
-                CONFIG.theme.loadSyntax()
+                SHARED.theme.loadSyntax()
                 self.docEditor.updateSyntaxColours()
 
             self.docEditor.initEditor()
@@ -948,7 +898,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
     @pyqtSlot(int)
     def showProjectSettingsDialog(self, focusTab: int = GuiProjectSettings.TAB_MAIN) -> bool:
         """Open the project settings dialog."""
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
@@ -960,13 +910,13 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             if dlgProj.spellChanged:
                 self.docEditor.setDictionaries()
             self.itemDetails.refreshDetails()
-            self._updateWindowTitle(self._project.data.name)
+            self._updateWindowTitle(SHARED.project.data.name)
 
         return True
 
     def showProjectDetailsDialog(self) -> bool:
         """Open the project details dialog."""
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
@@ -985,7 +935,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
     @pyqtSlot()
     def showBuildManuscriptDialog(self) -> bool:
         """Open the build manuscript dialog."""
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
@@ -1005,7 +955,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
     def showLoremIpsumDialog(self) -> bool:
         """Open the insert lorem ipsum text dialog."""
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
@@ -1023,7 +973,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
     def showProjectWordListDialog(self) -> bool:
         """Open the project word list dialog."""
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
@@ -1038,7 +988,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
     def showWritingStatsDialog(self) -> bool:
         """Open the session stats dialog."""
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             logger.error("No project open")
             return False
 
@@ -1094,56 +1044,13 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
         return
 
-    def makeAlert(self, text: str, info: str = "", details: str = "",
-                  level: nwAlert = nwAlert.INFO, exception: Exception | None = None) -> None:
-        """Alert both the user and the logger at the same time. The
-        message can be either a string or a list of strings.
-        """
-        logText = " ".join(filter(None, [text, info, details]))
-        if level == nwAlert.INFO:
-            logger.info(logText, stacklevel=2)
-        elif level == nwAlert.WARN:
-            logger.warning(logText, stacklevel=2)
-        elif level == nwAlert.ERROR:
-            logger.error(logText, stacklevel=2, exc_info=exception)
-
-        if exception is not None:
-            excText = f"{type(exception).__name__}: {str(exception)}"
-            info = f"{info}<br>{excText}" if info else excText
-
-        msgBox = QMessageBox(self)
-        msgBox.setWindowTitle(trConst(nwLabels.ALERT_NAME[level]))
-        msgBox.setText(text)
-        msgBox.setInformativeText(info)
-        msgBox.setDetailedText(details)
-        msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox.Ok)
-        msgBox.setIconPixmap(self.alertPix[level])
-        msgBox.adjustSize()
-        msgBox.exec_()
-
-        return
-
-    def askQuestion(self, text: str, info: str = "", details: str = "",
-                    level: nwAlert = nwAlert.ASK) -> bool:
-        """Ask the user a Yes/No question, and return the answer."""
-        msgBox = QMessageBox(self)
-        msgBox.setWindowTitle(trConst(nwLabels.ALERT_NAME[level]))
-        msgBox.setText(text)
-        msgBox.setInformativeText(info)
-        msgBox.setDetailedText(details)
-        msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox.Yes | QMessageBox.No)
-        msgBox.setIconPixmap(self.alertPix[level])
-        msgBox.adjustSize()
-        msgBox.exec_()
-        return msgBox.result() == QMessageBox.Yes
-
     def reportConfErr(self) -> bool:
         """Checks if the Config module has any errors to report, and let
         the user know if this is the case. The Config module caches
         errors since it is initialised before the GUI itself.
         """
         if CONFIG.hasError:
-            self.makeAlert(CONFIG.errorText(), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            SHARED.error(CONFIG.errorText())
             return True
         return False
 
@@ -1153,8 +1060,8 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
     def closeMain(self) -> bool:
         """Save everything, and close novelWriter."""
-        if self.hasProject:
-            msgYes = self.askQuestion("%s<br>%s" % (
+        if SHARED.hasProject:
+            msgYes = SHARED.question("%s<br>%s" % (
                 self.tr("Do you want to exit novelWriter?"),
                 self.tr("Changes are saved automatically.")
             ))
@@ -1174,7 +1081,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             # Ignore window size if in full screen mode
             CONFIG.setMainWinSize(self.width(), self.height())
 
-        if self.hasProject:
+        if SHARED.hasProject:
             self.closeProject(True)
 
         CONFIG.saveConfig()
@@ -1206,7 +1113,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
     def closeDocEditor(self) -> None:
         """Close the document editor. This does not hide the editor."""
         self.closeDocument()
-        self._project.data.setLastHandle(None, "editor")
+        SHARED.project.data.setLastHandle(None, "editor")
         return
 
     def closeDocViewer(self, byUser: bool = True) -> bool:
@@ -1214,7 +1121,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         self.docViewer.clearViewer()
         if byUser:
             # Only reset the last handle if the user called this
-            self._project.data.setLastHandle(None, "viewer")
+            SHARED.project.data.setLastHandle(None, "viewer")
 
         # Hide the panel
         bPos = self.splitMain.sizes()
@@ -1227,7 +1134,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         """Handle toggle focus mode. The Main GUI Focus Mode hides tree,
         view, statusbar and menu.
         """
-        if self.docEditor.docHandle() is None:
+        if self.docEditor.docHandle is None:
             logger.error("No document open, so not activating Focus Mode")
             return False
 
@@ -1250,7 +1157,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
         if self.splitView.isVisible():
             self.splitView.setVisible(False)
-        elif self.docViewer.docHandle() is not None:
+        elif self.docViewer.docHandle is not None:
             self.splitView.setVisible(True)
 
         return True
@@ -1400,15 +1307,15 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         """Handle the index lookup of a tag and display an alert if the
         tag cannot be found.
         """
-        tHandle, sTitle = self._project.index.getTagSource(tag)
+        tHandle, sTitle = SHARED.project.index.getTagSource(tag)
         if tHandle is None:
-            self.makeAlert(self.tr(
+            SHARED.error(self.tr(
                 "Could not find the reference for tag '{0}'. It either doesn't "
                 "exist, or the index is out of date. The index can be updated "
                 "from the Tools menu, or by pressing {1}."
             ).format(
                 tag, "F9"
-            ), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            ))
             return None, None
         return tHandle, sTitle
 
@@ -1447,7 +1354,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         if tHandle is not None:
             if mode == nwDocMode.EDIT:
                 tLine = None
-                hItem = self._project.index.getItemHeader(tHandle, sTitle)
+                hItem = SHARED.project.index.getItemHeader(tHandle, sTitle)
                 if hItem is not None:
                     tLine = hItem.line
                 self.openDocument(tHandle, tLine=tLine, changeFocus=setFocus)
@@ -1478,30 +1385,22 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
     @pyqtSlot()
     def _timeTick(self) -> None:
         """Process time tick of the main timer."""
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             return
-
         currTime = time()
-        editIdle = currTime - self.docEditor.lastActive() > CONFIG.userIdleTime
+        editIdle = currTime - self.docEditor.lastActive > CONFIG.userIdleTime
         userIdle = qApp.applicationState() != Qt.ApplicationActive
-
-        if editIdle or userIdle:
-            self.idleTime += currTime - self.idleRefTime
-            self.mainStatus.setUserIdle(True)
-        else:
-            self.mainStatus.setUserIdle(False)
-
-        self.idleRefTime = currTime
-        self.mainStatus.updateTime(idleTime=self.idleTime)
-
+        self.mainStatus.setUserIdle(editIdle or userIdle)
+        SHARED.updateIdleTime(currTime, editIdle or userIdle)
+        self.mainStatus.updateTime(idleTime=SHARED.projectIdleTime)
         return
 
     @pyqtSlot()
     def _autoSaveProject(self) -> None:
         """Autosave of the project. This is a timer-activated slot."""
-        doSave  = self.hasProject
-        doSave &= self._project.projChanged
-        doSave &= self._project.storage.isOpen()
+        doSave  = SHARED.hasProject
+        doSave &= SHARED.project.projChanged
+        doSave &= SHARED.project.storage.isOpen()
         if doSave:
             logger.debug("Autosaving project")
             self.saveProject(autoSave=True)
@@ -1510,7 +1409,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
     @pyqtSlot()
     def _autoSaveDocument(self) -> None:
         """Autosave of the document. This is a timer-activated slot."""
-        if self.hasProject and self.docEditor.docChanged():
+        if SHARED.hasProject and self.docEditor.docChanged:
             logger.debug("Autosaving document")
             self.saveDocument()
         return
@@ -1518,17 +1417,17 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
     @pyqtSlot()
     def _updateStatusWordCount(self) -> None:
         """Update the word count on the status bar."""
-        if not self.hasProject:
+        if not SHARED.hasProject:
             self.mainStatus.setProjectStats(0, 0)
 
-        self._project.updateWordCounts()
+        SHARED.project.updateWordCounts()
         if CONFIG.incNotesWCount:
-            iTotal = sum(self._project.data.initCounts)
-            cTotal = sum(self._project.data.currCounts)
+            iTotal = sum(SHARED.project.data.initCounts)
+            cTotal = sum(SHARED.project.data.currCounts)
             self.mainStatus.setProjectStats(cTotal, cTotal - iTotal)
         else:
-            iNovel, _ = self._project.data.initCounts
-            cNovel, _ = self._project.data.currCounts
+            iNovel, _ = SHARED.project.data.initCounts
+            cNovel, _ = SHARED.project.data.currCounts
             self.mainStatus.setProjectStats(cNovel, cNovel - iNovel)
 
         return
@@ -1554,7 +1453,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
     def _mainStackChanged(self, index: int) -> None:
         """Process main window tab change."""
         if index == self.idxOutlineView:
-            if self.hasProject:
+            if SHARED.hasProject:
                 self.outlineView.refreshTree()
         return
 

novelwriter/shared.py

@@ -0,0 +1,300 @@
+"""
+novelWriter – Shared Data Class
+===============================
+
+File History:
+Created: 2023-08-10 [2.1b2]
+
+This file is a part of novelWriter
+Copyright 2018–2023, Veronica Berglyd Olsen
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+
+from time import time
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from PyQt5.QtCore import QObject, pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMessageBox, QWidget
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
+    from novelwriter.guimain import GuiMain
+    from novelwriter.gui.theme import GuiTheme
+    from novelwriter.core.project import NWProject
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class SharedData(QObject):
+
+    __slots__ = (
+        "_gui", "_theme", "_project", "_lockedBy", "_alert",
+        "_idleTime", "_idleRefTime",
+    )
+
+    projectStatusChanged = pyqtSignal(bool)
+    projectStatusMessage = pyqtSignal(str)
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self._gui = None
+        self._theme = None
+        self._project = None
+        self._lockedBy = None
+        self._alert = None
+        self._idleTime = 0.0
+        self._idleRefTime = time()
+        return
+
+    @property
+    def mainGui(self) -> GuiMain:
+        """Return the Main GUI instance."""
+        if self._gui is None:
+            raise Exception("SharedData class not fully initialised")
+        return self._gui
+
+    @property
+    def theme(self) -> GuiTheme:
+        """Return the GUI Theme instance."""
+        if self._theme is None:
+            raise Exception("SharedData class not fully initialised")
+        return self._theme
+
+    @property
+    def project(self) -> NWProject:
+        """Return the active NWProject instance."""
+        if self._project is None:
+            raise Exception("SharedData class not fully initialised")
+        return self._project
+
+    @property
+    def hasProject(self) -> bool:
+        """Return True of the project instance is populated."""
+        return self.project.isValid
+
+    @property
+    def projectLock(self) -> list | None:
+        """Return cached lock information for the last project."""
+        return self._lockedBy
+
+    @property
+    def projectIdleTime(self) -> float:
+        """Return the session idle time."""
+        return self._idleTime
+
+    @property
+    def alert(self) -> _GuiAlert | None:
+        """Return a pointer to the last alert box."""
+        return self._alert
+
+    ##
+    #  Methods
+    ##
+
+    def initSharedData(self, gui: GuiMain, theme: GuiTheme) -> None:
+        """Initialise the UserData instance. This must be called as soon
+        as the Main GUI is created to ensure the SHARED singleton has the
+        properties needed for operation.
+        """
+        self._gui = gui
+        self._theme = theme
+        self._resetProject()
+        logger.debug("SharedData instance initialised")
+        return
+
+    def openProject(self, path: str | Path, clearLock: bool = False) -> bool:
+        """Open a project."""
+        if self.project.isValid:
+            logger.error("A project is already open")
+            return False
+
+        self._lockedBy = None
+        status = self.project.openProject(path, clearLock=clearLock)
+        if status is False:
+            # We must cache the lock status before resetting the project
+            self._lockedBy = self.project.lockStatus
+            self._resetProject()
+
+        self._resetIdleTimer()
+
+        return status
+
+    def saveProject(self, autoSave: bool = False) -> bool:
+        """Save the current project."""
+        if not self.project.isValid:
+            logger.error("There is no project open")
+            return False
+        return self.project.saveProject(autoSave=autoSave)
+
+    def closeProject(self) -> None:
+        """Close the current project."""
+        self.project.closeProject(self._idleTime)
+        self._resetProject()
+        self._resetIdleTimer()
+        return
+
+    def updateIdleTime(self, currTime: float, userIdle: bool) -> None:
+        """Update the idle time record. If the userIdle flag is True,
+        the user idle counter is updated with the time difference since
+        the last time this function was called. Otherwise, only the
+        reference time is updated.
+        """
+        if userIdle:
+            self._idleTime += currTime - self._idleRefTime
+        self._idleRefTime = currTime
+        return
+
+    ##
+    #  Alert Boxes
+    ##
+
+    def info(self, text: str, info: str = "", details: str = "") -> None:
+        """Open an information alert box."""
+        self._alert = _GuiAlert(self.mainGui, self.theme)
+        self._alert.setMessage(text, info, details)
+        self._alert.setAlertType(_GuiAlert.INFO, False)
+        logger.info(self._alert.logMessage, stacklevel=2)
+        self._alert.exec_()
+        return
+
+    def warn(self, text: str, info: str = "", details: str = "") -> None:
+        """Open a warning alert box."""
+        self._alert = _GuiAlert(self.mainGui, self.theme)
+        self._alert.setMessage(text, info, details)
+        self._alert.setAlertType(_GuiAlert.WARN, False)
+        logger.warning(self._alert.logMessage, stacklevel=2)
+        self._alert.exec_()
+        return
+
+    def error(self, text: str, info: str = "", details: str = "",
+              exc: Exception | None = None) -> None:
+        """Open an error alert box."""
+        self._alert = _GuiAlert(self.mainGui, self.theme)
+        self._alert.setMessage(text, info, details)
+        self._alert.setAlertType(_GuiAlert.ERROR, False)
+        if exc:
+            self._alert.setException(exc)
+        logger.error(self._alert.logMessage, stacklevel=2)
+        self._alert.exec_()
+        return
+
+    def question(self, text: str, info: str = "", details: str = "", warn: bool = False) -> bool:
+        """Open a question box."""
+        self._alert = _GuiAlert(self.mainGui, self.theme)
+        self._alert.setMessage(text, info, details)
+        self._alert.setAlertType(_GuiAlert.WARN if warn else _GuiAlert.ASK, True)
+        self._alert.exec_()
+        return self._alert.result() == QMessageBox.Yes
+
+    ##
+    #  Internal Slots
+    ##
+
+    @pyqtSlot(bool)
+    def _emitProjectStatusChange(self, state: bool) -> None:
+        """Forward the project status slot."""
+        self.projectStatusChanged.emit(state)
+        return
+
+    @pyqtSlot(str)
+    def _emitProjectStatusMeesage(self, message: str) -> None:
+        """Forward the project message slot."""
+        self.projectStatusMessage.emit(message)
+        return
+
+    ##
+    #  Internal Functions
+    ##
+
+    def _resetProject(self) -> None:
+        """Create a new project instance."""
+        from novelwriter.core.project import NWProject
+        if isinstance(self._project, NWProject):
+            self._project.statusChanged.disconnect()
+            self._project.statusMessage.disconnect()
+            self._project.deleteLater()
+        self._project = NWProject(self)
+        self._project.statusChanged.connect(self._emitProjectStatusChange)
+        self._project.statusMessage.connect(self._emitProjectStatusMeesage)
+        return
+
+    def _resetIdleTimer(self) -> None:
+        """Reset the timer data for the idle timer."""
+        self._idleRefTime = time()
+        self._idleTime = 0.0
+        return
+
+# END Class SharedData
+
+
+class _GuiAlert(QMessageBox):
+
+    INFO = 0
+    WARN = 1
+    ERROR = 2
+    ASK = 3
+
+    def __init__(self, parent: QWidget, theme: GuiTheme) -> None:
+        super().__init__(parent=parent)
+        self._theme = theme
+        self._message = ""
+        return
+
+    @property
+    def logMessage(self) -> str:
+        return self._message
+
+    def setMessage(self, text: str, info: str, details: str) -> None:
+        """Set the alert box message."""
+        self._message = " ".join(filter(None, [text, info, details]))
+        self.setText(text)
+        self.setInformativeText(info)
+        self.setDetailedText(details)
+        return
+
+    def setException(self, exception: Exception) -> None:
+        """Add exception details."""
+        info = self.informativeText()
+        text = f"<b>{type(exception).__name__}</b>: {str(exception)}"
+        self.setInformativeText(f"{info}<br>{text}" if info else text)
+        return
+
+    def setAlertType(self, level: int, isYesNo: bool) -> None:
+        """Set the type of alert and whether the dialog should have
+        Yes/No buttons or just an Ok button.
+        """
+        if isYesNo:
+            self.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox.Yes | QMessageBox.No)
+        else:
+            self.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox.Ok)
+        pSz = 2*self._theme.baseIconSize
+        if level == self.INFO:
+            self.setIconPixmap(self._theme.getPixmap("alert_info", (pSz, pSz)))
+            self.setWindowTitle(self.tr("Information"))
+        elif level == self.WARN:
+            self.setIconPixmap(self._theme.getPixmap("alert_warn", (pSz, pSz)))
+            self.setWindowTitle(self.tr("Warning"))
+        elif level == self.ERROR:
+            self.setIconPixmap(self._theme.getPixmap("alert_error", (pSz, pSz)))
+            self.setWindowTitle(self.tr("Error"))
+        elif level == self.ASK:
+            self.setIconPixmap(self._theme.getPixmap("alert_question", (pSz, pSz)))
+            self.setWindowTitle(self.tr("Question"))
+        return
+
+# END Class _GuiAlert

novelwriter/tools/lipsum.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QSpinBox
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.common import readTextFile
 from novelwriter.extensions.switch import NSwitch
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class GuiLipsum(QDialog):
         nPx = CONFIG.pxInt(64)
         vSp = CONFIG.pxInt(4)
         self.docIcon = QLabel()
-        self.docIcon.setPixmap(CONFIG.theme.getPixmap("proj_document", (nPx, nPx)))
+        self.docIcon.setPixmap(SHARED.theme.getPixmap("proj_document", (nPx, nPx)))
 
         self.leftBox = QVBoxLayout()
         self.leftBox.setSpacing(vSp)

novelwriter/tools/manusbuild.py

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QSize, QTimer, Qt, pyqtSlot
@@ -35,8 +34,8 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QPushButton, QSplitter, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
-from novelwriter.enum import nwAlert, nwBuildFmt
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
+from novelwriter.enum import nwBuildFmt
 from novelwriter.common import makeFileNameSafe
 from novelwriter.constants import nwLabels
 from novelwriter.core.item import NWItem
@@ -44,9 +43,6 @@ from novelwriter.core.docbuild import NWBuildDocument
 from novelwriter.core.buildsettings import BuildSettings
 from novelwriter.extensions.simpleprogress import NProgressSimple
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
-    from novelwriter.guimain import GuiMain
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -59,14 +55,12 @@ class GuiManuscriptBuild(QDialog):
 
     D_KEY = Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole
 
-    def __init__(self, parent: QWidget, mainGui: GuiMain, build: BuildSettings):
+    def __init__(self, parent: QWidget, build: BuildSettings):
         super().__init__(parent=parent)
 
         logger.debug("Create: GuiManuscriptBuild")
         self.setObjectName("GuiManuscriptBuild")
 
-        self.mainGui = mainGui
-
         self._parent = parent
         self._build = build
 
@@ -74,14 +68,14 @@ class GuiManuscriptBuild(QDialog):
         self.setMinimumWidth(CONFIG.pxInt(500))
         self.setMinimumHeight(CONFIG.pxInt(300))
 
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
         sp4 = CONFIG.pxInt(4)
         sp8 = CONFIG.pxInt(8)
         sp16 = CONFIG.pxInt(16)
         wWin = CONFIG.pxInt(620)
         hWin = CONFIG.pxInt(360)
 
