refactor(auto_update): auto_update changed to be BECMainWindow; removed auto update logic from BECDockArea

bec_widgets/applications/bw_launch.py

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-from bec_widgets.cli.auto_updates import AutoUpdates
+from bec_widgets.widgets.containers.auto_update.auto_updates import AutoUpdates
 from bec_widgets.widgets.containers.dock.dock_area import BECDockArea
 
 
-def dock_area(object_name: str | None = None):
+def dock_area(object_name: str | None = None) -> BECDockArea:
     _dock_area = BECDockArea(object_name=object_name)
     return _dock_area
 
 
-def auto_update_dock_area(object_name: str | None = None) -> BECDockArea:
+def auto_update_dock_area(object_name: str | None = None) -> AutoUpdates:
     """
     Create a dock area with auto update enabled.
 
@@ -17,7 +17,5 @@ def auto_update_dock_area(object_name: str | None = None) -> BECDockArea:
     Returns:
         BECDockArea: The created dock area.
     """
-    _dock_area = BECDockArea(object_name=object_name)
+    _auto_update = AutoUpdates(object_name=object_name)
-    _dock_area.set_auto_update(AutoUpdates)
+    return _auto_update
-    _dock_area.auto_update.enabled = True  # type:ignore
-    return _dock_area

bec_widgets/cli/client.py

@@ -72,6 +72,42 @@ for plugin_name, plugin_class in inspect.getmembers(plugin_client, inspect.iscla
             globals()[plugin_name] = plugin_class
 
 
+class AutoUpdates(RPCBase):
+    @property
+    @rpc_call
+    def enabled(self) -> "bool":
+        """
+        Get the enabled status of the auto updates.
+        """
+
+    @enabled.setter
+    @rpc_call
+    def enabled(self) -> "bool":
+        """
+        Get the enabled status of the auto updates.
+        """
+
+    @property
+    @rpc_call
+    def selected_device(self) -> "str | None":
+        """
+        Get the selected device from the auto update config.
+
+        Returns:
+            str: The selected device. If no device is selected, None is returned.
+        """
+
+    @selected_device.setter
+    @rpc_call
+    def selected_device(self) -> "str | None":
+        """
+        Get the selected device from the auto update config.
+
+        Returns:
+            str: The selected device. If no device is selected, None is returned.
+        """
+
+
 class BECDock(RPCBase):
     @property
     @rpc_call
@@ -341,26 +377,6 @@ class BECDockArea(RPCBase):
             dict: The state of the dock area.
         """
 
-    @property
-    @rpc_call
-    def selected_device(self) -> "str | None":
-        """
-        Get the selected device from the auto update config.
-
-        Returns:
-            str: The selected device. If no device is selected, None is returned.
-        """
-
-    @selected_device.setter
-    @rpc_call
-    def selected_device(self) -> "str | None":
-        """
-        Get the selected device from the auto update config.
-
-        Returns:
-            str: The selected device. If no device is selected, None is returned.
-        """
-
     @rpc_call
     def restore_state(
         self, state: "dict" = None, missing: "Literal['ignore', 'error']" = "ignore", extra="bottom"

bec_widgets/widgets/containers/auto_update/auto_updates.py

@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ from bec_lib.logger import bec_logger
 from bec_lib.messages import ScanStatusMessage
 
 from bec_widgets.utils.error_popups import SafeSlot
+from bec_widgets.widgets.containers.dock.dock_area import BECDockArea
+from bec_widgets.widgets.containers.main_window.main_window import BECMainWindow
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
     from bec_widgets.utils.bec_widget import BECWidget
     from bec_widgets.widgets.containers.dock.dock import BECDock
-    from bec_widgets.widgets.containers.dock.dock_area import BECDockArea
     from bec_widgets.widgets.plots.image.image import Image
     from bec_widgets.widgets.plots.motor_map.motor_map import MotorMap
     from bec_widgets.widgets.plots.multi_waveform.multi_waveform import MultiWaveform
@@ -22,24 +23,33 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
 logger = bec_logger.logger
 
 
-class AutoUpdates:
+class AutoUpdates(BECMainWindow):
     _default_dock: BECDock
+    USER_ACCESS = ["enabled", "enabled.setter", "selected_device", "selected_device.setter"]
+    RPC = True
+
+    def __init__(
+        self, parent=None, gui_id: str = None, window_title="Auto Update", *args, **kwargs
+    ):
+        super().__init__(parent=parent, gui_id=gui_id, window_title=window_title, **kwargs)
+
+        self.dock_area = BECDockArea(parent=self, object_name="dock_area")
+        self.setCentralWidget(self.dock_area)
+        self._auto_update_selected_device: str | None = None
 
-    def __init__(self, dock_area: BECDockArea):
-        self.dock_area = dock_area
-        self.bec_dispatcher = dock_area.bec_dispatcher
         self._default_dock = None  # type:ignore
         self.current_widget: BECWidget | None = None
         self.dock_name = None
-        self._enabled = False
+        self._enabled = True
+        self.start_auto_update()
 
