fix: combined view only when state is moving or when in robotsampleexchange

src/aare/gui/main_window.py

@@ -2795,15 +2795,13 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
             if self._remote_close_deadline_ts is not None:
                 self._clear_remote_close_request()
 
-        # Busy (or the robot station) means something is physically moving:
-        # show the Beamline combined view so the motion can be watched, and
-        # return to the sample camera once it is done. Edge-triggered so a
-        # manual tab choice survives between transitions. Sample alignment is
-        # the exception: its busy moves ARE the alignment, and the user needs
-        # to keep watching the sample camera, not the beamline view.
-        moving = (
-            bool(s.busy) or s.state == BeamlineStateEnum.RobotSampleExchange
-        ) and s.state != BeamlineStateEnum.SampleAlignment
+        # Only robot-scale motion flips to the Beamline combined view: state
+        # transitions (the server parks in Moving while driving motors) and
+        # the robot station. Busy alone no longer triggers it — Sample
+        # alignment, Beam location, Beamstop alignment, Flux measurement
+        # etc. run busy while the user watches the sample camera itself.
+        # Edge-triggered so a manual tab choice survives between transitions.
+        moving = s.state in (BeamlineStateEnum.Moving, BeamlineStateEnum.RobotSampleExchange)
         if moving and not self._watching_motion:
             self._watching_motion = True
             self.video_tab.setCurrentWidget(self.beamline_combined_panel)

tests/unit/gui/test_main_window.py

@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ def test_main_window_init(qtbot, mock_ui_state, daq_status_factory):
         win.data_collection._emit_change_energy()
         assert sent and abs(sent[0] - 12400.0) < 1e-6
 
-        # Motion watch: robot motion switches to the combined beamline view;
-        # alignment beginning switches straight back to the sample camera even
-        # while the busy flag is still set — busy moves during Sample
-        # alignment ARE the alignment, so it never re-triggers the switch.
+        # Motion watch: only a state transition (Moving) or the robot station
+        # switches to the combined beamline view. Busy alone never does —
+        # Sample alignment, Beam location etc. run busy while the user
+        # watches the sample camera itself.
         win.update_daq_status(
             daq_status_factory(state=BeamlineStateEnum.RobotSampleExchange, busy=True)
         )
@@ -85,10 +85,16 @@ def test_main_window_init(qtbot, mock_ui_state, daq_status_factory):
         )
         assert not win._watching_motion
         assert win.video_tab.currentWidget() is win.sample_camera
+        win.update_daq_status(daq_status_factory(state=BeamlineStateEnum.BeamLocation, busy=True))
+        assert not win._watching_motion
+        win.update_daq_status(daq_status_factory(state=BeamlineStateEnum.Moving, busy=True))
+        assert win._watching_motion
+        assert win.video_tab.currentWidget() is win.beamline_combined_panel
         win.update_daq_status(
-            daq_status_factory(state=BeamlineStateEnum.SampleAlignment, busy=True)
+            daq_status_factory(state=BeamlineStateEnum.DataCollection, busy=False)
         )
         assert not win._watching_motion
+        assert win.video_tab.currentWidget() is win.sample_camera
 
 
 def test_main_window_mount_view(qtbot, mock_ui_state):