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
         self.resize(
             CONFIG.pxInt(pOptions.getInt("GuiManuscriptBuild", "winWidth", wWin)),
             CONFIG.pxInt(pOptions.getInt("GuiManuscriptBuild", "winHeight", hWin))
@@ -146,7 +140,7 @@ class GuiManuscriptBuild(QDialog):
         # Build Path
         self.lblPath = QLabel(self.tr("Path"))
         self.buildPath = QLineEdit(self)
-        self.btnBrowse = QPushButton(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("browse"), "")
+        self.btnBrowse = QPushButton(SHARED.theme.getIcon("browse"), "")
 
         self.pathBox = QHBoxLayout()
         self.pathBox.addWidget(self.buildPath)
@@ -156,7 +150,7 @@ class GuiManuscriptBuild(QDialog):
         # Build Name
         self.lblName = QLabel(self.tr("File Name"))
         self.buildName = QLineEdit(self)
-        self.btnReset = QPushButton(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("revert"), "")
+        self.btnReset = QPushButton(SHARED.theme.getIcon("revert"), "")
         self.btnReset.setToolTip(self.tr("Reset file name to default"))
 
         self.nameBox = QHBoxLayout()
@@ -181,7 +175,7 @@ class GuiManuscriptBuild(QDialog):
         self.buildBox.setVerticalSpacing(sp4)
 
         # Dialog Buttons
-        self.btnBuild = QPushButton(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("export"), self.tr("&Build"))
+        self.btnBuild = QPushButton(SHARED.theme.getIcon("export"), self.tr("&Build"))
         self.dlgButtons = QDialogButtonBox(QDialogButtonBox.Close)
         self.dlgButtons.addButton(self.btnBuild, QDialogButtonBox.ActionRole)
 
@@ -279,7 +273,7 @@ class GuiManuscriptBuild(QDialog):
     @pyqtSlot()
     def _doResetBuildName(self):
         """Generate a default build name."""
-        bName = f"{self.mainGui.project.data.name} - {self._build.name}"
+        bName = f"{SHARED.project.data.name} - {self._build.name}"
         self.buildName.setText(bName)
         self._build.setLastBuildName(bName)
         return
@@ -308,19 +302,19 @@ class GuiManuscriptBuild(QDialog):
         self.buildProgress.setValue(0)
         bPath = Path(self.buildPath.text())
         if not bPath.is_dir():
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(self.tr("Output folder does not exist."), level=nwAlert.ERROR)
+            SHARED.error(self.tr("Output folder does not exist."))
             return False
 
         bExt = nwLabels.BUILD_EXT[bFormat]
         buildPath = (bPath / makeFileNameSafe(bName)).with_suffix(bExt)
 
         if buildPath.exists():
-            if not self.mainGui.askQuestion(
+            if not SHARED.question(
                 self.tr("The file already exists. Do you want to overwrite it?")
             ):
                 return False
 
-        docBuild = NWBuildDocument(self.mainGui.project, self._build)
+        docBuild = NWBuildDocument(SHARED.project, self._build)
         docBuild.queueAll()
 
         self.buildProgress.setMaximum(len(docBuild))
@@ -353,7 +347,7 @@ class GuiManuscriptBuild(QDialog):
         fmtWidth = CONFIG.rpxInt(mainSplit[0])
         sumWidth = CONFIG.rpxInt(mainSplit[1])
 
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
         pOptions.setValue("GuiManuscriptBuild", "winWidth", winWidth)
         pOptions.setValue("GuiManuscriptBuild", "winHeight", winHeight)
         pOptions.setValue("GuiManuscriptBuild", "fmtWidth", fmtWidth)
@@ -365,9 +359,9 @@ class GuiManuscriptBuild(QDialog):
     def _populateContentList(self):
         """Build the content list."""
         rootMap = {}
-        filtered = self._build.buildItemFilter(self.mainGui.project)
+        filtered = self._build.buildItemFilter(SHARED.project)
         self.listContent.clear()
-        for nwItem in self.mainGui.project.tree:
+        for nwItem in SHARED.project.tree:
             tHandle = nwItem.itemHandle
             rHandle = nwItem.itemRoot
 
@@ -376,11 +370,11 @@ class GuiManuscriptBuild(QDialog):
 
             if filtered.get(tHandle, (False, 0))[0]:
                 if rHandle not in rootMap:
-                    rItem = self.mainGui.project.tree[rHandle]
+                    rItem = SHARED.project.tree[rHandle]
                     if isinstance(rItem, NWItem):
                         rootMap[rHandle] = rItem.itemName
 
-                itemIcon = CONFIG.theme.getItemIcon(
+                itemIcon = SHARED.theme.getItemIcon(
                     nwItem.itemType, nwItem.itemClass,
                     nwItem.itemLayout, nwItem.mainHeading
                 )

novelwriter/tools/manuscript.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
 )
 from PyQt5.QtPrintSupport import QPrintPreviewDialog, QPrinter
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.error import logException
 from novelwriter.common import checkInt, fuzzyTime
 from novelwriter.core.tohtml import ToHtml
@@ -74,18 +74,18 @@ class GuiManuscript(QDialog):
 
         self.mainGui = mainGui
 
-        self._builds = BuildCollection(self.mainGui.project)
+        self._builds = BuildCollection(SHARED.project)
         self._buildMap: dict[str, QListWidgetItem] = {}
 
         self.setWindowTitle(self.tr("Build Manuscript"))
         self.setMinimumWidth(CONFIG.pxInt(600))
         self.setMinimumHeight(CONFIG.pxInt(500))
 
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
         wWin = CONFIG.pxInt(900)
         hWin = CONFIG.pxInt(600)
 
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
         self.resize(
             CONFIG.pxInt(pOptions.getInt("GuiManuscript", "winWidth", wWin)),
             CONFIG.pxInt(pOptions.getInt("GuiManuscript", "winHeight", hWin))
@@ -105,21 +105,21 @@ class GuiManuscript(QDialog):
         ).format(CONFIG.pxInt(2), fadeCol.red(), fadeCol.green(), fadeCol.blue())
 
         self.tbAdd = QToolButton(self)
-        self.tbAdd.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("add"))
+        self.tbAdd.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("add"))
         self.tbAdd.setIconSize(QSize(iPx, iPx))
         self.tbAdd.setToolTip(self.tr("Add New Build"))
         self.tbAdd.setStyleSheet(buttonStyle)
         self.tbAdd.clicked.connect(self._createNewBuild)
 
         self.tbDel = QToolButton(self)
-        self.tbDel.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("remove"))
+        self.tbDel.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("remove"))
         self.tbDel.setIconSize(QSize(iPx, iPx))
         self.tbDel.setToolTip(self.tr("Delete Selected Build"))
         self.tbDel.setStyleSheet(buttonStyle)
         self.tbDel.clicked.connect(self._deleteSelectedBuild)
 
         self.tbEdit = QToolButton(self)
-        self.tbEdit.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("edit"))
+        self.tbEdit.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("edit"))
         self.tbEdit.setIconSize(QSize(iPx, iPx))
         self.tbEdit.setToolTip(self.tr("Edit Selected Build"))
         self.tbEdit.setStyleSheet(buttonStyle)
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class GuiManuscript(QDialog):
         # Assemble GUI
         # ============
 
-        self.docPreview = _PreviewWidget(self.mainGui)
+        self.docPreview = _PreviewWidget(self)
 
         self.controlBox = QVBoxLayout()
         self.controlBox.addLayout(self.listToolBox, 0)
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class GuiManuscript(QDialog):
         self._updateBuildsList()
 
         logger.debug("Loading build cache")
-        cache = CONFIG.dataPath("cache") / f"build_{self.mainGui.project.data.uuid}.json"
+        cache = CONFIG.dataPath("cache") / f"build_{SHARED.project.data.uuid}.json"
         if cache.is_file():
             try:
                 with open(cache, mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as fObj:
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class GuiManuscript(QDialog):
         """Delete the currently selected build settings entry."""
         build = self._getSelectedBuild()
         if build is not None:
-            if self.mainGui.askQuestion(self.tr("Delete build '{0}'?".format(build.name))):
+            if SHARED.question(self.tr("Delete build '{0}'?".format(build.name))):
                 self._builds.removeBuild(build.buildID)
                 self._updateBuildsList()
         return
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class GuiManuscript(QDialog):
         if build is None:
             return
 
-        docBuild = NWBuildDocument(self.mainGui.project, build)
+        docBuild = NWBuildDocument(SHARED.project, build)
         docBuild.queueAll()
 
         self.docPreview.beginNewBuild(len(docBuild))
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class GuiManuscript(QDialog):
         self._updatePreview(result, build)
 
         logger.debug("Saving build cache")
-        cache = CONFIG.dataPath("cache") / f"build_{self.mainGui.project.data.uuid}.json"
+        cache = CONFIG.dataPath("cache") / f"build_{SHARED.project.data.uuid}.json"
         try:
             with open(cache, mode="w+", encoding="utf-8") as outFile:
                 outFile.write(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ class GuiManuscript(QDialog):
         """Open the build dialog and build the manuscript."""
         build = self._getSelectedBuild()
         if isinstance(build, BuildSettings):
-            dlgBuild = GuiManuscriptBuild(self, self.mainGui, build)
+            dlgBuild = GuiManuscriptBuild(self, build)
             dlgBuild.exec_()
 
             # After the build is done, save build settings changes
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ class GuiManuscript(QDialog):
         optsWidth = CONFIG.rpxInt(mainSplit[0])
         viewWidth = CONFIG.rpxInt(mainSplit[1])
 
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
         pOptions.setValue("GuiManuscript", "winWidth", winWidth)
         pOptions.setValue("GuiManuscript", "winHeight", winHeight)
         pOptions.setValue("GuiManuscript", "optsWidth", optsWidth)
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ class GuiManuscript(QDialog):
         for key, name in self._builds.builds():
             bItem = QListWidgetItem()
             bItem.setText(name)
-            bItem.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("export"))
+            bItem.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("export"))
             bItem.setData(self.D_KEY, key)
             self.buildList.addItem(bItem)
             self._buildMap[key] = bItem
@@ -446,10 +446,8 @@ class GuiManuscript(QDialog):
 
 class _PreviewWidget(QTextBrowser):
 
-    def __init__(self, mainGui: GuiMain):
-        super().__init__(parent=mainGui)
-
-        self.mainGui = mainGui
+    def __init__(self, parent: QWidget):
+        super().__init__(parent=parent)
 
         self._docTime = 0
         self._buildName = ""
@@ -460,7 +458,7 @@ class _PreviewWidget(QTextBrowser):
         dPalette.setColor(QPalette.Text, QColor(0, 0, 0))
         self.setPalette(dPalette)
 
-        self.setMinimumWidth(40*CONFIG.theme.textNWidth)
+        self.setMinimumWidth(40*SHARED.theme.textNWidth)
         self.setTextFont(CONFIG.textFont, CONFIG.textSize)
         self.setTabStopDistance(CONFIG.getTabWidth())
         self.setOpenExternalLinks(False)
@@ -478,7 +476,7 @@ class _PreviewWidget(QTextBrowser):
         aPalette.setColor(QPalette.Foreground, aPalette.toolTipText().color())
 
         aFont = self.font()
-        aFont.setPointSizeF(0.9*CONFIG.theme.fontPointSize)
+        aFont.setPointSizeF(0.9*SHARED.theme.fontPointSize)
 
         self.ageLabel = QLabel("", self)
         self.ageLabel.setIndent(0)
@@ -486,7 +484,7 @@ class _PreviewWidget(QTextBrowser):
         self.ageLabel.setPalette(aPalette)
         self.ageLabel.setAutoFillBackground(True)
         self.ageLabel.setAlignment(Qt.AlignCenter)
-        self.ageLabel.setFixedHeight(int(2.1*CONFIG.theme.fontPixelSize))
+        self.ageLabel.setFixedHeight(int(2.1*SHARED.theme.fontPixelSize))
 
         # Progress
         self.buildProgress = NProgressCircle(self, CONFIG.pxInt(160), CONFIG.pxInt(16))

novelwriter/tools/manussettings.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QWidget
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.constants import nwHeadFmt, nwLabels, trConst
 from novelwriter.core.buildsettings import BuildSettings, FilterMode
 from novelwriter.extensions.switch import NSwitch
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ class GuiBuildSettings(QDialog):
         if CONFIG.osDarwin:
             self.setWindowFlag(Qt.WindowType.Tool)
 
-        self.mainGui = mainGui
-
         self._build = build
 
         self.setWindowTitle(self.tr("Manuscript Build Settings"))
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ class GuiBuildSettings(QDialog):
         wWin = CONFIG.pxInt(750)
         hWin = CONFIG.pxInt(550)
 
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
         self.resize(
             CONFIG.pxInt(pOptions.getInt("GuiBuildSettings", "winWidth", wWin)),
             CONFIG.pxInt(pOptions.getInt("GuiBuildSettings", "winHeight", hWin))
@@ -100,7 +98,7 @@ class GuiBuildSettings(QDialog):
         self.optSideBar = NPagedSideBar(self)
         self.optSideBar.setMinimumWidth(mPx)
         self.optSideBar.setMaximumWidth(mPx)
-        self.optSideBar.setLabelColor(CONFIG.theme.helpText)
+        self.optSideBar.setLabelColor(SHARED.theme.helpText)
 
         self.optSideBar.addLabel(self.tr("Options"))
         self.optSideBar.addButton(self.tr("Selection"), self.OPT_FILTERS)
@@ -245,7 +243,7 @@ class GuiBuildSettings(QDialog):
         whether the user wants to save them.
         """
         if self._build.changed:
-            response = self.mainGui.askQuestion(self.tr(
+            response = SHARED.question(self.tr(
                 "Do you want to save your changes to '{0}'?".format(self._build.name)
             ))
             if response:
@@ -262,7 +260,7 @@ class GuiBuildSettings(QDialog):
 
         treeWidth, filterWidth = self.optTabSelect.mainSplitSizes()
 
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
         pOptions.setValue("GuiBuildSettings", "winWidth", winWidth)
         pOptions.setValue("GuiBuildSettings", "winHeight", winHeight)
         pOptions.setValue("GuiBuildSettings", "treeWidth", treeWidth)
@@ -303,16 +301,14 @@ class _FilterTab(QWidget):
     def __init__(self, buildMain: GuiBuildSettings, build: BuildSettings) -> None:
         super().__init__(parent=buildMain)
 
-        self.mainGui = buildMain.mainGui
-
         self._treeMap: dict[str, QTreeWidgetItem] = {}
         self._build = build
 
         self._statusFlags: dict[int, QIcon] = {
             self.F_NONE:     QIcon(),
-            self.F_FILTERED: CONFIG.theme.getIcon("build_filtered"),
-            self.F_INCLUDED: CONFIG.theme.getIcon("build_included"),
-            self.F_EXCLUDED: CONFIG.theme.getIcon("build_excluded"),
+            self.F_FILTERED: SHARED.theme.getIcon("build_filtered"),
+            self.F_INCLUDED: SHARED.theme.getIcon("build_included"),
+            self.F_EXCLUDED: SHARED.theme.getIcon("build_excluded"),
         }
 
         self._trIncluded = self.tr("Included in manuscript")
@@ -322,7 +318,7 @@ class _FilterTab(QWidget):
         # ============
 
         # Tree Settings
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
         cMg = CONFIG.pxInt(6)
 
         # Tree Widget
@@ -360,7 +356,7 @@ class _FilterTab(QWidget):
 
         self.resetButton = QToolButton(self)
         self.resetButton.setToolTip(self.tr("Reset to default"))
-        self.resetButton.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("revert"))
+        self.resetButton.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("revert"))
         self.resetButton.clicked.connect(lambda: self._setSelectedMode(self.F_FILTERED))
 
         self.modeBox = QHBoxLayout()
@@ -379,7 +375,7 @@ class _FilterTab(QWidget):
         # Assemble GUI
         # ============
 
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
 
         self.selectionBox = QVBoxLayout()
         self.selectionBox.addWidget(self.optTree)
@@ -445,7 +441,7 @@ class _FilterTab(QWidget):
         logger.debug("Building project tree")
         self._treeMap = {}
         self.optTree.clear()
-        for nwItem in self.mainGui.project.getProjectItems():
+        for nwItem in SHARED.project.iterProjectItems():
 
             tHandle = nwItem.itemHandle
             pHandle = nwItem.itemParent
@@ -461,7 +457,7 @@ class _FilterTab(QWidget):
                 continue
 
             hLevel = nwItem.mainHeading
-            itemIcon = CONFIG.theme.getItemIcon(
+            itemIcon = SHARED.theme.getItemIcon(
                 nwItem.itemType, nwItem.itemClass, nwItem.itemLayout, hLevel
             )
 
@@ -475,7 +471,7 @@ class _FilterTab(QWidget):
             trItem.setText(self.C_NAME, nwItem.itemName)
             trItem.setData(self.C_DATA, self.D_HANDLE, tHandle)
             trItem.setData(self.C_DATA, self.D_FILE, isFile)
-            trItem.setIcon(self.C_ACTIVE, CONFIG.theme.getIcon(iconName))
+            trItem.setIcon(self.C_ACTIVE, SHARED.theme.getIcon(iconName))
 
             trItem.setTextAlignment(self.C_NAME, Qt.AlignLeft)
 
@@ -499,19 +495,19 @@ class _FilterTab(QWidget):
         self.filterOpt.clear()
         self.filterOpt.addLabel(self._build.getLabel("filter"))
         self.filterOpt.addItem(
-            CONFIG.theme.getIcon("proj_scene"),
+            SHARED.theme.getIcon("proj_scene"),
             self._build.getLabel("filter.includeNovel"),
             "doc:filter.includeNovel",
             default=self._build.getBool("filter.includeNovel")
         )
         self.filterOpt.addItem(
-            CONFIG.theme.getIcon("proj_note"),
+            SHARED.theme.getIcon("proj_note"),
             self._build.getLabel("filter.includeNotes"),
             "doc:filter.includeNotes",
             default=self._build.getBool("filter.includeNotes")
         )
         self.filterOpt.addItem(
-            CONFIG.theme.getIcon("unchecked"),
+            SHARED.theme.getIcon("unchecked"),
             self._build.getLabel("filter.includeInactive"),
             "doc:filter.includeInactive",
             default=self._build.getBool("filter.includeInactive")
@@ -521,9 +517,9 @@ class _FilterTab(QWidget):
 
         # Root Classes
         self.filterOpt.addLabel(self.tr("Select Root Folders"))
-        for tHandle, nwItem in self.mainGui.project.tree.iterRoots(None):
+        for tHandle, nwItem in SHARED.project.tree.iterRoots(None):
             if not nwItem.isInactiveClass():
-                itemIcon = CONFIG.theme.getItemIcon(
+                itemIcon = SHARED.theme.getItemIcon(
                     nwItem.itemType, nwItem.itemClass, nwItem.itemLayout
                 )
                 self.filterOpt.addItem(
@@ -557,7 +553,7 @@ class _FilterTab(QWidget):
 
     def _setTreeItemMode(self) -> None:
         """Update the filtered mode icon on all items."""
-        filtered = self._build.buildItemFilter(self.mainGui.project)
+        filtered = self._build.buildItemFilter(SHARED.project)
         for tHandle, item in self._treeMap.items():
             allow, mode = filtered.get(tHandle, (False, FilterMode.UNKNOWN))
             if mode == FilterMode.INCLUDED:
@@ -597,12 +593,10 @@ class _HeadingsTab(QWidget):
     def __init__(self, buildMain: GuiBuildSettings, build: BuildSettings) -> None:
         super().__init__(parent=buildMain)
 
-        self.mainGui = buildMain.mainGui
-
         self._build = build
         self._editing = 0
 
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
         vSp = CONFIG.pxInt(12)
         bSp = CONFIG.pxInt(6)
 