-    def connect(self):
+    def start_auto_update(self):
         """
         Establish all connections for the auto updates.
         """
         self.bec_dispatcher.connect_slot(self._on_scan_status, MessageEndpoints.scan_status())
 
-    def disconnect(self):
+    def stop_auto_update(self):
         """
         Disconnect all connections for the auto updates.
         """
@@ -47,6 +57,26 @@ class AutoUpdates:
             self._on_scan_status, MessageEndpoints.scan_status()  # type:ignore
         )
 
+    @property
+    def selected_device(self) -> str | None:
+        """
+        Get the selected device from the auto update config.
+
+        Returns:
+            str: The selected device. If no device is selected, None is returned.
+        """
+        return self._auto_update_selected_device
+
+    @selected_device.setter
+    def selected_device(self, value: str | None) -> None:
+        """
+        Set the selected device in the auto update config.
+
+        Args:
+            value(str): The selected device.
+        """
+        self._auto_update_selected_device = value
+
     @SafeSlot()
     def _on_scan_status(self, content: dict, metadata: dict) -> None:
         """
@@ -125,7 +155,7 @@ class AutoUpdates:
         """
 
         if selected_device is None:
-            selected_device = self.dock_area.selected_device
+            selected_device = self.selected_device
         if selected_device:
             return selected_device
         if len(monitored_devices) > 0:
@@ -166,11 +196,11 @@ class AutoUpdates:
         self._enabled = value
 
         if value:
-            self.connect()
+            self.start_auto_update()
             self.enable_gui_highlights(True)
             self.on_start()
         else:
-            self.disconnect()
+            self.stop_auto_update()
             self.enable_gui_highlights(False)
             self.on_stop()
 
@@ -228,6 +258,9 @@ class AutoUpdates:
         dev_x, dev_y = info.scan_report_devices[0], info.scan_report_devices[1]  # type:ignore
         dev_z = self.get_selected_device(info.readout_priority["monitored"])  # type:ignore
 
+        if dev_x or dev_y or dev_z is None:
+            return
+
         # Clear the scatter waveform widget and plot the data
         scatter.clear_all()
         scatter.plot(
@@ -315,3 +348,14 @@ class AutoUpdates:
         Args:
             msg (ScanStatusMessage): The scan status message.
         """
+
+    def cleanup(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Cleanup procedure to run when the auto updates are disabled.
+        """
+        self.enabled = False
+        self.stop_auto_update()
+        self.dock_area.close()
+        self.dock_area.deleteLater()
+        self.dock_area = None
+        super().cleanup()

bec_widgets/widgets/containers/dock/dock_area.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, Optional
+from typing import Literal, Optional
 from weakref import WeakValueDictionary
 
 from bec_lib.logger import bec_logger
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ from bec_widgets.widgets.services.bec_status_box.bec_status_box import BECStatus
 from bec_widgets.widgets.utility.logpanel.logpanel import LogPanel
 from bec_widgets.widgets.utility.visual.dark_mode_button.dark_mode_button import DarkModeButton
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
-    from bec_widgets.cli.auto_updates import AutoUpdates
-
 logger = bec_logger.logger
 
 
@@ -67,8 +64,6 @@ class BECDockArea(BECWidget, QWidget):
         "detach_dock",
         "attach_all",
         "save_state",
-        "selected_device",
-        "selected_device.setter",
         "restore_state",
     ]
 
@@ -100,8 +95,6 @@ class BECDockArea(BECWidget, QWidget):
         self.layout.setSpacing(5)
         self.layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
 
-        self.auto_update: AutoUpdates | None = None
-        self._auto_update_selected_device: str | None = None
         self._instructions_visible = True
 
         self.dark_mode_button = DarkModeButton(parent=self, parent_id=self.gui_id, toolbar=True)
@@ -258,35 +251,6 @@ class BECDockArea(BECWidget, QWidget):
                 "Add docks using 'new' method from CLI\n or \n Add widget docks using the toolbar",
             )
 
-    @property
-    def selected_device(self) -> str | None:
-        """
-        Get the selected device from the auto update config.
-
-        Returns:
-            str: The selected device. If no device is selected, None is returned.
-        """
-        return self._auto_update_selected_device
-
-    @selected_device.setter
-    def selected_device(self, value: str | None) -> None:
-        """
-        Set the selected device in the auto update config.
-
-        Args:
-            value(str): The selected device.
-        """
-        self._auto_update_selected_device = value
-
-    def set_auto_update(self, auto_update_cls: type[AutoUpdates]) -> None:
-        """
-        Set the auto update object for the dock area.
-
-        Args:
-            auto_update(AutoUpdates): The auto update object.
-        """
-        self.auto_update = auto_update_cls(self)
-
     @property
     def panels(self) -> dict[str, BECDock]:
         """
@@ -471,8 +435,6 @@ class BECDockArea(BECWidget, QWidget):
         """
         Cleanup the dock area.
         """
-        if self.auto_update:
-            self.auto_update.enabled = False
         self.delete_all()
         self.toolbar.close()
         self.toolbar.deleteLater()