@@ -616,7 +610,7 @@ class _HeadingsTab(QWidget):
         self.fmtTitle = QLineEdit("")
         self.fmtTitle.setReadOnly(True)
         self.btnTitle = QToolButton()
-        self.btnTitle.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("edit"))
+        self.btnTitle.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("edit"))
         self.btnTitle.clicked.connect(lambda: self._editHeading(self.EDIT_TITLE))
 
         wrapTitle = QHBoxLayout()
@@ -632,7 +626,7 @@ class _HeadingsTab(QWidget):
         self.fmtChapter = QLineEdit("")
         self.fmtChapter.setReadOnly(True)
         self.btnChapter = QToolButton()
-        self.btnChapter.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("edit"))
+        self.btnChapter.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("edit"))
         self.btnChapter.clicked.connect(lambda: self._editHeading(self.EDIT_CHAPTER))
 
         wrapChapter = QHBoxLayout()
@@ -648,7 +642,7 @@ class _HeadingsTab(QWidget):
         self.fmtUnnumbered = QLineEdit("")
         self.fmtUnnumbered.setReadOnly(True)
         self.btnUnnumbered = QToolButton()
-        self.btnUnnumbered.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("edit"))
+        self.btnUnnumbered.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("edit"))
         self.btnUnnumbered.clicked.connect(lambda: self._editHeading(self.EDIT_UNNUM))
 
         wrapUnnumbered = QHBoxLayout()
@@ -665,7 +659,7 @@ class _HeadingsTab(QWidget):
         self.fmtScene = QLineEdit("")
         self.fmtScene.setReadOnly(True)
         self.btnScene = QToolButton()
-        self.btnScene.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("edit"))
+        self.btnScene.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("edit"))
         self.btnScene.clicked.connect(lambda: self._editHeading(self.EDIT_SCENE))
         self.hdeScene = QLabel(self.tr("Hide"))
         self.hdeScene.setToolTip(sceneHideTip)
@@ -692,7 +686,7 @@ class _HeadingsTab(QWidget):
         self.fmtSection = QLineEdit("")
         self.fmtSection.setReadOnly(True)
         self.btnSection = QToolButton()
-        self.btnSection.setIcon(CONFIG.theme.getIcon("edit"))
+        self.btnSection.setIcon(SHARED.theme.getIcon("edit"))
         self.btnSection.clicked.connect(lambda: self._editHeading(self.EDIT_SECTION))
         self.hdeSection = QLabel(self.tr("Hide"))
         self.hdeSection.setToolTip(sectionHideTip)
@@ -868,9 +862,9 @@ class _HeadingSyntaxHighlighter(QSyntaxHighlighter):
     def __init__(self, document: QTextDocument) -> None:
         super().__init__(document)
         self._fmtSymbol = QTextCharFormat()
-        self._fmtSymbol.setForeground(QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colHead))
+        self._fmtSymbol.setForeground(QColor(*SHARED.theme.colHead))
         self._fmtFormat = QTextCharFormat()
-        self._fmtFormat.setForeground(QColor(*CONFIG.theme.colEmph))
+        self._fmtFormat.setForeground(QColor(*SHARED.theme.colEmph))
         return
 
     def highlightBlock(self, text: str) -> None:
@@ -896,7 +890,7 @@ class _ContentTab(QWidget):
 
         self._build = build
 
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
 
         # Left Form
         # =========
@@ -964,14 +958,13 @@ class _FormatTab(QWidget):
         super().__init__(parent=buildMain)
 
         self.buildMain = buildMain
-        self.mainGui   = buildMain.mainGui
 
         self._build = build
         self._unitScale = 1.0
 
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
-        spW = 6*CONFIG.theme.textNWidth
-        dbW = 8*CONFIG.theme.textNWidth
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
+        spW = 6*SHARED.theme.textNWidth
+        dbW = 8*SHARED.theme.textNWidth
 
         # Text Format Form
         # ================
@@ -992,7 +985,7 @@ class _FormatTab(QWidget):
         self.textFont = QLineEdit()
         self.textFont.setReadOnly(True)
         self.btnTextFont = QPushButton("...")
-        self.btnTextFont.setMaximumWidth(int(2.5*CONFIG.theme.getTextWidth("...")))
+        self.btnTextFont.setMaximumWidth(int(2.5*SHARED.theme.getTextWidth("...")))
         self.btnTextFont.clicked.connect(self._selectFont)
         self.formFormat.addRow(
             self._build.getLabel("format.textFont"), self.textFont, button=self.btnTextFont
@@ -1278,7 +1271,7 @@ class _OutputTab(QWidget):
 
         self._build = build
 
-        iPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        iPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
 
         # Left Form
         # =========

novelwriter/tools/projwizard.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QPushButton, QRadioButton, QSpinBox, QVBoxLayout, QWizard, QWizardPage
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.common import makeFileNameSafe
 from novelwriter.extensions.switch import NSwitch
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class GuiProjectWizard(QWizard):
 
         self.mainGui = mainGui
 
-        self.sideImage = CONFIG.theme.loadDecoration(
+        self.sideImage = SHARED.theme.loadDecoration(
             "wiz-back", None, CONFIG.pxInt(370)
         )
         self.setWizardStyle(QWizard.ModernStyle)
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class ProjWizardIntroPage(QWizardPage):
             "Peter Mitterhofer", "CC BY-SA 4.0"
         ))
         lblFont = self.imgCredit.font()
-        lblFont.setPointSizeF(0.6*CONFIG.theme.fontPointSize)
+        lblFont.setPointSizeF(0.6*SHARED.theme.fontPointSize)
         self.imgCredit.setFont(lblFont)
 
         xW = CONFIG.pxInt(300)
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class ProjWizardFolderPage(QWizardPage):
         self.projPath.setPlaceholderText(self.tr("Required"))
 
         self.browseButton = QPushButton("...")
-        self.browseButton.setMaximumWidth(int(2.5*CONFIG.theme.getTextWidth("...")))
+        self.browseButton.setMaximumWidth(int(2.5*SHARED.theme.getTextWidth("...")))
         self.browseButton.clicked.connect(self._doBrowse)
 
         self.errLabel = QLabel("")

novelwriter/tools/writingstats.py

@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QLabel, QGroupBox, QMenu, QAction, QFileDialog, QSpinBox, QHBoxLayout
 )
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
-from novelwriter.enum import nwAlert
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.error import formatException
 from novelwriter.common import formatTime, checkInt, checkIntTuple, minmax
 from novelwriter.constants import nwConst
@@ -72,14 +71,12 @@ class GuiWritingStats(QDialog):
         if CONFIG.osDarwin:
             self.setWindowFlag(Qt.WindowType.Tool)
 
-        self.mainGui = mainGui
-
         self.logData    = []
         self.filterData = []
         self.timeFilter = 0.0
         self.wordOffset = 0
 
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
 
         self.setWindowTitle(self.tr("Writing Statistics"))
         self.setMinimumWidth(CONFIG.pxInt(420))
@@ -132,7 +129,7 @@ class GuiWritingStats(QDialog):
         self.listBox.setSortingEnabled(True)
 
         # Word Bar
-        self.barHeight = int(round(0.5*CONFIG.theme.fontPixelSize))
+        self.barHeight = int(round(0.5*SHARED.theme.fontPixelSize))
         self.barWidth = CONFIG.pxInt(200)
         self.barImage = QPixmap(self.barHeight, self.barHeight)
         self.barImage.fill(self.palette().highlight().color())
@@ -143,27 +140,27 @@ class GuiWritingStats(QDialog):
         self.infoBox.setLayout(self.infoForm)
 
         self.labelTotal = QLabel(formatTime(0))
-        self.labelTotal.setFont(CONFIG.theme.guiFontFixed)
+        self.labelTotal.setFont(SHARED.theme.guiFontFixed)
         self.labelTotal.setAlignment(Qt.AlignVCenter | Qt.AlignRight)
 
         self.labelIdleT = QLabel(formatTime(0))
-        self.labelIdleT.setFont(CONFIG.theme.guiFontFixed)
+        self.labelIdleT.setFont(SHARED.theme.guiFontFixed)
         self.labelIdleT.setAlignment(Qt.AlignVCenter | Qt.AlignRight)
 
         self.labelFilter = QLabel(formatTime(0))
-        self.labelFilter.setFont(CONFIG.theme.guiFontFixed)
+        self.labelFilter.setFont(SHARED.theme.guiFontFixed)
         self.labelFilter.setAlignment(Qt.AlignVCenter | Qt.AlignRight)
 
         self.novelWords = QLabel("0")
-        self.novelWords.setFont(CONFIG.theme.guiFontFixed)
+        self.novelWords.setFont(SHARED.theme.guiFontFixed)
         self.novelWords.setAlignment(Qt.AlignVCenter | Qt.AlignRight)
 
         self.notesWords = QLabel("0")
-        self.notesWords.setFont(CONFIG.theme.guiFontFixed)
+        self.notesWords.setFont(SHARED.theme.guiFontFixed)
         self.notesWords.setAlignment(Qt.AlignVCenter | Qt.AlignRight)
 
         self.totalWords = QLabel("0")
-        self.totalWords.setFont(CONFIG.theme.guiFontFixed)
+        self.totalWords.setFont(SHARED.theme.guiFontFixed)
         self.totalWords.setAlignment(Qt.AlignVCenter | Qt.AlignRight)
 
         lblTTime   = QLabel(self.tr("Total Time:"))
@@ -190,7 +187,7 @@ class GuiWritingStats(QDialog):
         self.infoForm.setRowStretch(6, 1)
 
         # Filter Options
-        sPx = CONFIG.theme.baseIconSize
+        sPx = SHARED.theme.baseIconSize
 
         self.filterBox = QGroupBox(self.tr("Filters"), self)
         self.filterForm = QGridLayout(self)
@@ -333,7 +330,7 @@ class GuiWritingStats(QDialog):
         showIdleTime = self.showIdleTime.isChecked()
         histMax      = self.histMax.value()
 
-        pOptions = self.mainGui.project.options
+        pOptions = SHARED.project.options
         pOptions.setValue("GuiWritingStats", "winWidth",     winWidth)
         pOptions.setValue("GuiWritingStats", "winHeight",    winHeight)
         pOptions.setValue("GuiWritingStats", "widthCol0",    widthCol0)
@@ -413,14 +410,14 @@ class GuiWritingStats(QDialog):
 
         # Report to user
         if wSuccess:
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(
+            SHARED.info(
                 self.tr("{0} file successfully written to:").format(textFmt),
                 info=savePath
             )
         else:
-            self.mainGui.makeAlert(
+            SHARED.error(
                 self.tr("Failed to write {0} file.").format(textFmt),
-                info=errMsg, level=nwAlert.ERROR
+                info=errMsg
             )
 
         return wSuccess
@@ -441,7 +438,7 @@ class GuiWritingStats(QDialog):
         ttTime = 0
         ttIdle = 0
 
-        for record in self.mainGui.project.session.iterRecords():
+        for record in SHARED.project.session.iterRecords():
             rType = record.get("type")
             if rType == "initial":
                 self.wordOffset = checkInt(record.get("offset"), 0)
@@ -587,13 +584,13 @@ class GuiWritingStats(QDialog):
             newItem.setTextAlignment(self.C_COUNT, Qt.AlignRight)
             newItem.setTextAlignment(self.C_BAR, Qt.AlignLeft | Qt.AlignVCenter)
 
-            newItem.setFont(self.C_TIME, CONFIG.theme.guiFontFixed)
-            newItem.setFont(self.C_LENGTH, CONFIG.theme.guiFontFixed)
-            newItem.setFont(self.C_COUNT, CONFIG.theme.guiFontFixed)
+            newItem.setFont(self.C_TIME, SHARED.theme.guiFontFixed)
+            newItem.setFont(self.C_LENGTH, SHARED.theme.guiFontFixed)
+            newItem.setFont(self.C_COUNT, SHARED.theme.guiFontFixed)
             if showIdleTime:
-                newItem.setFont(self.C_IDLE, CONFIG.theme.guiFontFixed)
+                newItem.setFont(self.C_IDLE, SHARED.theme.guiFontFixed)
             else:
-                newItem.setFont(self.C_IDLE, CONFIG.theme.guiFont)
+                newItem.setFont(self.C_IDLE, SHARED.theme.guiFont)
 
             self.listBox.addTopLevelItem(newItem)
             self.timeFilter += sDiff

tests/conftest.py

@@ -22,17 +22,18 @@ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 import sys
 import pytest
 import shutil
+import logging
 
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from mocked import MockGuiMain
 from tools import cleanProject
+from mocked import MockGuiMain, MockTheme
 
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMessageBox
 
 sys.path.insert(1, str(Path(__file__).parent.parent.absolute()))
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG, main  # noqa: E402
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED, main  # noqa: E402
 
 _TST_ROOT = Path(__file__).parent
 _TMP_ROOT = _TST_ROOT / "temp"
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ def resetConfigVars():
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
 def sessionFixture():
     """A session wide fixture to set up the test environment."""
+    logging.root.setLevel(logging.INFO)
     if _TMP_ROOT.exists():
         shutil.rmtree(_TMP_ROOT)
     _TMP_ROOT.mkdir()
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ def functionFixture(qtbot):
     CONFIG.__init__()
     CONFIG.initConfig(confPath=_TMP_CONF, dataPath=_TMP_CONF)
     resetConfigVars()
+    logging.getLogger("novelwriter").setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
     return
 
@@ -136,10 +139,15 @@ def projPath(fncPath):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
-def mockGUI():
+def mockGUI(qtbot, monkeypatch):
     """Create a mock instance of novelWriter's main GUI class."""
-    theGui = MockGuiMain()
-    return theGui
+    monkeypatch.setattr(QMessageBox, "exec_", lambda *a: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(QMessageBox, "result", lambda *a: QMessageBox.Yes)
+    gui = MockGuiMain()
+    theme = MockTheme()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(SHARED, "_gui", gui)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(SHARED, "_theme", theme)
+    return gui
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")

tests/mocked.py

@@ -19,49 +19,25 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """
 
-from PyQt5.QtCore import QObject
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QPixmap
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget
 
 
 # =========================================================================== #
 #  Mock GUI
 # =========================================================================== #
 
-class MockGuiMain(QObject):
+class MockGuiMain(QWidget):
 
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
-
-        self._project = None
-
-        self.hasProject = True
         self.mainStatus = MockStatusBar()
         self.projPath = ""
-
-        # Test Variables
-        self.askResponse = True
-        self.lastAlert = ""
-        self.lastQuestion = ""
-
         return
 
-    @property
-    def project(self):
-        return self._project
-
     def postLaunchTasks(self, cmdOpen):
         return
 
-    def makeAlert(self, text, info="", detals="", level=0, exception=None):
-        assert isinstance(text, str)
-        print("%s: %s" % (str(level), text))
-        self.lastAlert = str(text)
-        return
-
-    def askQuestion(self, text, info="", details="", level=3):
-        print("Question: %s" % text)
-        self.lastQuestion = text
-        return self.askResponse
-
     def setStatus(self, theMessage):
         return
 
@@ -78,16 +54,6 @@ class MockGuiMain(QObject):
     def close(self):
         return "close"
 
-    # Test Functions
-
-    def undo(self):
-        self.askResponse = True
-        return
-
-    def clear(self):
-        self.lastAlert = ""
-        return
-
 # END Class MockGuiMain
 
 
@@ -99,12 +65,24 @@ class MockStatusBar:
     def setStatus(self, theText):
         return
 
-    def doUpdateProjectStatus(self, theStatus):
+    def updateProjectStatus(self, theStatus):
         return
 
 # END Class MockStatusBar
 
 
+class MockTheme:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.baseIconSize = 10
+        return
+
+    def getPixmap(self, *a):
+        return QPixmap()
+
+# END Class MockTheme
+
+
 class MockApp:
 
     def __init__(self):

tests/test_base/test_base_common.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import pytest
 import hashlib
 
 from pathlib import Path
+from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
 
 from tools import writeFile
 from mocked import causeOSError
@@ -35,12 +36,12 @@ from novelwriter.common import (
     formatTimeStamp, fuzzyTime, getGuiItem, hexToInt, isHandle, isItemClass,
     isItemLayout, isItemType, isTitleTag, jsonEncode, makeFileNameSafe, minmax,
     numberToRoman, NWConfigParser, readTextFile, sha256sum, simplified,
-    transferCase, yesNo
+    transferCase, xmlIndent, yesNo
 )
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_CheckStringNone():
+def testBaseCommon_checkStringNone():
     """Test the checkStringNone function."""
     assert checkStringNone("Stuff", "NotNone") == "Stuff"
     assert checkStringNone("None", "NotNone") is None
@@ -49,11 +50,11 @@ def testBaseCommon_CheckStringNone():
     assert checkStringNone(1.0, "NotNone") == "NotNone"
     assert checkStringNone(True, "NotNone") == "NotNone"
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_CheckStringNone
+# END Test testBaseCommon_checkStringNone
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_CheckString():
+def testBaseCommon_checkString():
     """Test the checkString function. Anything that is a string should
     be returned, otherwise it returns the default.
     """
@@ -64,11 +65,11 @@ def testBaseCommon_CheckString():
     assert checkString(1.0, "default") == "default"
     assert checkString(True, "default") == "default"
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_CheckString
+# END Test testBaseCommon_checkString
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_CheckInt():
+def testBaseCommon_checkInt():
     """Test the checkInt function. Anything that can be converted to an
     integer should be returned, otherwise it returns the default.
     """
@@ -80,11 +81,11 @@ def testBaseCommon_CheckInt():
     assert checkInt("1", 3) == 1
     assert checkInt("1.0", 3) == 3
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_CheckInt
+# END Test testBaseCommon_checkInt
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_CheckFloat():
+def testBaseCommon_checkFloat():
     """Test the checkFloat function. Anything that can be converted to an
     integer should be returned, otherwise it returns the default.
     """
@@ -96,11 +97,11 @@ def testBaseCommon_CheckFloat():
     assert checkFloat("1", 3.0) == 1.0
     assert checkFloat("1.0", 3.0) == 1.0
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_CheckInt
+# END Test testBaseCommon_checkFloat
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_CheckBool():
+def testBaseCommon_checkBool():
     """Test the checkBool function. Any bool, string version of Python
     bool, or integer 1 or 0, are returned as bool. Otherwise, the
     default is returned.
@@ -145,11 +146,11 @@ def testBaseCommon_CheckBool():
     assert checkBool(2.0, True) is True
     assert checkBool(2.0, False) is False
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_CheckBool
+# END Test testBaseCommon_checkBool
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_CheckHandle():
+def testBaseCommon_checkHandle():
     """Test the checkHandle function."""
     assert checkHandle("None", 1, True) is None
     assert checkHandle("None", 1, False) == 1
@@ -158,36 +159,36 @@ def testBaseCommon_CheckHandle():
     assert checkHandle("47666c91c7ccf", None, False) == "47666c91c7ccf"
     assert checkHandle("h7666c91c7ccf", None, False) is None
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_CheckHandle
+# END Test testBaseCommon_checkHandle
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_CheckUuid():
+def testBaseCommon_checkUuid():
     """Test the checkUuid function."""
     testUuid = "e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abea"
-    assert checkUuid("", None) is None
-    assert checkUuid("e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abe", None) is None
-    assert checkUuid("e2be99af-f9bf-qq03-857a-c3d1ac25abea", None) is None
-    assert checkUuid("e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abeaa", None) is None
-    assert checkUuid(testUuid, None) == testUuid
+    assert checkUuid("", None) is None  # type: ignore
+    assert checkUuid("e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abe", None) is None  # type: ignore
+    assert checkUuid("e2be99af-f9bf-qq03-857a-c3d1ac25abea", None) is None  # type: ignore
+    assert checkUuid("e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abeaa", None) is None  # type: ignore
+    assert checkUuid(testUuid, None) == testUuid  # type: ignore
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_CheckUuid
+# END Test testBaseCommon_checkUuid
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_CheckPath():
+def testBaseCommon_checkPath():
     """Test the checkPath function."""
-    assert checkPath(Path("test"), None) == Path("test")
-    assert checkPath("test", None) == Path("test")
-    assert checkPath(None, None) is None
-    assert checkPath("", None) is None
-    assert checkPath("   ", None) is None
+    assert checkPath(Path("test"), None) == Path("test")  # type: ignore
+    assert checkPath("test", None) == Path("test")  # type: ignore
+    assert checkPath(None, None) is None  # type: ignore
+    assert checkPath("", None) is None  # type: ignore
+    assert checkPath("   ", None) is None  # type: ignore
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_CheckPath
+# END Test testBaseCommon_checkPath
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_IsHandle():
+def testBaseCommon_isHandle():
     """Test the isHandle function."""
     assert isHandle("47666c91c7ccf") is True
     assert isHandle("47666C91C7CCF") is False
@@ -196,12 +197,12 @@ def testBaseCommon_IsHandle():
     assert isHandle(None) is False
     assert isHandle("STUFF") is False
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_IsHandle
+# END Test testBaseCommon_isHandle
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_IsTitleTag():
-    """Test the isItemClass function."""
+def testBaseCommon_isTitleTag():
+    """Test the isTitleTag function."""
     assert isTitleTag("T1234") is True
 
     assert isTitleTag("t1234") is False
@@ -213,11 +214,11 @@ def testBaseCommon_IsTitleTag():
     assert isTitleTag(None) is False
     assert isTitleTag("STUFF") is False
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_IsTitleTag
+# END Test testBaseCommon_isTitleTag
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_IsItemClass():
+def testBaseCommon_isItemClass():
     """Test the isItemClass function."""
     assert isItemClass("NO_CLASS") is True
     assert isItemClass("NOVEL") is True
@@ -233,14 +234,14 @@ def testBaseCommon_IsItemClass():
 
     # Invalid
     assert isItemClass("None") is False
-    assert isItemClass(None) is False
+    assert isItemClass(None) is False  # type: ignore
     assert isItemClass("STUFF") is False
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_IsItemClass
+# END Test testBaseCommon_isItemClass
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_IsItemType():
+def testBaseCommon_isItemType():
     """Test the isItemType function."""
     assert isItemType("NO_TYPE") is True
     assert isItemType("ROOT") is True
@@ -252,14 +253,14 @@ def testBaseCommon_IsItemType():
 
     # Invalid
     assert isItemType("None") is False
-    assert isItemType(None) is False
+    assert isItemType(None) is False  # type: ignore
     assert isItemType("STUFF") is False
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_IsItemType
+# END Test testBaseCommon_isItemType
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_IsItemLayout():
+def testBaseCommon_isItemLayout():
     """Test the isItemLayout function."""
     assert isItemLayout("NO_LAYOUT") is True
     assert isItemLayout("DOCUMENT") is True
@@ -276,14 +277,14 @@ def testBaseCommon_IsItemLayout():
 
     # Invalid
     assert isItemLayout("None") is False
-    assert isItemLayout(None) is False
+    assert isItemLayout(None) is False  # type: ignore
     assert isItemLayout("STUFF") is False
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_IsItemLayout
+# END Test testBaseCommon_isItemLayout
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_HexToInt():
+def testBaseCommon_hexToInt():
     """Test the hexToInt function."""
     assert hexToInt(1) == 0
     assert hexToInt("1") == 1
@@ -292,42 +293,42 @@ def testBaseCommon_HexToInt():
     assert hexToInt("0xffffq") == 0
     assert hexToInt("0xffffq", 12) == 12
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_HexToInt
+# END Test testBaseCommon_hexToInt
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_MinMax():
+def testBaseCommon_minmax():
     """Test the minmax function."""
     for i in range(-5, 15):
         assert 0 <= minmax(i, 0, 10) <= 10
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_MinMax
+# END Test testBaseCommon_minmax
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_CheckIntTuple():
+def testBaseCommon_checkIntTuple():
     """Test the checkIntTuple function."""
     assert checkIntTuple(0, (0, 1, 2), 3) == 0
     assert checkIntTuple(5, (0, 1, 2), 3) == 3
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_CheckIntTuple
+# END Test testBaseCommon_checkIntTuple
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_FormatTimeStamp():
+def testBaseCommon_formatTimeStamp():
     """Test the formatTimeStamp function."""
     tTime = time.mktime(time.gmtime(0))
     assert formatTimeStamp(tTime, False) == "1970-01-01 00:00:00"
     assert formatTimeStamp(tTime, True) == "1970-01-01 00.00.00"
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_FormatTimeStamp
+# END Test testBaseCommon_formatTimeStamp
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_FormatTime():
+def testBaseCommon_formatTime():
     """Test the formatTime function."""
-    assert formatTime("1") == "ERROR"
-    assert formatTime(1.0) == "ERROR"
+    assert formatTime("1") == "ERROR"  # type: ignore
+    assert formatTime(1.0) == "ERROR"  # type: ignore
     assert formatTime(1) == "00:00:01"
     assert formatTime(59) == "00:00:59"
     assert formatTime(60) == "00:01:00"
@@ -342,21 +343,21 @@ def testBaseCommon_FormatTime():
     assert formatTime(86400) == "1-00:00:00"
     assert formatTime(360000) == "4-04:00:00"
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_FormatTime
+# END Test testBaseCommon_formatTime
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_Simplified():
+def testBaseCommon_simplified():
     """Test the simplified function."""
     assert simplified("Hello World") == "Hello World"
     assert simplified("  Hello    World   ") == "Hello World"
     assert simplified("\tHello\n\r\tWorld") == "Hello World"
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_Simplified
+# END Test testBaseCommon_simplified
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_YesNo():
+def testBaseCommon_yesNo():
     """Test the yesNo function."""
     # Bool
     assert yesNo(True) == "yes"
@@ -366,8 +367,8 @@ def testBaseCommon_YesNo():
     assert yesNo(None) == "no"
 
     # String
-    assert yesNo("foo") == "yes"
-    assert yesNo("") == "no"
+    assert yesNo("foo") == "yes"  # type: ignore
+    assert yesNo("") == "no"      # type: ignore
 
     # Integer
     assert yesNo(0) == "no"
@@ -375,15 +376,15 @@ def testBaseCommon_YesNo():
     assert yesNo(2) == "yes"
 
     # Float
-    assert yesNo(0.0) == "no"
-    assert yesNo(1.0) == "yes"
-    assert yesNo(2.0) == "yes"
+    assert yesNo(0.0) == "no"   # type: ignore
+    assert yesNo(1.0) == "yes"  # type: ignore
+    assert yesNo(2.0) == "yes"  # type: ignore
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_YesNo
+# END Test testBaseCommon_yesNo
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_FormatInt():
+def testBaseCommon_formatInt():
     """Test the formatInt function."""
     # Normal Cases
     assert formatInt(1) == "1"
@@ -398,29 +399,29 @@ def testBaseCommon_FormatInt():
     assert formatInt(1234567890) == "1.23\u2009G"
 
     # Exceptions
-    assert formatInt(12.3) == "ERR"
-    assert formatInt(None) == "ERR"
-    assert formatInt("42") == "ERR"
+    assert formatInt(12.3) == "ERR"  # type: ignore
+    assert formatInt(None) == "ERR"  # type: ignore
+    assert formatInt("42") == "ERR"  # type: ignore
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_FormatInt
+# END Test testBaseCommon_formatInt
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_TransferCase():
+def testBaseCommon_transferCase():
     """Test the transferCase function."""
-    assert transferCase(1, "TaRgEt") == "TaRgEt"
-    assert transferCase("source", 1) == 1
+    assert transferCase(1, "TaRgEt") == "TaRgEt"  # type: ignore
+    assert transferCase("source", 1) == 1         # type: ignore
     assert transferCase("", "TaRgEt") == "TaRgEt"
     assert transferCase("source", "") == ""
     assert transferCase("Source", "target") == "Target"
     assert transferCase("SOURCE", "target") == "TARGET"
     assert transferCase("source", "TARGET") == "target"
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_TransferCase
+# END Test testBaseCommon_transferCase
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_FuzzyTime():
+def testBaseCommon_fuzzyTime():
     """Test the fuzzyTime function."""
     assert fuzzyTime(-1) == "in the future"
     assert fuzzyTime(0) == "just now"
@@ -451,13 +452,13 @@ def testBaseCommon_FuzzyTime():
     assert fuzzyTime(47336399) == "a year ago"
     assert fuzzyTime(47336400) == "2 years ago"
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_FuzzyTime
+# END Test testBaseCommon_fuzzyTime
 
 
 @pytest.mark.core
-def testBaseCommon_RomanNumbers():
+def testBaseCommon_numberToRoman():
     """Test conversion of integers to Roman numbers."""
-    assert numberToRoman(None, False) == "NAN"
+    assert numberToRoman(None, False) == "NAN"  # type: ignore
     assert numberToRoman(0, False) == "OOR"
     assert numberToRoman(1, False) == "I"
     assert numberToRoman(2, False) == "II"
@@ -478,14 +479,14 @@ def testBaseCommon_RomanNumbers():
     assert numberToRoman(2010, False) == "MMX"
     assert numberToRoman(999, True) == "cmxcix"
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_RomanNumbers
+# END Test testBaseCommon_numberToRoman
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_JsonEncode():
+def testBaseCommon_jsonEncode():
     """Test the jsonEncode function."""
     # Wrong type
-    assert jsonEncode(None) == "[]"
+    assert jsonEncode(None) == "[]"  # type: ignore
 
     # Correct types
     assert jsonEncode([1, 2]) == "[\n  1,\n  2\n]"
@@ -561,11 +562,38 @@ def testBaseCommon_JsonEncode():
         '}'
     )
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_JsonEncode
+# END Test testBaseCommon_jsonEncode
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_ReadTextFile(monkeypatch, fncPath, ipsumText):
+def testBaseCommon_xmlIndent():
+    """Test the xmlIndent function."""
+    xRoot = ET.fromstring(
+        "<xml>"
+        "<group>"
+        "<item>foo</item>"
+        "</group>"
+        "</xml>"
+    )
+    xmlIndent(ET.ElementTree(xRoot))
+    assert ET.tostring(xRoot) == (
+        b"<xml>\n"
+        b"  <group>\n"
+        b"    <item>foo</item>\n"
+        b"  </group>\n"
+        b"</xml>\n"
+    )
+
+    # If we send nonsense, nothing is done
+    data = "foobar"
+    xmlIndent(data)  # type: ignore
+    assert data == "foobar"
+
+# END Test testBaseCommon_xmlIndent
+
+
+@pytest.mark.base
+def testBaseCommon_readTextFile(monkeypatch, fncPath, ipsumText):
     """Test the readTextFile function."""
     testText = "\n\n".join(ipsumText) + "\n"
     testFile = fncPath / "ipsum.txt"
@@ -578,11 +606,11 @@ def testBaseCommon_ReadTextFile(monkeypatch, fncPath, ipsumText):
         mp.setattr("pathlib.Path.read_text", causeOSError)
         assert readTextFile(testFile) == ""
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_ReadTextFile
+# END Test testBaseCommon_readTextFile
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_MakeFileNameSafe():
+def testBaseCommon_makeFileNameSafe():
     """Test the makeFileNameSafe function."""
     assert makeFileNameSafe(" aaaa ") == "aaaa"
     assert makeFileNameSafe("aaaa,bbbb") == "aaaabbbb"
@@ -591,11 +619,11 @@ def testBaseCommon_MakeFileNameSafe():
     assert makeFileNameSafe("æøå") == "æøå"
     assert makeFileNameSafe("Stuff œfi2⁵") == "Stuff œfi25"
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_MakeFileNameSafe
+# END Test testBaseCommon_makeFileNameSafe
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_Sha256Sum(monkeypatch, fncPath, ipsumText):
+def testBaseCommon_sha256sum(monkeypatch, fncPath, ipsumText):
     """Test the sha256sum function."""
     longText = 50*(" ".join(ipsumText) + " ")
     shortText = "This is a short file"
@@ -630,16 +658,16 @@ def testBaseCommon_Sha256Sum(monkeypatch, fncPath, ipsumText):
         assert sha256sum(shortFile) is None
         assert sha256sum(noneFile) is None
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_Sha256Sum
+# END Test testBaseCommon_sha256sum
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
-def testBaseCommon_GetGuiItem(nwGUI):
+def testBaseCommon_getGuiItem(nwGUI):
     """Check the GUI item function."""
     assert getGuiItem("gibberish") is None
     assert isinstance(getGuiItem("GuiMain"), GuiMain)
 
-# END Test testBaseCommon_GetGuiItem
+# END Test testBaseCommon_getGuiItem
 
 
 @pytest.mark.base
@@ -675,14 +703,14 @@ def testBaseCommon_NWConfigParser(fncPath):
     assert cfgParser.rdStr("main", "blabla",   "stuff") == "stuff"
 
     # Read Boolean
-    assert cfgParser.rdBool("main", "boolopt1", None) is True
-    assert cfgParser.rdBool("main", "boolopt2", None) is True
-    assert cfgParser.rdBool("main", "boolopt3", None) is True
-    assert cfgParser.rdBool("main", "boolopt4", None) is False
-    assert cfgParser.rdBool("main", "intopt1",  None) is None
+    assert cfgParser.rdBool("main", "boolopt1", None) is True   # type: ignore
+    assert cfgParser.rdBool("main", "boolopt2", None) is True   # type: ignore
+    assert cfgParser.rdBool("main", "boolopt3", None) is True   # type: ignore
+    assert cfgParser.rdBool("main", "boolopt4", None) is False  # type: ignore
+    assert cfgParser.rdBool("main", "intopt1",  None) is None   # type: ignore
 
-    assert cfgParser.rdBool("nope", "boolopt1", None) is None
-    assert cfgParser.rdBool("main", "blabla",   None) is None
+    assert cfgParser.rdBool("nope", "boolopt1", None) is None   # type: ignore
+    assert cfgParser.rdBool("main", "blabla",   None) is None   # type: ignore
 
     # Read Integer
     assert cfgParser.rdInt("main", "intopt1", 13) == 42

tests/test_base/test_base_init.py

@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ from novelwriter import CONFIG, main, logger
 
 @pytest.mark.base
 def testBaseInit_Launch(caplog, monkeypatch, fncPath):
-    """Check launching the main GUI.
-    """
+    """Check launching the main GUI."""
     monkeypatch.setattr("novelwriter.guimain.GuiMain", MockGuiMain)
 
     # TestMode Launch
@@ -80,8 +79,7 @@ def testBaseInit_Launch(caplog, monkeypatch, fncPath):
 
 @pytest.mark.base
 def testBaseInit_Options(monkeypatch, fncPath):
-    """Test command line options for logging level.
-    """
+    """Test command line options for logging level."""
     monkeypatch.setattr("novelwriter.guimain.GuiMain", MockGuiMain)
     monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "argv", [
         "novelWriter.py", "--testmode", f"--config={fncPath}", f"--data={fncPath}"
@@ -146,8 +144,7 @@ def testBaseInit_Options(monkeypatch, fncPath):
 
 @pytest.mark.base
 def testBaseInit_Imports(caplog, monkeypatch, fncPath):
-    """Check import error handling.
-    """
+    """Check import error handling."""
     monkeypatch.setattr("novelwriter.guimain.GuiMain", MockGuiMain)
     monkeypatch.setattr("PyQt5.QtWidgets.QApplication.__init__", lambda *a: None)
     monkeypatch.setattr("PyQt5.QtWidgets.QApplication.exec_", lambda *a: 0)

tests/test_base/test_base_shared.py

@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+"""
+novelWriter – SharedData Class Tester
+=====================================
+
+This file is a part of novelWriter
+Copyright 2018–2023, Veronica Berglyd Olsen
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+import pytest
+
+from mocked import MockGuiMain, MockTheme
+
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMessageBox
+
+from novelwriter.core.project import NWProject
+from novelwriter.shared import SharedData, _GuiAlert
+from tests.tools import buildTestProject
+
+
+@pytest.mark.base
+def testBaseSharedData_Init():
+    """Test SharedData class initialisation."""
+    shared = SharedData()
+
+    # When not initialised, it should raise exceptions
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        shared.mainGui
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        shared.theme
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        shared.project
+
+    # Create some mock objects
+    mockGui = MockGuiMain()
+    mockTheme = MockTheme()
+    assert mockGui is not mockTheme
+
+    # Properly initialise the class
+    shared.initSharedData(mockGui, mockTheme)  # type: ignore
+
+    assert shared.mainGui is mockGui
+    assert shared.theme is mockTheme
+
+    assert isinstance(shared.project, NWProject)
+    assert shared.hasProject is False
+    assert shared.projectIdleTime == 0.0
+    assert shared.projectLock is None
+
+    assert shared.alert is None
+
+# END Test testBaseSharedData_Init
+
+
+@pytest.mark.base
+def testBaseSharedData_Projects(fncPath, caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture):
+    """Test SharedData handling of projects."""
+    project = NWProject()
+    buildTestProject(project, fncPath)
+    project.closeProject(0.0)  # Clears the lockfile
+
+    shared = SharedData()
+    assert shared._project is None
+
+    # Initialise the instance, should create an empty project
+    mockGui = MockGuiMain()
+    mockTheme = MockTheme()
+    shared.initSharedData(mockGui, mockTheme)  # type: ignore
+    assert isinstance(shared.project, NWProject)
+    assert shared.hasProject is False
+
+    # Load the test project
+    assert shared.openProject(fncPath) is True
+    assert shared.hasProject is True
+
+    # We cannot open two projects
+    caplog.clear()
+    assert shared.openProject(fncPath) is False
+    assert caplog.messages[-1] == "A project is already open"
+    assert shared._idleTime == 0.0
+
+    # Update idle time
+    refTime = shared._idleRefTime
+    shared.updateIdleTime(refTime + 1.0, False)
+    shared.updateIdleTime(refTime + 2.0, True)
+    shared.updateIdleTime(refTime + 3.0, False)
+    shared.updateIdleTime(refTime + 4.0, True)
+    assert round(shared.projectIdleTime) == 2
+
+    # Save project
+    assert shared.saveProject() is True
+
+    # Close project
+    shared.closeProject()
+    assert shared.hasProject is False
+
+    # Cannot save a project after it's been closed
+    assert shared.saveProject() is False
+
+    # Check locked project info
+    project.openProject(fncPath)  # First open with our independent project instance
+    assert shared.hasProject is False
+    assert shared.projectLock is None
+    assert shared.openProject(fncPath) is False  # Then with out shared instance
+    assert shared.hasProject is False
+    assert isinstance(shared.projectLock, list)
+
+# END Test testBaseSharedData_Projects
+
+
+@pytest.mark.base
+def testBaseSharedData_Alerts(monkeypatch, caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture):
+    """Test SharedData class alert helper functions."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr(QMessageBox, "exec_", lambda *a: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(QMessageBox, "result", lambda *a: QMessageBox.Yes)
+
+    shared = SharedData()
+
+    mockGui = MockGuiMain()
+    mockTheme = MockTheme()
+    shared.initSharedData(mockGui, mockTheme)  # type: ignore
+
+    assert shared.alert is None
+
+    # Info box
+    caplog.clear()
+    shared.info("Hello World", info="foo", details="bar")
+    assert isinstance(shared.alert, _GuiAlert)
+    assert shared.alert.text() == "Hello World"
+    assert shared.alert.informativeText() == "foo"
+    assert shared.alert.detailedText() == "bar"
+    assert caplog.text.strip().startswith("INFO")
+    assert caplog.text.strip().endswith("Hello World foo bar")
+    shared._alert = None
+
+    # Warning box
+    caplog.clear()
+    shared.warn("Oops!", info="foo", details="bar")
+    assert isinstance(shared.alert, _GuiAlert)
+    assert shared.alert.text() == "Oops!"
+    assert shared.alert.informativeText() == "foo"
+    assert shared.alert.detailedText() == "bar"
+    assert caplog.text.strip().startswith("WARNING")
+    assert caplog.text.strip().endswith("Oops! foo bar")
+    shared._alert = None
+
+    # Error box
+    caplog.clear()
+    shared.error("Oh noes!", info="foo", details="bar")
+    assert isinstance(shared.alert, _GuiAlert)
+    assert shared.alert.text() == "Oh noes!"
+    assert shared.alert.informativeText() == "foo"
+    assert shared.alert.detailedText() == "bar"
+    assert caplog.text.strip().startswith("ERROR")
+    assert caplog.text.strip().endswith("Oh noes! foo bar")
+    shared._alert = None
+
+    # Error box with exception
+    caplog.clear()
+    shared.error("Oh noes!", info="foo", details="bar", exc=Exception("Boom!"))
+    assert isinstance(shared.alert, _GuiAlert)
+    assert shared.alert.text() == "Oh noes!"
+    assert shared.alert.informativeText() == "foo<br><b>Exception</b>: Boom!"
+    assert shared.alert.detailedText() == "bar"
+    assert caplog.text.strip().startswith("ERROR")
+    assert caplog.text.strip().endswith("Oh noes! foo bar")
+    shared._alert = None
+
+    # Question box
+    assert shared.question("Why?") is True
+    assert isinstance(shared.alert, _GuiAlert)
+    assert shared.alert.text() == "Why?"
+    shared._alert = None
+
+# END Test testBaseSharedData_Alerts

tests/test_core/test_core_buildsettings.py

@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def testCoreBuildSettings_BuildValues():
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreBuildSettings_Filters(mockGUI, fncPath: Path, mockRnd):
     """Test filters for project items."""
-    project = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    project = NWProject()
     buildTestProject(project, fncPath)
     build = BuildSettings()
 
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ def testCoreBuildSettings_Filters(mockGUI, fncPath: Path, mockRnd):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreBuildSettings_Collection(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath: Path, mockRnd):
     """Test the collections class for builds."""
-    project = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    project = NWProject()
     buildTestProject(project, fncPath)
     buildsFile = project.storage.getMetaFile(nwFiles.BUILDS_FILE)
     assert isinstance(buildsFile, Path)

tests/test_core/test_core_coretools.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from novelwriter.core.coretools import DocDuplicator, DocMerger, DocSplitter, Pr
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreTools_DocMerger(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath, tstPaths, mockRnd, ipsumText):
     """Test the DocMerger utility."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def testCoreTools_DocMerger(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath, tstPaths, mockRnd, ip
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreTools_DocSplitter(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd, ipsumText):
     """Test the DocSplitter utility."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
 
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def testCoreTools_DocSplitter(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd, ipsumText)
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreTools_DocDuplicator(mockGUI, fncPath, tstPaths, mockRnd):
     """Test the DocDuplicator utility."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ def testCoreTools_DocDuplicator(mockGUI, fncPath, tstPaths, mockRnd):
     assert list(dup.duplicate([C.hSceneDoc])) == [
         ("0000000000010", C.hSceneDoc),  # The Scene
     ]
-    assert theProject.tree._treeOrder == [
+    assert theProject.tree._order == [
         C.hNovelRoot, C.hPlotRoot, C.hCharRoot, C.hWorldRoot,
         C.hTitlePage, C.hChapterDir, C.hChapterDoc, C.hSceneDoc,
         "0000000000010",
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ def testCoreTools_DocDuplicator(mockGUI, fncPath, tstPaths, mockRnd):
         ("0000000000012", None),           # The Chapter
         ("0000000000013", None),           # The Scene
     ]
-    assert theProject.tree._treeOrder == [
+    assert theProject.tree._order == [
         C.hNovelRoot, C.hPlotRoot, C.hCharRoot, C.hWorldRoot,
         C.hTitlePage, C.hChapterDir, C.hChapterDoc, C.hSceneDoc,
         "0000000000010",
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ def testCoreTools_DocDuplicator(mockGUI, fncPath, tstPaths, mockRnd):
         ("0000000000017", None),          # The Chapter
         ("0000000000018", None),          # The Scene
     ]
-    assert theProject.tree._treeOrder == [
+    assert theProject.tree._order == [
         C.hNovelRoot, C.hPlotRoot, C.hCharRoot, C.hWorldRoot,
         C.hTitlePage, C.hChapterDir, C.hChapterDoc, C.hSceneDoc,
         "0000000000010",
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ def testCoreTools_NewMinimal(monkeypatch, fncPath, tstPaths, mockGUI, mockRnd):
     testFile = tstPaths.outDir / "coreTools_NewMinimal_nwProject.nwx"
     compFile = tstPaths.refDir / "coreTools_NewMinimal_nwProject.nwx"
 
-    projBuild = ProjectBuilder(mockGUI)
+    projBuild = ProjectBuilder()
 
     # Setting no data should fail
     assert projBuild.buildProject({}) is False
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ def testCoreTools_NewMinimal(monkeypatch, fncPath, tstPaths, mockGUI, mockRnd):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.core
-def testCoreTools_NewCustomA(monkeypatch, fncPath, tstPaths, mockGUI, mockRnd):
+def testCoreTools_NewCustomA(monkeypatch, fncPath, tstPaths, mockRnd):
     """Create a new project from a project wizard dictionary.
     Custom type with chapters and scenes.
     """
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ def testCoreTools_NewCustomA(monkeypatch, fncPath, tstPaths, mockGUI, mockRnd):
         "numScenes": 3,
     }
 
-    projBuild = ProjectBuilder(mockGUI)
+    projBuild = ProjectBuilder()
     assert projBuild.buildProject(projData) is True
 
     copyfile(projFile, testFile)
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ def testCoreTools_NewCustomA(monkeypatch, fncPath, tstPaths, mockGUI, mockRnd):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.core
-def testCoreTools_NewCustomB(monkeypatch, fncPath, tstPaths, mockGUI, mockRnd):
+def testCoreTools_NewCustomB(monkeypatch, fncPath, tstPaths,  mockRnd):
     """Create a new project from a project wizard dictionary.
     Custom type without chapters, but with scenes.
     """
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ def testCoreTools_NewCustomB(monkeypatch, fncPath, tstPaths, mockGUI, mockRnd):
         "numScenes": 6,
     }
 
-    projBuild = ProjectBuilder(mockGUI)
+    projBuild = ProjectBuilder()
     assert projBuild.buildProject(projData) is True
 
     copyfile(projFile, testFile)
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ def testCoreTools_NewCustomB(monkeypatch, fncPath, tstPaths, mockGUI, mockRnd):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.core
-def testCoreTools_NewSample(monkeypatch, fncPath, tstPaths, mockGUI):
+def testCoreTools_NewSample(monkeypatch, fncPath, tstPaths):
     """Check that we can create a new project can be created from the
     provided sample project via a zip file.
     """
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ def testCoreTools_NewSample(monkeypatch, fncPath, tstPaths, mockGUI):
         "popCustom": False,
     }
 
-    projBuild = ProjectBuilder(mockGUI)
+    projBuild = ProjectBuilder()
 
     # No path set
     assert projBuild.buildProject({"popSample": True}) is False

tests/test_core/test_core_docbuild.py

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ BUILD_CONF = {
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreDocBuild_OpenDocument(monkeypatch, mockGUI, prjLipsum, fncPath, tstPaths):
     """Test building an open document manuscript."""
-    project = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    project = NWProject()
     project.openProject(prjLipsum)
 
     build = BuildSettings()
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def testCoreDocBuild_OpenDocument(monkeypatch, mockGUI, prjLipsum, fncPath, tstP
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreDocBuild_HTML(monkeypatch, mockGUI, prjLipsum, fncPath, tstPaths):
     """Test building an HTML manuscript."""
-    project = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    project = NWProject()
     project.openProject(prjLipsum)
 
     build = BuildSettings()
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def testCoreDocBuild_HTML(monkeypatch, mockGUI, prjLipsum, fncPath, tstPaths):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreDocBuild_Markdown(monkeypatch, mockGUI, prjLipsum, fncPath, tstPaths):
     """Test building an Markdown manuscript."""
-    project = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    project = NWProject()
     project.openProject(prjLipsum)
 
     build = BuildSettings()
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ def testCoreDocBuild_Markdown(monkeypatch, mockGUI, prjLipsum, fncPath, tstPaths
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreDocBuild_NWD(monkeypatch, mockGUI, prjLipsum, fncPath, tstPaths):
     """Test building a NWD manuscript."""
-    project = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    project = NWProject()
     project.openProject(prjLipsum)
 
     build = BuildSettings()
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ def testCoreDocBuild_NWD(monkeypatch, mockGUI, prjLipsum, fncPath, tstPaths):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreDocBuild_Custom(mockGUI, fncPath: Path):
     """Test custom builds and some error handling."""
-    project = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    project = NWProject()
     buildTestProject(project, fncPath)
 
     build = BuildSettings()
@@ -421,8 +421,8 @@ def testCoreDocBuild_Custom(mockGUI, fncPath: Path):
 
     # Add an invalid item to the project
     nHandle = "0123456789def"
-    project.tree._treeOrder.append(nHandle)
-    project.tree._projTree[nHandle] = None  # type: ignore
+    project.tree._order.append(nHandle)
+    project.tree._tree[nHandle] = None  # type: ignore
 
     docBuild.queueAll()
     assert len(docBuild) == 8
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ def testCoreDocBuild_Custom(mockGUI, fncPath: Path):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreDocBuild_IterBuild(mockGUI, fncPath: Path, mockRnd):
     """Test iter build wrapper."""
-    project = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    project = NWProject()
     buildTestProject(project, fncPath)
     build = BuildSettings()
     build.unpack(BUILD_CONF)

tests/test_core/test_core_document.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from novelwriter.core.document import NWDocument
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreDocument_LoadSave(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     """Test loading and saving a document with the NWDocument class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def testCoreDocument_LoadSave(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
 def testCoreDocument_Methods(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     """Test other methods of the NWDocument class.
     """
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
 

tests/test_core/test_core_index.py

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def testCoreIndex_LoadSave(monkeypatch, prjLipsum, mockGUI, tstPaths):
     testFile = tstPaths.outDir / "coreIndex_LoadSave_tagsIndex.json"
     compFile = tstPaths.refDir / "coreIndex_LoadSave_tagsIndex.json"
 
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     assert theProject.openProject(prjLipsum)
 
     theIndex = NWIndex(theProject)
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def testCoreIndex_LoadSave(monkeypatch, prjLipsum, mockGUI, tstPaths):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreIndex_ScanThis(mockGUI):
     """Test the tag scanner function scanThis."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theIndex = theProject.index
 
     isValid, theBits, thePos = theIndex.scanThis("tag: this, and this")
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def testCoreIndex_ScanThis(mockGUI):
 def testCoreIndex_CheckThese(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     """Test the tag checker function checkThese.
     """
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
     theIndex = theProject.index
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ def testCoreIndex_CheckThese(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreIndex_ScanText(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     """Check the index text scanner."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
     theIndex = theProject.index
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ def testCoreIndex_ScanText(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreIndex_ExtractData(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     """Check the index data extraction functions."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
 
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ def testCoreIndex_ExtractData(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     ]
 
     # Add a fake handle to the tree and check that it's ignored
-    theProject.tree._treeOrder.append("0000000000000")
+    theProject.tree._order.append("0000000000000")
     assert [(h, t) for h, t, _ in theIndex._itemIndex.iterNovelStructure(skipExcl=False)] == [
         (C.hTitlePage, "T0001"),
         (C.hChapterDoc, "T0001"),
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ def testCoreIndex_ExtractData(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
         (sHandle, "T0001"),
         (tHandle, "T0001"),
     ]
-    theProject.tree._treeOrder.remove("0000000000000")
+    theProject.tree._order.remove("0000000000000")
 
     # Extract stats
     assert theIndex.getNovelWordCount(skipExcl=False) == 43
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ def testCoreIndex_TagsIndex():
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreIndex_ItemIndex(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     """Check the ItemIndex class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
     theProject.index.clearIndex()
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ def testCoreIndex_ItemIndex(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     assert nStruct[0][0] == uHandle
 
     # Inject garbage into tree
-    theProject.tree._treeOrder.append("stuff")
+    theProject.tree._order.append("stuff")
     nStruct = list(itemIndex.iterNovelStructure())
     assert len(nStruct) == 4
     assert nStruct[0][0] == nHandle

tests/test_core/test_core_item.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from novelwriter.core.project import NWProject
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreItem_Setters(mockGUI, mockRnd, fncPath):
     """Test all the simple setters for the NWItem class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
     theItem = NWItem(theProject, "0000000000000")
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def testCoreItem_Setters(mockGUI, mockRnd, fncPath):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreItem_Methods(mockGUI, mockRnd, fncPath):
     """Test the simple methods of the NWItem class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
     theItem = NWItem(theProject, "0000000000000")
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def testCoreItem_TypeSetter(mockGUI):
     """Test the setter for all the nwItemType values for the NWItem
     class.
     """
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theItem = NWItem(theProject, "0000000000000")
 
     # Type
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ def testCoreItem_ClassSetter(mockGUI):
     """Test the setter for all the nwItemClass values for the NWItem
     class.
     """
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theItem = NWItem(theProject, "0000000000000")
 
     # Class
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ def testCoreItem_LayoutSetter(mockGUI):
     """Test the setter for all the nwItemLayout values for the NWItem
     class.
     """
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theItem = NWItem(theProject, "0000000000000")
 
     # Faulty Layouts
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ def testCoreItem_LayoutSetter(mockGUI):
 def testCoreItem_ClassDefaults(mockGUI):
     """Test the setter for the default values.
     """
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theItem = NWItem(theProject, "0000000000000")
 
     # Root items should not have their class updated
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ def testCoreItem_ClassDefaults(mockGUI):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreItem_PackUnpack(mockGUI, caplog, mockRnd):
     """Test packing and unpacking entries for the NWItem class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theProject.data.itemStatus.write(None, "New", (100, 100, 100))
     theProject.data.itemImport.write(None, "New", (100, 100, 100))
 

tests/test_core/test_core_options.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from novelwriter.gui.noveltree import NovelTreeColumn
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreOptions_LoadSave(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath):
     """Test loading and saving from the OptionState class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theOpts = OptionState(theProject)
 
     metaDir = fncPath / "meta"
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def testCoreOptions_LoadSave(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreOptions_SetGet(mockGUI):
     """Test setting and getting values from the OptionState class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theOpts = OptionState(theProject)
 
     nwColHidden = NovelTreeColumn.HIDDEN

tests/test_core/test_core_project.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """
 
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMessageBox
 import pytest
 
 from shutil import copyfile
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ from zipfile import ZipFile
 from mocked import causeOSError
 from tools import C, cmpFiles, buildTestProject, XML_IGNORE
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.enum import nwItemClass
 from novelwriter.constants import nwFiles
 from novelwriter.core.tree import NWTree
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ def testCoreProject_NewRoot(fncPath, tstPaths, mockGUI, mockRnd):
     testFile = tstPaths.outDir / "coreProject_NewRoot_nwProject.nwx"
     compFile = tstPaths.refDir / "coreProject_NewRoot_nwProject.nwx"
 
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
 
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ def testCoreProject_NewFileFolder(monkeypatch, fncPath, tstPaths, mockGUI, mockR
     testFile = tstPaths.outDir / "coreProject_NewFileFolder_nwProject.nwx"
     compFile = tstPaths.refDir / "coreProject_NewFileFolder_nwProject.nwx"
 
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
 
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ def testCoreProject_NewFileFolder(monkeypatch, fncPath, tstPaths, mockGUI, mockR
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreProject_Open(monkeypatch, caplog, mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     """Test opening a project."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
 
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ def testCoreProject_Open(monkeypatch, caplog, mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     theProject.storage._lockFilePath = fncPath / nwFiles.PROJ_LOCK
     assert theProject.storage.writeLockFile() is True
     assert theProject.openProject(fncPath) is False
-    assert isinstance(theProject.getLockStatus(), list)
+    assert isinstance(theProject.lockStatus, list)
 
     # Fail to read lockfile (which still opens the project)
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
@@ -189,9 +190,9 @@ def testCoreProject_Open(monkeypatch, caplog, mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     # Force open with lockfile
     theProject.storage._lockFilePath = fncPath / nwFiles.PROJ_LOCK
     assert theProject.storage.writeLockFile() is True
-    assert theProject.openProject(fncPath, overrideLock=True) is True
+    assert theProject.openProject(fncPath, clearLock=True) is True
     theProject.closeProject()
-    assert theProject.getLockStatus() is None
+    assert theProject.lockStatus is None
 
     # Fail getting xml reader
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
@@ -203,37 +204,40 @@ def testCoreProject_Open(monkeypatch, caplog, mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
         mp.setattr(ProjectXMLReader, "read", lambda *a: False)
         mp.setattr(ProjectXMLReader, "state", property(lambda *a: XMLReadState.NOT_NWX_FILE))
         assert theProject.openProject(fncPath) is False
-        assert "Project file does not appear" in mockGUI.lastAlert
+        lastMsg = SHARED.alert.logMessage if SHARED.alert else ""
+        assert "Project file does not appear" in lastMsg
 
     # Unknown project file version
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
         mp.setattr(ProjectXMLReader, "read", lambda *a: False)
         mp.setattr(ProjectXMLReader, "state", property(lambda *a: XMLReadState.UNKNOWN_VERSION))
         assert theProject.openProject(fncPath) is False
-        assert "Unknown or unsupported novelWriter project file" in mockGUI.lastAlert
+        lastMsg = SHARED.alert.logMessage if SHARED.alert else ""
+        assert "Unknown or unsupported novelWriter project file" in lastMsg
 
     # Other parse error
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
         mp.setattr(ProjectXMLReader, "read", lambda *a: False)
         mp.setattr(ProjectXMLReader, "state", property(lambda *a: XMLReadState.CANNOT_PARSE))
         assert theProject.openProject(fncPath) is False
-        assert "Failed to parse project xml" in mockGUI.lastAlert
+        lastMsg = SHARED.alert.logMessage if SHARED.alert else ""
+        assert "Failed to parse project xml" in lastMsg
 
     # Won't convert legacy file
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
         mp.setattr(ProjectXMLReader, "state", property(lambda *a: XMLReadState.WAS_LEGACY))
-        mockGUI.askResponse = False
+        mp.setattr(QMessageBox, "result", lambda *a: QMessageBox.No)
         assert theProject.openProject(fncPath) is False
-        assert "The file format of your project is about to be" in mockGUI.lastQuestion
-        mockGUI.askResponse = True
+        lastMsg = SHARED.alert.logMessage if SHARED.alert else ""
+        assert "The file format of your project is about to be" in lastMsg
 
     # Won't open project from newer version
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
         mp.setattr(ProjectXMLReader, "hexVersion", property(lambda *a: 0x99999999))
-        mockGUI.askResponse = False
+        mp.setattr(QMessageBox, "result", lambda *a: QMessageBox.No)
         assert theProject.openProject(fncPath) is False
-        assert "This project was saved by a newer version" in mockGUI.lastQuestion
-        mockGUI.askResponse = True
+        lastMsg = SHARED.alert.logMessage if SHARED.alert else ""
+        assert "This project was saved by a newer version" in lastMsg
 
     # Fail checking items should still pass
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
@@ -246,10 +250,10 @@ def testCoreProject_Open(monkeypatch, caplog, mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
         mp.setattr(ProjectXMLReader, "state", property(lambda *a: XMLReadState.WAS_LEGACY))
         mp.setattr("novelwriter.core.index.NWIndex.loadIndex", lambda *a: True)
-        mockGUI.askResponse = True
         theProject.index._indexBroken = True
         assert theProject.openProject(fncPath) is True
-        assert "The file format of your project is about to be" in mockGUI.lastQuestion
+        lastMsg = SHARED.alert.logMessage if SHARED.alert else ""
+        assert "The file format of your project is about to be" in lastMsg
         assert theProject.index._indexBroken is False
 
     theProject.closeProject()
@@ -260,7 +264,7 @@ def testCoreProject_Open(monkeypatch, caplog, mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreProject_Save(monkeypatch, mockGUI, mockRnd, fncPath):
     """Test saving a project."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
 
     # Nothing to save
     assert theProject.saveProject() is False
@@ -289,7 +293,7 @@ def testCoreProject_Save(monkeypatch, mockGUI, mockRnd, fncPath):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreProject_AccessItems(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     """Test helper functions for the project folder."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
 
     # Storage Objects
@@ -323,7 +327,7 @@ def testCoreProject_AccessItems(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     assert theProject.tree.handles() == newOrder
 
     # Add a non-existing item
-    theProject.tree._treeOrder.append(C.hInvalid)
+    theProject.tree._order.append(C.hInvalid)
 
     # Add an item with a non-existent parent
     nHandle = theProject.newFile("Test File", C.hChapterDir)
@@ -331,7 +335,7 @@ def testCoreProject_AccessItems(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     assert theProject.tree[nHandle].itemParent == "cba9876543210"
 
     retOrder = []
-    for tItem in theProject.getProjectItems():
+    for tItem in theProject.iterProjectItems():
         retOrder.append(tItem.itemHandle)
 
     assert retOrder == [
@@ -353,7 +357,7 @@ def testCoreProject_AccessItems(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreProject_StatusImport(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     """Test the status and importance flag handling."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
 
@@ -462,7 +466,7 @@ def testCoreProject_StatusImport(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreProject_Methods(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     """Test other project class methods and functions."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
 
     # Project Name
@@ -482,7 +486,7 @@ def testCoreProject_Methods(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     theProject._session._start = 1600000000
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
         mp.setattr("novelwriter.core.project.time", lambda: 1600005600)
-        assert theProject.getCurrentEditTime() == 6834
+        assert theProject.currentEditTime == 6834
 
     # Trash folder
     # Should create on first call, and just returned on later calls
@@ -580,7 +584,7 @@ def testCoreProject_Backup(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath, tstPaths):
     backup file and checks that the project XML file is identical to
     the original file.
     """
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
 
     # No Project
     assert theProject.backupProject(doNotify=False) is False

tests/test_core/test_core_sessions.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from novelwriter.core.sessions import NWSessionLog
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreSessions_Main(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath):
     """Test log file handling of the NWSessionLog class."""
-    project = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    project = NWProject()
     buildTestProject(project, fncPath)
 
     logFile = project.storage.getMetaFile(nwFiles.SESS_FILE)

tests/test_core/test_core_spellcheck.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from novelwriter.core.spellcheck import FakeEnchant, NWSpellEnchant, UserDiction
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreSpell_UserDictionary(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath):
     """Test the UserDictionary class."""
-    project = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    project = NWProject()
     buildTestProject(project, fncPath)
 
     # Check that there is no file before we start
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def testCoreSpell_UserDictionary(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreSpell_FakeEnchant(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath):
     """Test the FakeEnchant spell checker fallback."""
-    project = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    project = NWProject()
     buildTestProject(project, fncPath)
 
     # Make package import fail
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def testCoreSpell_FakeEnchant(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreSpell_Enchant(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath):
     """Test the pyenchant spell checker."""
-    project = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    project = NWProject()
     buildTestProject(project, fncPath)
 
     # Break the enchant package, and check error handling

tests/test_core/test_core_storage.py

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class MockProject:
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreStorage_OpenProjectInPlace(mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     """Test opening a project in a folder."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
     theProject.closeProject()
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def testCoreStorage_ZipIt(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath, tstPaths, mockRnd):
     """Test making a zip archive of a project."""
     zipFile = tstPaths.tmpDir / "project.zip"
 
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     storage = theProject.storage
     assert storage.zipIt(zipFile) is False
 
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ def testCoreStorage_DeprecatedFiles(monkeypatch, fncPath):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreStorage_OldFormatConvert(monkeypatch, mockGUI, fncPath):
     """Test cleanup of deprecated files that needs to be converted."""
-    project = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    project = NWProject()
     buildTestProject(project, fncPath)
     legacy = _LegacyStorage(project)
 

tests/test_core/test_core_tohtml.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from novelwriter.core.project import NWProject
 def testCoreToHtml_ConvertFormat(mockGUI):
     """Test the tokenizer and converter chain using the ToHtml class.
     """
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theHtml = ToHtml(theProject)
 
     # Novel Files Headers
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ def testCoreToHtml_ConvertFormat(mockGUI):
 def testCoreToHtml_ConvertDirect(mockGUI):
     """Test the converter directly using the ToHtml class.
     """
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theHtml = ToHtml(theProject)
 
     theHtml._isNovel = True
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ def testCoreToHtml_ConvertDirect(mockGUI):
 def testCoreToHtml_SpecialCases(mockGUI):
     """Test some special cases that have caused errors in the past.
     """
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theHtml = ToHtml(theProject)
     theHtml._isNovel = True
 
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ def testCoreToHtml_SpecialCases(mockGUI):
 def testCoreToHtml_Complex(mockGUI, fncPath):
     """Test the save method of the ToHtml class.
     """
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theHtml = ToHtml(theProject)
     theHtml._isNovel = True
 
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ def testCoreToHtml_Complex(mockGUI, fncPath):
 def testCoreToHtml_Methods(mockGUI):
     """Test all the other methods of the ToHtml class.
     """
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theHtml = ToHtml(theProject)
     theHtml.setKeepMarkdown(True)
 
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ def testCoreToHtml_Methods(mockGUI):
 def testCoreToHtml_Format(mockGUI):
     """Test all the formatters for the ToHtml class.
     """
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theHtml = ToHtml(theProject)
 
     # Export Mode

tests/test_core/test_core_tokenizer.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class BareTokenizer(Tokenizer):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToken_Setters(mockGUI):
     """Test all the setters for the Tokenizer class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theToken = BareTokenizer(theProject)
 
     # Verify defaults
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def testCoreToken_Setters(mockGUI):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToken_TextOps(monkeypatch, mockGUI, mockRnd, fncPath):
     """Test handling files and text in the Tokenizer class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     mockRnd.reset()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def testCoreToken_StripEscape():
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToken_HeaderFormat(mockGUI):
     """Test the tokenization of header formats in the Tokenizer class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theToken = BareTokenizer(theProject)
     theToken.setKeepMarkdown(True)
 
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ def testCoreToken_HeaderFormat(mockGUI):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToken_MetaFormat(mockGUI):
     """Test the tokenization of meta formats in the Tokenizer class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theToken = BareTokenizer(theProject)
     theToken.setKeepMarkdown(True)
 
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ def testCoreToken_MetaFormat(mockGUI):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToken_MarginFormat(mockGUI):
     """Test the tokenization of margin formats in the Tokenizer class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theToken = BareTokenizer(theProject)
     theToken.setKeepMarkdown(True)
 
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ def testCoreToken_MarginFormat(mockGUI):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToken_TextFormat(mockGUI):
     """Test the tokenization of text formats in the Tokenizer class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theToken = BareTokenizer(theProject)
     theToken.setKeepMarkdown(True)
 
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ def testCoreToken_TextFormat(mockGUI):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToken_SpecialFormat(mockGUI):
     """Test the tokenization of special formats in the Tokenizer class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theToken = BareTokenizer(theProject)
 
     theToken._isNovel = True
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ def testCoreToken_SpecialFormat(mockGUI):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToken_ProcessHeaders(mockGUI):
     """Test the header and page parser of the Tokenizer class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theProject.data.setLanguage("en")
     theProject._loadProjectLocalisation()
     theToken = BareTokenizer(theProject)

tests/test_core/test_core_tomd.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def testCoreToMarkdown_ConvertFormat(mockGUI):
     """Test the tokenizer and converter chain using the ToMarkdown
     class.
     """
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theMD = ToMarkdown(theProject)
 
     # Headers
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def testCoreToMarkdown_ConvertFormat(mockGUI):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToMarkdown_ConvertDirect(mockGUI):
     """Test the converter directly using the ToMarkdown class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theMD = ToMarkdown(theProject)
 
     theMD._isNovel = True
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def testCoreToMarkdown_ConvertDirect(mockGUI):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToMarkdown_Complex(mockGUI, fncPath):
     """Test the save method of the ToMarkdown class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theMD = ToMarkdown(theProject)
     theMD._isNovel = True
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ def testCoreToMarkdown_Complex(mockGUI, fncPath):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToMarkdown_Format(mockGUI):
     """Test all the formatters for the ToMarkdown class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theMD = ToMarkdown(theProject)
 
     assert theMD._formatKeywords("", theMD.A_NONE) == ""

tests/test_core/test_core_toodt.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def xmlToText(xElem):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToOdt_Init(mockGUI):
     """Test initialisation of the ODT document."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
 
     # Flat Doc
     # ========
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def testCoreToOdt_Init(mockGUI):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToOdt_TextFormatting(mockGUI):
     """Test formatting of paragraphs."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theDoc = ToOdt(theProject, isFlat=True)
 
     theDoc.initDocument()
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def testCoreToOdt_TextFormatting(mockGUI):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToOdt_Convert(mockGUI):
     """Test the converter of the ToOdt class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theDoc = ToOdt(theProject, isFlat=True)
 
     theDoc._isNovel = True
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ def testCoreToOdt_ConvertDirect(mockGUI):
     """Test the converter directly using the ToOdt class to reach some
     otherwise hard to reach conditions.
     """
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theDoc = ToOdt(theProject, isFlat=True)
 
     theDoc._isNovel = True
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ def testCoreToOdt_ConvertDirect(mockGUI):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToOdt_SaveFlat(mockGUI, fncPath, tstPaths):
     """Test the document save functions."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theProject.data.setAuthor("Jane Smith")
     theProject.data.setName("Test Project")
     theProject.data.setSaveCount(1234)
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ def testCoreToOdt_SaveFlat(mockGUI, fncPath, tstPaths):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToOdt_SaveFull(mockGUI, fncPath, tstPaths):
     """Test the document save functions."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theProject.data.setAuthor("Jane Smith")
     theProject.data.setName("Test Project")
     theProject.data.setSaveCount(1234)
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ def testCoreToOdt_SaveFull(mockGUI, fncPath, tstPaths):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreToOdt_Format(mockGUI):
     """Test the formatters for the ToOdt class."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theDoc = ToOdt(theProject, isFlat=True)
 
     assert theDoc._formatSynopsis("synopsis text") == (

tests/test_core/test_core_tree.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ from novelwriter.core.project import NWProject
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
 def mockItems(mockGUI, mockRnd):
     """Create a list of mock items."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
 
     itemA = NWItem(theProject, "a000000000001")
     itemA._name = "Novel"
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def mockItems(mockGUI, mockRnd):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreTree_BuildTree(mockGUI, mockItems):
     """Test building a project tree from a list of items."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theTree = NWTree(theProject)
 
     # Check that tree is empty (calls NWTree.__bool__)
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def testCoreTree_BuildTree(mockGUI, mockItems):
         assert theTree.append(nwItem) is True
         assert theTree.updateItemData(nwItem.itemHandle) is True
 
-    assert theTree._treeChanged is True
+    assert theTree._changed is True
 
     # Check that tree is not empty (calls __bool__)
     assert bool(theTree) is True
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ def testCoreTree_BuildTree(mockGUI, mockItems):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreTree_PackUnpack(mockGUI, mockItems):
     """Test packing and unpacking data."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theTree = NWTree(theProject)
 
     aHandles = []
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ def testCoreTree_PackUnpack(mockGUI, mockItems):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreTree_CheckConsistency(caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture, mockGUI, fncPath, mockRnd):
     """Check the project consistency."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     buildTestProject(theProject, fncPath)
 
     # By default, all is well
@@ -354,10 +354,12 @@ def testCoreTree_CheckConsistency(caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture, mockGUI, fnc
     assert itemX.itemClass == nwItemClass.NOVEL
     assert itemX.itemName == "[Recovered] Stuff"
 
-    # If the tree is empty, there is nowhere to add any of the 4 files
+    # If the tree is empty, a new root folder is created
     theProject.tree.clear()
-    assert theProject.tree.checkConsistency("Recovered") == (4, 0)
-    assert len(theProject.tree) == 0
+    assert theProject.tree.checkConsistency("Recovered") == (4, 4)
+    assert len(theProject.tree) == 5
+    nHandle = theProject.tree.findRoot(nwItemClass.NOVEL)
+    assert theProject.tree[nHandle].itemName == "Recovered"  # type: ignore
 
 # END Test testCoreTree_CheckConsistency
 
@@ -365,7 +367,7 @@ def testCoreTree_CheckConsistency(caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture, mockGUI, fnc
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreTree_Methods(mockGUI, mockItems):
     """Test various class methods."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theTree = NWTree(theProject)
 
     for nwItem in mockItems:
@@ -411,9 +413,9 @@ def testCoreTree_Methods(mockGUI, mockItems):
     assert roots[3][0] == "a000000000004"
 
     # Add a fake item to root and check that it can handle it
-    theTree._treeRoots["0000000000000"] = NWItem(theProject, "0000000000000")
+    theTree._roots["0000000000000"] = NWItem(theProject, "0000000000000")
     assert theTree.findRoot(nwItemClass.WORLD) is None
-    del theTree._treeRoots["0000000000000"]
+    del theTree._roots["0000000000000"]
 
     # Get item path
     assert theTree.getItemPath("stuff") == []
@@ -446,7 +448,7 @@ def testCoreTree_Methods(mockGUI, mockItems):
 def testCoreTree_MakeHandles(mockGUI):
     """Test generating item handles."""
     random.seed(42)
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theTree = NWTree(theProject)
 
     handles = ["1c803a3b1799d", "bdd6406671ad1", "3eb1346685257", "23b8c392456de"]
@@ -454,13 +456,13 @@ def testCoreTree_MakeHandles(mockGUI):
     random.seed(42)
     tHandle = theTree._makeHandle()
     assert tHandle == handles[0]
-    theTree._projTree[handles[0]] = None  # type: ignore
+    theTree._tree[handles[0]] = None  # type: ignore
 
     # Add the next in line to the project to force duplicate
-    theTree._projTree[handles[1]] = None  # type: ignore
+    theTree._tree[handles[1]] = None  # type: ignore
     tHandle = theTree._makeHandle()
     assert tHandle == handles[2]
-    theTree._projTree[handles[2]] = None  # type: ignore
+    theTree._tree[handles[2]] = None  # type: ignore
 
     # Reset the seed to force collissions, which should still end up
     # returning the next handle in the sequence
@@ -474,14 +476,14 @@ def testCoreTree_MakeHandles(mockGUI):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreTree_Stats(mockGUI, mockItems):
     """Test project stats methods."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theTree = NWTree(theProject)
 
     for nwItem in mockItems:
         theTree.append(nwItem)
 
     assert len(theTree) == len(mockItems)
-    theTree._treeOrder.append("stuff")
+    theTree._order.append("stuff")
 
     # Count Words
     novelWords, noteWords = theTree.sumWords()
@@ -494,7 +496,7 @@ def testCoreTree_Stats(mockGUI, mockItems):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreTree_Reorder(caplog, mockGUI, mockItems):
     """Test changing tree order."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theTree = NWTree(theProject)
 
     aHandle = []
@@ -518,7 +520,7 @@ def testCoreTree_Reorder(caplog, mockGUI, mockItems):
     assert "Handle 'stuff' in new tree order is not in old order" in caplog.text
 
     caplog.clear()
-    theTree._treeOrder.append("stuff")
+    theTree._order.append("stuff")
     theTree.setOrder(bHandle)
     assert theTree.handles() == bHandle
     assert "Handle 'stuff' in old tree order is not in new order" in caplog.text
@@ -529,7 +531,7 @@ def testCoreTree_Reorder(caplog, mockGUI, mockItems):
 @pytest.mark.core
 def testCoreTree_ToCFile(monkeypatch, fncPath, mockGUI, mockItems):
     """Test writing the ToC.txt file."""
-    theProject = NWProject(mockGUI)
+    theProject = NWProject()
     theTree = NWTree(theProject)
 
     for nwItem in mockItems:
@@ -537,7 +539,7 @@ def testCoreTree_ToCFile(monkeypatch, fncPath, mockGUI, mockItems):
         theTree.updateItemData(nwItem.itemHandle)
 
     assert len(theTree) == len(mockItems)
-    theTree._treeOrder.append("stuff")
+    theTree._order.append("stuff")
 
     def mockIsFile(fileName):
         """Return True for items that are files in novelWriter and

tests/test_dialogs/test_dlg_docsplit.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from tools import C, buildTestProject
 
+from novelwriter import SHARED
 from novelwriter.dialogs.docsplit import GuiDocSplit
 from novelwriter.dialogs.editlabel import GuiEditLabel
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ def testDlgSplit_Main(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd):
     # Create a new project
     buildTestProject(nwGUI, projPath)
 
-    theProject = nwGUI.project
+    theProject = SHARED.project
     projTree = nwGUI.projView.projTree
 
     docText = (

tests/test_dialogs/test_dlg_preferences.py

@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ KEY_DELAY = 1
 
 @pytest.mark.gui
 def testDlgPreferences_Main(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, tstPaths):
-    """Test the load project wizard.
-    """
+    """Test the preferences dialog."""
     monkeypatch.setattr(GuiPreferences, "exec_", lambda *a: None)
     monkeypatch.setattr(GuiPreferences, "result", lambda *a: QDialog.Accepted)
     monkeypatch.setattr(nwGUI.docEditor.spEnchant, "listDictionaries", lambda: [("en", "none")])

tests/test_dialogs/test_dlg_projdetails.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from tools import getGuiItem
 
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QAction
 
+from novelwriter import SHARED
 from novelwriter.dialogs.projdetails import GuiProjectDetails
 
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ def testDlgProjDetails_Dialog(qtbot, nwGUI, prjLipsum):
     assert projDet.tabMain.wordCountVal.text() == f"{3000:n}"
     assert projDet.tabMain.chapCountVal.text() == f"{3:n}"
     assert projDet.tabMain.sceneCountVal.text() == f"{5:n}"
-    assert projDet.tabMain.revCountVal.text() == f"{nwGUI.project.data.saveCount:n}"
+    assert projDet.tabMain.revCountVal.text() == f"{SHARED.project.data.saveCount:n}"
 
     assert projDet.tabMain.projPathVal.text() == str(prjLipsum)
 

tests/test_dialogs/test_dlg_projsettings.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtGui import QColor
 from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QDialog, QAction, QColorDialog
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.enum import nwItemType
 from novelwriter.dialogs.editlabel import GuiEditLabel
 from novelwriter.dialogs.projsettings import GuiProjectSettings
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ def testDlgProjSettings_Dialog(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI):
     assert getGuiItem("GuiProjectSettings") is None
 
     # Pretend we have a project
-    nwGUI.hasProject = True
-    nwGUI.project.data.setSpellLang("en")
+    SHARED.project._valid = True
+    SHARED.project.data.setSpellLang("en")
 
     # Get the dialog object
     nwGUI.mainMenu.aProjectSettings.activate(QAction.Trigger)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def testDlgProjSettings_Main(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, fncPath, projPath, mockR
     CONFIG.setBackupPath(fncPath)
 
     # Set some values
-    theProject = nwGUI.project
+    theProject = SHARED.project
     theProject.data.setSpellLang("en")
     theProject.data.setAuthor("Jane Smith")
     theProject.data.setAutoReplace({"A": "B", "C": "D"})
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def testDlgProjSettings_StatusImport(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, fncPath, projPat
     CONFIG.setBackupPath(fncPath)
 
     # Set some values
-    theProject = nwGUI.project
+    theProject = SHARED.project
     theProject.tree[C.hTitlePage].setStatus(C.sFinished)
     theProject.tree[C.hChapterDoc].setStatus(C.sDraft)
     theProject.tree[C.hSceneDoc].setStatus(C.sDraft)
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ def testDlgProjSettings_Replace(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, fncPath, projPath, mo
     CONFIG.setBackupPath(fncPath)
 
     # Set some values
-    theProject = nwGUI.project
+    theProject = SHARED.project
     theProject.data.setAutoReplace({
         "A": "B", "C": "D"
     })

tests/test_dialogs/test_dlg_wordlist.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QDialog, QAction
 
 from tools import buildTestProject, getGuiItem
 
+from novelwriter import SHARED
 from novelwriter.core.spellcheck import UserDictionary
 from novelwriter.dialogs.wordlist import GuiWordList
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ def testDlgWordList_Dialog(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath):
     assert wList.listBox.count() == 0
 
     # Add words
-    userDict = UserDictionary(nwGUI.project)
+    userDict = UserDictionary(SHARED.project)
     userDict.add("word_a")
     userDict.add("word_c")
     userDict.add("word_g")

tests/test_gui/test_gui_doceditor.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QTextBlock, QTextCursor, QTextOption
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QAction, qApp
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.enum import nwDocAction, nwDocInsert, nwItemLayout
 from novelwriter.constants import nwKeyWords, nwUnicode
 from novelwriter.core.index import countWords
@@ -163,10 +163,10 @@ def testGuiEditor_SaveText(qtbot, monkeypatch, caplog, nwGUI, projPath, ipsumTex
         assert "Could not save document." in caplog.text
 
     # Change header level
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc].itemLayout == nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT
+    assert SHARED.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc].itemLayout == nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT
     nwGUI.docEditor.replaceText(longText[1:])
     assert nwGUI.docEditor.saveText() is True
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc].itemLayout == nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT
+    assert SHARED.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc].itemLayout == nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT
 
     # Regular save
     assert nwGUI.docEditor.saveText() is True
@@ -194,18 +194,18 @@ def testGuiEditor_MetaData(qtbot, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd):
     assert nwGUI.docEditor.getText() == "### New Scene\n\nSome\ntext.\nMore\u00a0text.\n"
 
     # Check Propertoes
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docChanged() is True
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() == C.hSceneDoc
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.lastActive() > 0.0
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.isEmpty() is False
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docChanged is True
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle == C.hSceneDoc
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.lastActive > 0.0
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.isEmpty is False
 
     # Cursor Position
     assert nwGUI.docEditor.setCursorPosition(None) is False
     assert nwGUI.docEditor.setCursorPosition(10) is True
     assert nwGUI.docEditor.getCursorPosition() == 10
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc].cursorPos != 10
+    assert SHARED.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc].cursorPos != 10
     nwGUI.docEditor.saveCursorPosition()
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc].cursorPos == 10
+    assert SHARED.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc].cursorPos == 10
 
     assert nwGUI.docEditor.setCursorLine(None) is False
     assert nwGUI.docEditor.setCursorLine(3) is True
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def testGuiEditor_MetaData(qtbot, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd):
 
     # Document Changed Signal
     nwGUI.docEditor._docChanged = False
-    with qtbot.waitSignal(nwGUI.docEditor.docEditedStatusChanged, raising=True, timeout=100):
+    with qtbot.waitSignal(nwGUI.docEditor.editedStatusChanged, raising=True, timeout=100):
         nwGUI.docEditor.setDocumentChanged(True)
     assert nwGUI.docEditor._docChanged is True
 
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ def testGuiEditor_Tags(qtbot, nwGUI, projPath, ipsumText, mockRnd):
 
     # Create Character
     theText = "### Jane Doe\n\n@tag: Jane\n\n" + ipsumText[1] + "\n\n"
-    cHandle = nwGUI.project.newFile("Jane Doe", C.hCharRoot)
+    cHandle = SHARED.project.newFile("Jane Doe", C.hCharRoot)
     assert nwGUI.openDocument(cHandle) is True
     assert nwGUI.docEditor.replaceText(theText) is True
     assert nwGUI.saveDocument() is True
@@ -1145,8 +1145,8 @@ def testGuiEditor_WordCounters(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, ipsumText, m
     assert nwGUI.docEditor.docFooter.wordsText.text() == "Words: 0 (+0)"
 
     # Open a document and populate it
-    nwGUI.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc]._initCount = 0  # Clear item's count
-    nwGUI.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc]._wordCount = 0  # Clear item's count
+    SHARED.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc]._initCount = 0  # Clear item's count
+    SHARED.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc]._wordCount = 0  # Clear item's count
     assert nwGUI.openDocument(C.hSceneDoc) is True
 
     theText = "\n\n".join(ipsumText)
@@ -1170,9 +1170,9 @@ def testGuiEditor_WordCounters(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, ipsumText, m
 
     nwGUI.docEditor.wCounterDoc.run()
     # nwGUI.docEditor._updateDocCounts(cC, wC, pC)
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc]._charCount == cC
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc]._wordCount == wC
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc]._paraCount == pC
+    assert SHARED.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc]._charCount == cC
+    assert SHARED.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc]._wordCount == wC
+    assert SHARED.project.tree[C.hSceneDoc]._paraCount == pC
     assert nwGUI.docEditor.docFooter.wordsText.text() == f"Words: {wC} (+{wC})"
 
     # Select all text
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ def testGuiEditor_Search(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, prjLipsum):
 
     # Next match
     nwGUI.mainMenu.aFindNext.activate(QAction.Trigger)
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() == "2426c6f0ca922"  # Next document
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle == "2426c6f0ca922"  # Next document
     nwGUI.mainMenu.aFindNext.activate(QAction.Trigger)
     assert abs(nwGUI.docEditor.getCursorPosition() - 620) < 3
     nwGUI.mainMenu.aFindNext.activate(QAction.Trigger)
@@ -1371,11 +1371,11 @@ def testGuiEditor_Search(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, prjLipsum):
     assert nwGUI.docEditor.docSearch.doNextFile is True
     assert nwGUI.docEditor.docSearch.setSearchText("abcdef")
     nwGUI.mainMenu.aFindNext.activate(QAction.Trigger)
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() != "2426c6f0ca922"
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() == "04468803b92e1"
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle != "2426c6f0ca922"
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle == "04468803b92e1"
     nwGUI.mainMenu.aFindNext.activate(QAction.Trigger)
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() != "04468803b92e1"
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() == "7a992350f3eb6"
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle != "04468803b92e1"
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle == "7a992350f3eb6"
 
     # Toggle Replace
     nwGUI.docEditor.beginReplace()

tests/test_gui/test_gui_docviewer.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QUrl
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QTextCursor
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import qApp, QAction
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.enum import nwDocAction
 from novelwriter.core.tohtml import ToHtml
 
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ def testGuiViewer_Main(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, prjLipsum):
 
     # Rebuild the index
     nwGUI.mainMenu.aRebuildIndex.activate(QAction.Trigger)
-    assert nwGUI.project.index._tagsIndex._tags != {}
-    assert nwGUI.project.index._itemIndex._items != {}
+    assert SHARED.project.index._tagsIndex._tags != {}
+    assert SHARED.project.index._itemIndex._items != {}
 
     # Select a document in the project tree
     nwGUI.projView.setSelectedHandle("88243afbe5ed8")
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def testGuiViewer_Main(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, prjLipsum):
     theItem = nwGUI.projView.projTree._getTreeItem("88243afbe5ed8")
     theRect = nwGUI.projView.projTree.visualItemRect(theItem)
     qtbot.mouseClick(nwGUI.projView.projTree.viewport(), Qt.MidButton, pos=theRect.center())
-    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle() == "88243afbe5ed8"
+    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle == "88243afbe5ed8"
 
     # Reload the text
     origText = nwGUI.docViewer.toPlainText()
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def testGuiViewer_Main(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, prjLipsum):
 
     # Close document
     nwGUI.docViewer.docHeader._closeDocument()
-    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle() is None
+    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle is None
 
     # Action on no document
     assert nwGUI.docViewer.docAction(nwDocAction.COPY) is False
@@ -114,21 +114,21 @@ def testGuiViewer_Main(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, prjLipsum):
     theRect = nwGUI.docViewer.cursorRect()
     # qtbot.mouseClick(nwGUI.docViewer.viewport(), Qt.LeftButton, pos=theRect.center(), delay=100)
     nwGUI.docViewer._linkClicked(QUrl("#char=Bod"))
-    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle() == "4c4f28287af27"
+    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle == "4c4f28287af27"
 
     # Click mouse nav buttons
     qtbot.mouseClick(nwGUI.docViewer.viewport(), Qt.BackButton, pos=theRect.center(), delay=100)
-    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle() == "88243afbe5ed8"
+    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle == "88243afbe5ed8"
     qtbot.mouseClick(nwGUI.docViewer.viewport(), Qt.ForwardButton, pos=theRect.center(), delay=100)
-    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle() == "4c4f28287af27"
+    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle == "4c4f28287af27"
 
     # Scroll bar default on empty document
     nwGUI.docViewer.clear()
-    assert nwGUI.docViewer.getScrollPosition() == 0
+    assert nwGUI.docViewer.scrollPosition == 0
     nwGUI.docViewer.reloadText()
 
     # Change document title
-    nwItem = nwGUI.project.tree["4c4f28287af27"]
+    nwItem = SHARED.project.tree["4c4f28287af27"]
     nwItem.setName("Test Title")
     assert nwItem.itemName == "Test Title"
     nwGUI.docViewer.updateDocInfo("4c4f28287af27")

tests/test_gui/test_gui_guimain.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from tools import (
 from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QDialog, QMessageBox, QInputDialog
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.enum import nwItemType, nwView, nwWidget
 from novelwriter.constants import nwFiles
 from novelwriter.gui.outline import GuiOutlineView
@@ -104,18 +104,18 @@ def testGuiMain_Launch(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, prjLipsum):
 
 @pytest.mark.gui
 def testGuiMain_NewProject(monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath):
-    """Test creating a new project.
-    """
-    # No data
+    """Test creating a new project."""
+    # Open wizard, but return no data
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
         mp.setattr(GuiProjectWizard, "exec_", lambda *a: None)
         assert nwGUI.newProject(projData=None) is False
 
     # Close project
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
-        nwGUI.hasProject = True
+        SHARED.project._valid = True
         mp.setattr(QMessageBox, "result", lambda *a: QMessageBox.No)
         assert nwGUI.newProject(projData={"projPath": projPath}) is False
+        SHARED.project._valid = False
 
     # No project path
     assert nwGUI.newProject(projData={}) is False
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ def testGuiMain_ProjectTreeItems(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd):
     nwGUI.projStack.setCurrentIndex(0)
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
         mp.setattr(GuiProjectTree, "hasFocus", lambda *a: True)
-        assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() is None
+        assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle is None
         nwGUI.projView.projTree._getTreeItem(sHandle).setSelected(True)
         nwGUI._keyPressReturn()
-        assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() == sHandle
+        assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle == sHandle
         assert nwGUI.closeDocument() is True
 
     # Novel Tree has focus
@@ -164,11 +164,11 @@ def testGuiMain_ProjectTreeItems(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd):
     nwGUI.novelView.novelTree.refreshTree(rootHandle=None, overRide=True)
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
         mp.setattr(GuiNovelView, "treeHasFocus", lambda *a: True)
-        assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() is None
+        assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle is None
         selItem = nwGUI.novelView.novelTree.topLevelItem(2)
         nwGUI.novelView.novelTree.setCurrentItem(selItem)
         nwGUI._keyPressReturn()
-        assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() == sHandle
+        assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle == sHandle
         assert nwGUI.closeDocument() is True
 
     # Project Outline has focus
@@ -176,11 +176,11 @@ def testGuiMain_ProjectTreeItems(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd):
     nwGUI.switchFocus(nwWidget.OUTLINE)
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
         mp.setattr(GuiOutlineView, "treeHasFocus", lambda *a: True)
-        assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() is None
+        assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle is None
         selItem = nwGUI.outlineView.outlineTree.topLevelItem(2)
         nwGUI.outlineView.outlineTree.setCurrentItem(selItem)
         nwGUI._keyPressReturn()
-        assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() == sHandle
+        assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle == sHandle
         assert nwGUI.closeDocument() is True
 
     # qtbot.stop()
@@ -202,14 +202,14 @@ def testGuiMain_Editing(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, tstPaths, mockRnd):
     assert nwGUI.saveProject()
     assert nwGUI.closeProject()
 
-    assert len(nwGUI.project.tree) == 0
-    assert len(nwGUI.project.tree._treeOrder) == 0
-    assert len(nwGUI.project.tree._treeRoots) == 0
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree.trashRoot() is None
-    assert nwGUI.project.data.name == ""
-    assert nwGUI.project.data.title == ""
-    assert nwGUI.project.data.author == ""
-    assert nwGUI.project.data.spellCheck is False
+    assert len(SHARED.project.tree) == 0
+    assert len(SHARED.project.tree._order) == 0
+    assert len(SHARED.project.tree._roots) == 0
+    assert SHARED.project.tree.trashRoot() is None
+    assert SHARED.project.data.name == ""
+    assert SHARED.project.data.title == ""
+    assert SHARED.project.data.author == ""
+    assert SHARED.project.data.spellCheck is False
 
     # Check the files
     projFile = projPath / "nwProject.nwx"
@@ -222,14 +222,14 @@ def testGuiMain_Editing(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, tstPaths, mockRnd):
     assert nwGUI.openProject(projPath)
 
     # Check that we loaded the data
-    assert len(nwGUI.project.tree) == 8
-    assert len(nwGUI.project.tree._treeOrder) == 8
-    assert len(nwGUI.project.tree._treeRoots) == 4
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree.trashRoot() is None
-    assert nwGUI.project.data.name == "New Project"
-    assert nwGUI.project.data.title == "New Novel"
-    assert nwGUI.project.data.author == "Jane Doe"
-    assert nwGUI.project.data.spellCheck is False
+    assert len(SHARED.project.tree) == 8
+    assert len(SHARED.project.tree._order) == 8
+    assert len(SHARED.project.tree._roots) == 4
+    assert SHARED.project.tree.trashRoot() is None
+    assert SHARED.project.data.name == "New Project"
+    assert SHARED.project.data.title == "New Novel"
+    assert SHARED.project.data.author == "Jane Doe"
+    assert SHARED.project.data.spellCheck is False
 
     # Check that tree items have been created
     assert nwGUI.projView.projTree._getTreeItem(C.hNovelRoot) is not None
@@ -506,9 +506,9 @@ def testGuiMain_Editing(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, tstPaths, mockRnd):
     nwGUI.docEditor.wCounterDoc.run()
 
     # Save the document
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docChanged()
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docChanged
     assert nwGUI.saveDocument()
-    assert not nwGUI.docEditor.docChanged()
+    assert not nwGUI.docEditor.docChanged
     nwGUI.rebuildIndex()
 
     # Open and view the edited document

tests/test_gui/test_gui_mainmenu.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QAction, QFileDialog, QMessageBox
 
 from tools import C, writeFile, buildTestProject
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.enum import nwDocAction, nwDocInsert
 from novelwriter.constants import nwKeyWords, nwUnicode
 from novelwriter.gui.doceditor import GuiDocEditor
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def testGuiMenu_EditFormat(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, prjLipsum):
 
     # Clear the Text
     nwGUI.docEditor.clear()
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.isEmpty()
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.isEmpty
 
     # Alignment & Indent
     # ==================
@@ -403,17 +403,17 @@ def testGuiMenu_ContextMenus(qtbot, nwGUI, prjLipsum):
 
     # Navigation History
     assert nwGUI.viewDocument("04468803b92e1")
-    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle() == "04468803b92e1"
+    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle == "04468803b92e1"
     assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHeader.backButton.isEnabled()
     assert not nwGUI.docViewer.docHeader.forwardButton.isEnabled()
 
     qtbot.mouseClick(nwGUI.docViewer.docHeader.backButton, Qt.LeftButton)
-    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle() == "4c4f28287af27"
+    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle == "4c4f28287af27"
     assert not nwGUI.docViewer.docHeader.backButton.isEnabled()
     assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHeader.forwardButton.isEnabled()
 
     qtbot.mouseClick(nwGUI.docViewer.docHeader.forwardButton, Qt.LeftButton)
-    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle() == "04468803b92e1"
+    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle == "04468803b92e1"
     assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHeader.backButton.isEnabled()
     assert not nwGUI.docViewer.docHeader.forwardButton.isEnabled()
 
@@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ def testGuiMenu_Insert(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, fncPath, projPath, mockRnd):
     nwGUI.docEditor.clear()
 
     assert nwGUI.docEditor.insertText(nwDocInsert.NO_INSERT) is False
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.isEmpty()
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.isEmpty
 
     assert nwGUI.docEditor.insertText(None) is False
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.isEmpty()
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.isEmpty
 
     # qtbot.stop()
 
@@ -653,21 +653,10 @@ def testGuiMenu_Insert(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, fncPath, projPath, mockRnd):
     # Reveal File Location
     # ====================
 
-    theMessage = ""
-
-    def recordMsg(*args, **kwargs):
-        nonlocal theMessage
-        theMessage = "%s|%s" % (args[0], kwargs["info"])
-        return None
-
-    assert not theMessage
-    monkeypatch.setattr(nwGUI, "makeAlert", recordMsg)
     nwGUI.mainMenu.aFileDetails.activate(QAction.Trigger)
-
-    theBits = theMessage.split("|")
-    assert len(theBits) == 2
-    assert theBits[0] == "The currently open file is saved in:"
-    assert theBits[1] == str(projPath / "content" / "000000000000f.nwd")
+    path = str(projPath / "content" / "000000000000f.nwd")
+    logMsg = SHARED.alert.logMessage if SHARED.alert else ""
+    assert logMsg == f"The currently open file is saved in: {path}"
 
     # qtbot.stop()
 

tests/test_gui/test_gui_noveltree.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtGui import QFocusEvent
 from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QEvent
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QInputDialog, QToolTip
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.enum import nwWidget, nwItemType
 from novelwriter.gui.noveltree import NovelTreeColumn
 from novelwriter.dialogs.editlabel import GuiEditLabel
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def testGuiNovelTree_TreeItems(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd):
     nwGUI.projView.projTree._getTreeItem(C.hCharRoot).setSelected(True)
     nwGUI.projView.projTree.newTreeItem(nwItemType.FILE)
 
-    contentPath = nwGUI.project.storage.contentPath
+    contentPath = SHARED.project.storage.contentPath
     assert isinstance(contentPath, Path)
 
     (contentPath / "0000000000010.nwd").write_text(
@@ -118,26 +118,26 @@ def testGuiNovelTree_TreeItems(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd):
     # Double-click item
     scItem.setSelected(True)
     assert scItem.isSelected()
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() is None
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle is None
     novelTree._treeDoubleClick(scItem, 0)
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() == C.hSceneDoc
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle == C.hSceneDoc
 
     # Open item with middle mouse button
     scItem.setSelected(True)
     assert scItem.isSelected()
-    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle() is None
+    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle is None
     qtbot.mouseClick(vPort, Qt.MiddleButton, pos=vPort.rect().center(), delay=10)
-    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle() is None
+    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle is None
 
     scRect = novelTree.visualItemRect(scItem)
     oldData = scItem.data(novelTree.C_TITLE, novelTree.D_HANDLE)
     scItem.setData(novelTree.C_TITLE, novelTree.D_HANDLE, None)
     qtbot.mouseClick(vPort, Qt.MiddleButton, pos=scRect.center(), delay=10)
-    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle() is None
+    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle is None
 
     scItem.setData(novelTree.C_TITLE, novelTree.D_HANDLE, oldData)
     qtbot.mouseClick(vPort, Qt.MiddleButton, pos=scRect.center(), delay=10)
-    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle() == C.hSceneDoc
+    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle == C.hSceneDoc
 
     # Last Column
     # ===========

tests/test_gui/test_gui_outline.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from tools import buildTestProject, writeFile
 from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget, QAction
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.enum import nwItemClass, nwOutline, nwView
 
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def testGuiOutline_Main(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath):
 
     # Option State
     # ============
-    pOptions = nwGUI.project.options
+    pOptions = SHARED.project.options
     colNames = [h.name for h in nwOutline]
     colItems = [h for h in nwOutline]
     colWidth = {h: outlineTree.DEF_WIDTH[h] for h in nwOutline}
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def testGuiOutline_Content(qtbot, nwGUI, prjLipsum):
     assert outlineBar.novelValue.itemData(2) == ""    # All novels
 
     # Add a second novel folder
-    newHandle = nwGUI.project.newRoot(nwItemClass.NOVEL)
+    newHandle = SHARED.project.newRoot(nwItemClass.NOVEL)
     nwGUI.projView.projTree.revealNewTreeItem(newHandle)
 
     # Check new values in dropdown list
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def testGuiOutline_Content(qtbot, nwGUI, prjLipsum):
         ("Section 4", 4),
     ]
     for dTitle, hLevel in docList:
-        aHandle = nwGUI.project.newFile(dTitle, newHandle)
+        aHandle = SHARED.project.newFile(dTitle, newHandle)
         hHash = "#"*hLevel
         writeFile(prjLipsum / "content" / f"{aHandle}.nwd", f"{hHash} {dTitle}\n\n")
         nwGUI.projView.projTree.revealNewTreeItem(aHandle)
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def testGuiOutline_Content(qtbot, nwGUI, prjLipsum):
     # Click POV Link
     assert outlineData.povKeyValue.text() == "<a href='Bod'>Bod</a>"
     outlineView._tagClicked("Bod")
-    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle() == "4c4f28287af27"
+    assert nwGUI.docViewer.docHandle == "4c4f28287af27"
 
     # Scene One, Section Two
     selItem = outlineTree.topLevelItem(5)
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def testGuiOutline_Content(qtbot, nwGUI, prjLipsum):
     assert outlineData.itemValue.text() == "Finished"
 
     outlineTree._treeDoubleClick(selItem, 0)
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() == "88243afbe5ed8"
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle == "88243afbe5ed8"
 
     # qtbot.stop()
 

tests/test_gui/test_gui_projtree.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from mocked import causeOSError
 from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMessageBox, QMenu, QTreeWidgetItem, QDialog
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.enum import nwItemLayout, nwItemType, nwItemClass
 from novelwriter.guimain import GuiMain
 from novelwriter.gui.projtree import GuiProjectTree, GuiProjectView
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def testGuiProjTree_NewItems(qtbot, caplog, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, mockRn
 
     projView = nwGUI.projView
     projTree = nwGUI.projView.projTree
-    theProject = nwGUI.project
+    theProject = SHARED.project
 
     # Try to add item with no project
     assert projView.projTree.newTreeItem(nwItemType.FILE) is False
@@ -260,19 +260,19 @@ def testGuiProjTree_MoveItems(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd):
     # ===========
 
     projView.setSelectedHandle(C.hNovelRoot)
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree._treeOrder.index(C.hNovelRoot) == 0
+    assert SHARED.project.tree._order.index(C.hNovelRoot) == 0
 
     # Move novel folder up
     assert projTree.moveTreeItem(-1) is False
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree._treeOrder.index(C.hNovelRoot) == 0
+    assert SHARED.project.tree._order.index(C.hNovelRoot) == 0
 
     # Move novel folder down
     assert projTree.moveTreeItem(1) is True
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree._treeOrder.index(C.hNovelRoot) == 1
+    assert SHARED.project.tree._order.index(C.hNovelRoot) == 1
 
     # Move novel folder up again
     assert projTree.moveTreeItem(-1) is True
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree._treeOrder.index(C.hNovelRoot) == 0
+    assert SHARED.project.tree._order.index(C.hNovelRoot) == 0
 
     # Clean up
     # qtbot.stop()
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ def testGuiProjTree_RequestDeleteItem(qtbot, caplog, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPat
         C.hChapterDir, C.hChapterDoc, C.hSceneDoc,
         "0000000000010"
     ]
-    trashHandle = nwGUI.project.tree.trashRoot()
+    trashHandle = SHARED.project.tree.trashRoot()
     assert projTree.getTreeFromHandle(trashHandle) == [
         trashHandle, "0000000000012", "0000000000011"
     ]
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ def testGuiProjTree_MoveItemToTrash(qtbot, caplog, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath,
     """Test moving items to Trash."""
     monkeypatch.setattr(GuiEditLabel, "getLabel", lambda *a, text: (text, True))
 
-    theProject = nwGUI.project
+    theProject = SHARED.project
     projTree = nwGUI.projView.projTree
 
     # Create a project
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ def testGuiProjTree_PermanentlyDeleteItem(qtbot, caplog, monkeypatch, nwGUI, pro
     """Test permanently deleting items."""
     monkeypatch.setattr(GuiEditLabel, "getLabel", lambda *a, text: (text, True))
 
-    theProject = nwGUI.project
+    theProject = SHARED.project
     projTree = nwGUI.projView.projTree
 
     # Create a project
@@ -450,10 +450,10 @@ def testGuiProjTree_PermanentlyDeleteItem(qtbot, caplog, monkeypatch, nwGUI, pro
 
     # Deleting file is OK, and if it is open, it should close
     assert nwGUI.openDocument(C.hTitlePage) is True
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() == C.hTitlePage
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle == C.hTitlePage
     assert projTree.permDeleteItem(C.hTitlePage) is True
     assert C.hTitlePage not in theProject.tree
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() is None
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle is None
 
     # Deleting folder + files recursively is ok
     assert projTree.permDeleteItem(C.hChapterDir) is True
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ def testGuiProjTree_EmptyTrash(qtbot, caplog, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, mock
     """Test emptying Trash."""
     monkeypatch.setattr(GuiEditLabel, "getLabel", lambda *a, text: (text, True))
 
-    theProject = nwGUI.project
+    theProject = SHARED.project
     projTree = nwGUI.projView.projTree
 
     # No project open
@@ -541,16 +541,16 @@ def testGuiProjTree_ContextMenu(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd):
     projTree.setExpandedFromHandle(None, True)
 
     projTree._addTrashRoot()
-    hTrashRoot = nwGUI.project.tree.trashRoot()
+    hTrashRoot = SHARED.project.tree.trashRoot()
 
     projTree.setSelectedHandle(C.hCharRoot)
     projTree.newTreeItem(nwItemType.FILE)
     projTree.setSelectedHandle(C.hNovelRoot)
     projTree.newTreeItem(nwItemType.FILE, isNote=True)
 
-    nwGUI.project.newFile("SubNote", hNovelNote)
+    SHARED.project.newFile("SubNote", hNovelNote)
     projTree.revealNewTreeItem(hSubNote)
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree[hSubNote].itemParent == hNovelNote
+    assert SHARED.project.tree[hSubNote].itemParent == hNovelNote
 
     def itemPos(tHandle):
         return projTree.visualItemRect(projTree._getTreeItem(tHandle)).center()
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ def testGuiProjTree_ContextMenu(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd):
     # Direct Edit Functions
     # =====================
     # Trigger the dedicated functions the menu entries connect to
-    nwItem = nwGUI.project.tree[hNovelNote]
+    nwItem = SHARED.project.tree[hNovelNote]
 
     # Toggle active flag
     assert nwItem.isActive is True
@@ -619,17 +619,17 @@ def testGuiProjTree_ContextMenu(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd):
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
         mp.setattr(QMessageBox, "result", lambda *a: QMessageBox.No)
         projTree._covertFolderToFile(hNewFolderOne, nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT)
-        assert nwGUI.project.tree[hNewFolderOne].isFolderType()
+        assert SHARED.project.tree[hNewFolderOne].isFolderType()
 
     # Convert the first folder to a document
     projTree._covertFolderToFile(hNewFolderOne, nwItemLayout.DOCUMENT)
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree[hNewFolderOne].isFileType()
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree[hNewFolderOne].isDocumentLayout()
+    assert SHARED.project.tree[hNewFolderOne].isFileType()
+    assert SHARED.project.tree[hNewFolderOne].isDocumentLayout()
 
     # Convert the second folder to a note
     projTree._covertFolderToFile(hNewFolderTwo, nwItemLayout.NOTE)
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree[hNewFolderTwo].isFileType()
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree[hNewFolderTwo].isNoteLayout()
+    assert SHARED.project.tree[hNewFolderTwo].isFileType()
+    assert SHARED.project.tree[hNewFolderTwo].isNoteLayout()
 
     # qtbot.stop()
 
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ def testGuiProjTree_MergeDocuments(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd,
     # Create a project
     buildTestProject(nwGUI, projPath)
 
-    theProject = nwGUI.project
+    theProject = SHARED.project
     projTree = nwGUI.projView.projTree
 
     mergedDoc1 = "0000000000014"
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ def testGuiProjTree_SplitDocument(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd,
     # Create a project
     buildTestProject(nwGUI, projPath)
 
-    theProject = nwGUI.project
+    theProject = SHARED.project
     projTree = nwGUI.projView.projTree
 
     docText = (
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ def testGuiProjTree_Duplicate(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath, mock
     """Test the duplicate items function."""
     # Create a project
     buildTestProject(nwGUI, projPath)
-    assert len(nwGUI.project.tree) == 8
+    assert len(SHARED.project.tree) == 8
 
     projTree = nwGUI.projView.projTree
     projTree._getTreeItem(C.hNovelRoot).setExpanded(True)  # type: ignore
@@ -860,28 +860,28 @@ def testGuiProjTree_Duplicate(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath, mock
 
     # Nothing to do
     assert projTree._duplicateFromHandle(C.hInvalid) is False
-    assert len(nwGUI.project.tree) == 8
+    assert len(SHARED.project.tree) == 8
 
     # Duplicate title page, but select no
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
         mp.setattr(QMessageBox, "result", lambda *a: QMessageBox.No)
         assert projTree._duplicateFromHandle(C.hTitlePage) is False
-        assert len(nwGUI.project.tree) == 8
+        assert len(SHARED.project.tree) == 8
 
     # Duplicate title page
     assert projTree._duplicateFromHandle(C.hTitlePage) is True
-    assert len(nwGUI.project.tree) == 9
+    assert len(SHARED.project.tree) == 9
 
     # Duplicate folder
     assert projTree._duplicateFromHandle(C.hChapterDir) is True
-    assert len(nwGUI.project.tree) == 12
+    assert len(SHARED.project.tree) == 12
 
     # Duplicate novel root
     assert projTree._duplicateFromHandle(C.hNovelRoot) is True
-    assert len(nwGUI.project.tree) == 21
+    assert len(SHARED.project.tree) == 21
 
     # Check tree order that all items are next to eachother
-    assert nwGUI.project.tree._treeOrder == [
+    assert SHARED.project.tree._order == [
         C.hNovelRoot, C.hTitlePage, "0000000000010", C.hChapterDir, C.hChapterDoc, C.hSceneDoc,
         "0000000000011", "0000000000012", "0000000000013", "0000000000014", "0000000000015",
         "0000000000016", "0000000000017", "0000000000018", "0000000000019", "000000000001a",
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ def testGuiProjTree_Duplicate(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath, mock
     ]
 
     # Make the duplicator stop early
-    content = nwGUI.project.storage.contentPath
+    content = SHARED.project.storage.contentPath
     assert isinstance(content, Path)
     (content / "000000000001e.nwd").touch()
     assert (content / "000000000001e.nwd").exists()
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ def testGuiProjTree_Duplicate(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath, mock
     # Should only create the folder, and skip the two files because the
     # next handle is already a file
     assert projTree._duplicateFromHandle(C.hChapterDir) is True
-    assert len(nwGUI.project.tree) == 22
+    assert len(SHARED.project.tree) == 22
 
     # qtbot.stop()
 
@@ -938,13 +938,13 @@ def testGuiProjTree_Other(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath, mockRnd)
     assert projTree.revealNewTreeItem(C.hInvalid) is False
 
     # Try to add an orphaned file to the tree
-    nHandle = nwGUI.project.newFile("Test", C.hNovelRoot)
-    nwGUI.project.tree[nHandle].setParent(None)  # type: ignore
+    nHandle = SHARED.project.newFile("Test", C.hNovelRoot)
+    SHARED.project.tree[nHandle].setParent(None)  # type: ignore
     assert projTree.revealNewTreeItem(nHandle) is False
 
     # Try to add an item with unknown parent to the tree
-    nHandle = nwGUI.project.newFile("Test", C.hNovelRoot)
-    nwGUI.project.tree[nHandle].setParent(C.hInvalid)  # type: ignore
+    nHandle = SHARED.project.newFile("Test", C.hNovelRoot)
+    SHARED.project.tree[nHandle].setParent(C.hInvalid)  # type: ignore
     assert projTree.revealNewTreeItem(nHandle) is False
 
     # Method: undoLastMove
@@ -969,25 +969,25 @@ def testGuiProjTree_Other(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath, mockRnd)
     # Try to open a file with nothings selected
     projTree.clearSelection()
     projTree._treeDoubleClick(QTreeWidgetItem(), 0)
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() is None
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle is None
 
     # When the item cannot be found
     projTree._getTreeItem(C.hTitlePage).setSelected(True)  # type: ignore
     with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
         mp.setattr("novelwriter.core.tree.NWTree.__getitem__", lambda *a: None)
         projTree._treeDoubleClick(QTreeWidgetItem(), 0)
-        assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() is None
+        assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle is None
 
     # Successfully open a file
     projTree._treeDoubleClick(projTree._getTreeItem(C.hTitlePage), 0)
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() == C.hTitlePage
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle == C.hTitlePage
     projTree._getTreeItem(C.hTitlePage).setSelected(False)  # type: ignore
 
     # A non-file item should be expanded instead
     projTree._getTreeItem(C.hNovelRoot).setExpanded(False)  # type: ignore
     projTree._getTreeItem(C.hNovelRoot).setSelected(True)  # type: ignore
     projTree._treeDoubleClick(projTree._getTreeItem(C.hNovelRoot), 1)
-    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle() == C.hTitlePage
+    assert nwGUI.docEditor.docHandle == C.hTitlePage
     assert projTree._getTreeItem(C.hNovelRoot).isExpanded() is True  # type: ignore
 
     # Navigate the Tree

tests/test_gui/test_gui_statusbar.py

@@ -24,17 +24,16 @@ import pytest
 
 from tools import C, buildTestProject
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.extensions.statusled import StatusLED
 
 
 @pytest.mark.gui
 def testGuiStatusBar_Main(qtbot, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd):
-    """Test the the various features of the status bar.
-    """
+    """Test the the various features of the status bar."""
     buildTestProject(nwGUI, projPath)
-    cHandle = nwGUI.project.newFile("A Note", C.hCharRoot)
-    newDoc = nwGUI.project.storage.getDocument(cHandle)
+    cHandle = SHARED.project.newFile("A Note", C.hCharRoot)
+    newDoc = SHARED.project.storage.getDocument(cHandle)
     newDoc.writeDocument("# A Note\n\n")
     nwGUI.projView.projTree.revealNewTreeItem(cHandle)
     nwGUI.rebuildIndex(beQuiet=True)
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ def testGuiStatusBar_Main(qtbot, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd):
     # Reference Time
     refTime = time.time()
     nwGUI.mainStatus.setRefTime(refTime)
-    assert nwGUI.mainStatus.refTime == refTime
+    assert nwGUI.mainStatus._refTime == refTime
 
     # Project Status
     nwGUI.mainStatus.setProjectStatus(StatusLED.S_NONE)
@@ -64,18 +63,18 @@ def testGuiStatusBar_Main(qtbot, nwGUI, projPath, mockRnd):
     CONFIG.stopWhenIdle = False
     nwGUI.mainStatus.setUserIdle(True)
     nwGUI.mainStatus.updateTime()
-    assert nwGUI.mainStatus.userIdle is False
+    assert nwGUI.mainStatus._userIdle is False
     assert nwGUI.mainStatus.timeText.text() == "00:00:00"
 
     CONFIG.stopWhenIdle = True
     nwGUI.mainStatus.setUserIdle(True)
     nwGUI.mainStatus.updateTime(5)
-    assert nwGUI.mainStatus.userIdle is True
+    assert nwGUI.mainStatus._userIdle is True
     assert nwGUI.mainStatus.timeText.text() != "00:00:00"
 
     nwGUI.mainStatus.setUserIdle(False)
     nwGUI.mainStatus.updateTime(5)
-    assert nwGUI.mainStatus.userIdle is False
+    assert nwGUI.mainStatus._userIdle is False
     assert nwGUI.mainStatus.timeText.text() != "00:00:00"
 
     # Language

tests/test_gui/test_gui_theme.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from tools import writeFile
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon, QPalette, QPixmap
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.enum import nwItemClass, nwItemLayout, nwItemType
 from novelwriter.constants import nwLabels
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from novelwriter.constants import nwLabels
 @pytest.mark.gui
 def testGuiTheme_Main(qtbot, nwGUI, tstPaths):
     """Test the theme class init."""
-    mainTheme = CONFIG.theme
+    mainTheme = SHARED.theme
 
     # Methods
     # =======
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def testGuiTheme_Main(qtbot, nwGUI, tstPaths):
 @pytest.mark.gui
 def testGuiTheme_Theme(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI):
     """Test the theme part of the class."""
-    mainTheme = CONFIG.theme
+    mainTheme = SHARED.theme
 
     # List Themes
     # ===========
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def testGuiTheme_Theme(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI):
 @pytest.mark.gui
 def testGuiTheme_Syntax(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI):
     """Test the syntax part of the class."""
-    mainTheme = CONFIG.theme
+    mainTheme = SHARED.theme
 
     # List Themes
     # ===========
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ def testGuiTheme_Syntax(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI):
 @pytest.mark.gui
 def testGuiTheme_Icons(qtbot, caplog, monkeypatch, nwGUI, tstPaths):
     """Test the icon cache class."""
-    iconCache = CONFIG.theme.iconCache
+    iconCache = SHARED.theme.iconCache
 
     # Load Theme
     # ==========

tests/test_tools/test_tools_manusbuild.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def testManuscriptBuild_Main(
     build = BuildSettings()
     build.setLastPath(fncPath)
 
-    manus = GuiManuscriptBuild(nwGUI, nwGUI, build)
+    manus = GuiManuscriptBuild(nwGUI, build)
     manus.show()
 
     # Check initial values
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def testManuscriptBuild_Main(
     # Error Handling
     # ==============
 
-    manus = GuiManuscriptBuild(nwGUI, nwGUI, build)
+    manus = GuiManuscriptBuild(nwGUI, build)
     manus.show()
 
     # Name, path and format should be remembered

tests/test_tools/test_tools_manuscript.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, pyqtSlot
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QDialogButtonBox
 from PyQt5.QtPrintSupport import QPrintPreviewDialog
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.guimain import GuiMain
 from novelwriter.core.buildsettings import BuildSettings
 from novelwriter.tools.manuscript import GuiManuscript
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def testManuscript_Init(monkeypatch, qtbot: QtBot, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath: Pat
     """Test the init/main functionality of the GuiManuscript dialog."""
     buildTestProject(nwGUI, projPath)
     nwGUI.openProject(projPath)
-    nwGUI.project.storage.getDocument(C.hChapterDoc).writeDocument("## A Chapter\n\n\t\tHi")
+    SHARED.project.storage.getDocument(C.hChapterDoc).writeDocument("## A Chapter\n\n\t\tHi")
     allText = "New Novel\nBy Jane Doe\nA Chapter\n\t\tHi\n* * *"
 
     manus = GuiManuscript(nwGUI)
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def testManuscript_Features(monkeypatch, qtbot: QtBot, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath:
     manus.show()
     manus.loadContent()
 
-    cacheFile = CONFIG.dataPath("cache") / f"build_{nwGUI.project.data.uuid}.json"
+    cacheFile = CONFIG.dataPath("cache") / f"build_{SHARED.project.data.uuid}.json"
     manus.buildList.setCurrentRow(0)
     build = manus._getSelectedBuild()
     assert isinstance(build, BuildSettings)

tests/test_tools/test_tools_manussettings.py

@@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import pytest
 
-from tools import C, buildTestProject
-
 from pathlib import Path
 from pytestqt.qtbot import QtBot
 
+from tools import C, buildTestProject
+
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QFont
 from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSlot
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QDialogButtonBox, QFontDialog
 
-from novelwriter import CONFIG
+from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
 from novelwriter.guimain import GuiMain
 from novelwriter.constants import nwHeadFmt
 from novelwriter.core.buildsettings import BuildSettings, FilterMode
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ def testBuildSettings_Filter(qtbot: QtBot, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath: Path, mockR
         "worldRoot": 9,
     }
 
-    hPlotDoc = nwGUI.project.newFile("Main Plot", C.hPlotRoot)
-    hCharDoc = nwGUI.project.newFile("Jane Doe", C.hCharRoot)
+    hPlotDoc = SHARED.project.newFile("Main Plot", C.hPlotRoot)
+    hCharDoc = SHARED.project.newFile("Jane Doe", C.hCharRoot)
     nwGUI.projView.projTree.revealNewTreeItem(hPlotDoc)
     nwGUI.projView.projTree.revealNewTreeItem(hCharDoc)
-    nwGUI.project.tree[hPlotDoc].setActive(False)  # type: ignore
+    SHARED.project.tree[hPlotDoc].setActive(False)  # type: ignore
 
     # Create the dialog and populate it
     bSettings = GuiBuildSettings(nwGUI, build)
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def testBuildSettings_Filter(qtbot: QtBot, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath: Path, mockR
 
     # Switch off novel docs
     filterTab.filterOpt._widgets[switchMap["incNovel"]].setChecked(False)
-    assert build.buildItemFilter(nwGUI.project) == {
+    assert build.buildItemFilter(SHARED.project) == {
         C.hNovelRoot:  (False, FilterMode.SKIPPED),
         C.hTitlePage:  (False, FilterMode.FILTERED),
         C.hChapterDir: (False, FilterMode.SKIPPED),
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def testBuildSettings_Filter(qtbot: QtBot, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath: Path, mockR
 
     # Switch on note docs
     filterTab.filterOpt._widgets[switchMap["incNotes"]].setChecked(True)
-    assert build.buildItemFilter(nwGUI.project) == {
+    assert build.buildItemFilter(SHARED.project) == {
         C.hNovelRoot:  (False, FilterMode.SKIPPED),
         C.hTitlePage:  (False, FilterMode.FILTERED),
         C.hChapterDir: (False, FilterMode.SKIPPED),
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def testBuildSettings_Filter(qtbot: QtBot, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath: Path, mockR
 
     # Switch on inactive docs
     filterTab.filterOpt._widgets[switchMap["incInactive"]].setChecked(True)
-    assert build.buildItemFilter(nwGUI.project) == {
+    assert build.buildItemFilter(SHARED.project) == {
         C.hNovelRoot:  (False, FilterMode.SKIPPED),
         C.hTitlePage:  (False, FilterMode.FILTERED),
         C.hChapterDir: (False, FilterMode.SKIPPED),
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def testBuildSettings_Filter(qtbot: QtBot, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath: Path, mockR
     filterTab._treeMap[C.hChapterDoc].setSelected(True)
     filterTab._treeMap[C.hSceneDoc].setSelected(True)
     filterTab.includedButton.click()
-    assert build.buildItemFilter(nwGUI.project) == {
+    assert build.buildItemFilter(SHARED.project) == {
         C.hNovelRoot:  (False, FilterMode.SKIPPED),
         C.hTitlePage:  (False, FilterMode.FILTERED),
         C.hChapterDir: (False, FilterMode.SKIPPED),
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def testBuildSettings_Filter(qtbot: QtBot, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath: Path, mockR
     filterTab._treeMap[hPlotDoc].setSelected(True)  # type: ignore
     filterTab._treeMap[hCharDoc].setSelected(True)  # type: ignore
     filterTab.excludedButton.click()
-    assert build.buildItemFilter(nwGUI.project) == {
+    assert build.buildItemFilter(SHARED.project) == {
         C.hNovelRoot:  (False, FilterMode.SKIPPED),
         C.hTitlePage:  (False, FilterMode.FILTERED),
         C.hChapterDir: (False, FilterMode.SKIPPED),
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def testBuildSettings_Filter(qtbot: QtBot, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath: Path, mockR
 
     # Switch on novel docs
     filterTab.filterOpt._widgets[switchMap["incNovel"]].setChecked(True)
-    assert build.buildItemFilter(nwGUI.project) == {
+    assert build.buildItemFilter(SHARED.project) == {
         C.hNovelRoot:  (False, FilterMode.SKIPPED),
         C.hTitlePage:  (True,  FilterMode.FILTERED),  # Now enabled
         C.hChapterDir: (False, FilterMode.SKIPPED),
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ def testBuildSettings_Filter(qtbot: QtBot, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath: Path, mockR
     filterTab.optTree.clearSelection()
     filterTab._treeMap[C.hNovelRoot].setSelected(True)
     filterTab.resetButton.click()
-    assert build.buildItemFilter(nwGUI.project) == {
+    assert build.buildItemFilter(SHARED.project) == {
         C.hNovelRoot:  (False, FilterMode.SKIPPED),
         C.hTitlePage:  (True,  FilterMode.FILTERED),
         C.hChapterDir: (False, FilterMode.SKIPPED),
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def testBuildSettings_Filter(qtbot: QtBot, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath: Path, mockR
     filterTab._treeMap[hPlotDoc].setSelected(True)  # type: ignore
     filterTab._treeMap[hCharDoc].setSelected(True)  # type: ignore
     filterTab.resetButton.click()
-    assert build.buildItemFilter(nwGUI.project) == {
+    assert build.buildItemFilter(SHARED.project) == {
         C.hNovelRoot:  (False, FilterMode.SKIPPED),
         C.hTitlePage:  (True,  FilterMode.FILTERED),
         C.hChapterDir: (False, FilterMode.SKIPPED),
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ def testBuildSettings_Filter(qtbot: QtBot, nwGUI: GuiMain, projPath: Path, mockR
         C.hNovelRoot, C.hTitlePage, C.hChapterDir, C.hChapterDoc, C.hSceneDoc,
         C.hPlotRoot, hPlotDoc, C.hCharRoot, hCharDoc,
     ]
-    nwGUI.project.tree[hCharDoc].setRoot(None)  # type: ignore
-    nwGUI.project.tree[hPlotDoc].setParent(None)  # type: ignore
+    SHARED.project.tree[hCharDoc].setRoot(None)  # type: ignore
+    SHARED.project.tree[hPlotDoc].setParent(None)  # type: ignore
     filterTab._populateTree()
     assert list(filterTab._treeMap.keys()) == [
         C.hNovelRoot, C.hTitlePage, C.hChapterDir, C.hChapterDoc, C.hSceneDoc,

tests/test_tools/test_tools_writingstats.py

@@ -20,15 +20,17 @@ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """
 
 import json
-from pathlib import Path
 import pytest
 
+from pathlib import Path
+
 from tools import getGuiItem, buildTestProject
 from mocked import causeOSError
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QAction, QFileDialog
 
+from novelwriter import SHARED
 from novelwriter.constants import nwFiles
 from novelwriter.tools.writingstats import GuiWritingStats
 
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ def testToolWritingStats_Main(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, tstPaths):
     """
     # Create a project to work on
     buildTestProject(nwGUI, projPath)
-    project = nwGUI.project
+    project = SHARED.project
 
     qtbot.wait(100)
     assert nwGUI.saveProject()
@@ -377,13 +379,14 @@ def testToolWritingStats_Main(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, projPath, tstPaths):
 
     # IOError
     # =======
-    monkeypatch.setattr("builtins.open", causeOSError)
-    assert not sessLog._loadLogFile()
-    assert not sessLog._saveData(sessLog.FMT_CSV)
+    with monkeypatch.context() as mp:
+        mp.setattr("builtins.open", causeOSError)
+        assert not sessLog._loadLogFile()
+        assert not sessLog._saveData(sessLog.FMT_CSV)
 
     # qtbot.stop()
 
     sessLog._doClose()
-    assert nwGUI.closeProject()
+    assert nwGUI.closeProject() is True
 
 # END Test testToolWritingStats_Main

tests/tools.py

@@ -165,10 +165,10 @@ def buildTestProject(obj, projPath):
         nwGUI = None
         project = obj
     else:
+        from novelwriter import SHARED
         nwGUI = obj
-        project = obj.project
+        project = SHARED.project
 
-    project.clearProject()
     project.storage.openProjectInPlace(projPath)
     project.setDefaultStatusImport()
 
@@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ def buildTestProject(obj, projPath):
     project.session.startSession()
     project.setProjectChanged(True)
     project.saveProject(autoSave=True)
+    project._valid = True
 
     if nwGUI is not None:
-        nwGUI.hasProject = True
         nwGUI.rebuildTrees()
 
     return