[Weather] Allow to trigger reload of weather from UI

src/blackcore/context/contextsimulatorimpl.cpp

@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ namespace BlackCore
             m_plugins->collectPlugins();
             this->restoreSimulatorPlugins();
 
-            connect(&m_weatherManager,  &CWeatherManager::weatherGridReceived, this, &CContextSimulator::weatherGridReceived,   Qt::QueuedConnection);
             connect(&m_weatherManager,  &CWeatherManager::weatherGridReceived, this, &CContextSimulator::onWeatherGridReceived, Qt::QueuedConnection);
             connect(&m_aircraftMatcher, &CAircraftMatcher::setupChanged,       this, &CContextSimulator::matchingSetupChanged);
             connect(&CCentralMultiSimulatorModelSetCachesProvider::modelCachesInstance(), &CCentralMultiSimulatorModelSetCachesProvider::cacheChanged, this, &CContextSimulator::modelSetChanged);
@@ -882,6 +881,9 @@ namespace BlackCore
 
         void CContextSimulator::onWeatherGridReceived(const CWeatherGrid &weatherGrid, const CIdentifier &identifier)
         {
+            if (!sApp || sApp->isShuttingDown()) { return; }
+            emit this->weatherGridReceived(weatherGrid, identifier);
+
             if (!this->isSimulatorPluginAvailable()) { return; }
             if (!m_simulatorPlugin.second)           { return; }
 

src/blackgui/components/weathercomponent.cpp

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             m_coordinateDialog->showElevation(false);
             m_coordinateDialog->setReadOnly(ui->cb_UseOwnAcftPosition->isChecked());
             connect(ui->pb_SetPosition, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &CWeatherComponent::showCoordinateDialog);
+            connect(ui->pb_Update,      &QPushButton::clicked, this, &CWeatherComponent::updateWeatherInformationForced);
 
             m_weatherScenarios = CWeatherGrid::getAllScenarios();
             for (const auto &scenario : as_const(m_weatherScenarios))
@@ -76,11 +77,9 @@ namespace BlackGui
             QPointer<CWeatherComponent> myself(this);
             QTimer::singleShot(1000, this, [ = ]
             {
-                if (myself)
+                if (!myself) { return; }
-                {
+                myself->updateWeatherInformation(true);
-                    myself->updateWeatherInformation();
                 myself->updateWeatherInfoLine();
-                }
             });
         }
 
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
         bool CWeatherComponent::setParentDockWidgetInfoArea(CDockWidgetInfoArea *parentDockableWidget)
         {
             CEnableForDockWidgetInfoArea::setParentDockWidgetInfoArea(parentDockableWidget);
-            bool c = connect(this->getParentInfoArea(), &CInfoArea::changedInfoAreaTabBarIndex, this, &CWeatherComponent::infoAreaTabBarChanged, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+            const bool c = connect(this->getParentInfoArea(), &CInfoArea::changedInfoAreaTabBarIndex, this, &CWeatherComponent::infoAreaTabBarChanged, Qt::QueuedConnection);
             Q_ASSERT_X(c, Q_FUNC_INFO, "failed connect");
             Q_ASSERT_X(parentDockableWidget, Q_FUNC_INFO, "missing parent");
             return c && parentDockableWidget;
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
                 m_coordinateDialog->setCoordinate(c);
                 ui->pb_SetPosition->setText("Select Position");
             }
-            updateWeatherInformation();
+            updateWeatherInformation(false);
         }
 
         void CWeatherComponent::toggleWeatherActivation()
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             m_lastOwnAircraftPosition = {};
             const CWeatherScenario scenario = m_weatherScenarios[index];
             m_weatherScenarioSetting.set(scenario);
-            this->updateWeatherInformation();
+            this->updateWeatherInformation(false);
             this->updateWeatherInfoLine();
         }
 
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             }
         }
 
-        void CWeatherComponent::updateWeatherInformation()
+        void CWeatherComponent::updateWeatherInformation(bool forceRealWeatherReload)
         {
             setWeatherGrid({});
             ui->lbl_Status->setText({});
@@ -212,7 +211,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
 
             if (CWeatherScenario::isRealWeatherScenario(scenario))
             {
-                if (m_lastOwnAircraftPosition.isNull() ||
+                if (m_lastOwnAircraftPosition.isNull() || forceRealWeatherReload ||
                         calculateGreatCircleDistance(position, m_lastOwnAircraftPosition).value(CLengthUnit::km()) > 20)
                 {
                     this->requestWeatherGrid(position);
@@ -244,10 +243,10 @@ namespace BlackGui
         void CWeatherComponent::setupConnections()
         {
             // UI connections
+            connect(m_coordinateDialog.data(), &CCoordinateDialog::changedCoordinate,           this, &CWeatherComponent::updateWeatherInformationForced);
+            connect(&m_weatherUpdateTimer,     &QTimer::timeout,      this, &CWeatherComponent::updateWeatherInformationChecked);
             connect(ui->cb_weatherScenario,    qOverload<int>(&QComboBox::currentIndexChanged), this, &CWeatherComponent::setWeatherScenario);
-            connect(m_coordinateDialog.data(), &CCoordinateDialog::changedCoordinate, this, &CWeatherComponent::updateWeatherInformation);
             connect(ui->cb_UseOwnAcftPosition, &QCheckBox::toggled,   this, &CWeatherComponent::toggleUseOwnAircraftPosition);
-            connect(&m_weatherUpdateTimer,     &QTimer::timeout, this, &CWeatherComponent::updateWeatherInformation);
             connect(ui->pb_ActivateWeather,    &QPushButton::clicked, this, &CWeatherComponent::toggleWeatherActivation);
 
             // Context connections

src/blackgui/components/weathercomponent.h

@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ namespace BlackGui
             void setCavok();
 
             void updateWeatherInfoLine();
-            void updateWeatherInformation();
+            void updateWeatherInformationForced()  { this->updateWeatherInformation(true);  }
+            void updateWeatherInformationChecked() { this->updateWeatherInformation(false); }
+            void updateWeatherInformation(bool forceRealWeatherReload);
             void onWeatherGridReceived(const BlackMisc::Weather::CWeatherGrid &weatherGrid, const BlackMisc::CIdentifier &identifier);
 
             void setupConnections();
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             QScopedPointer<Ui::CWeatherComponent> ui;
             QScopedPointer<CCoordinateDialog> m_coordinateDialog { new CCoordinateDialog(this) };
             QVector<BlackMisc::Weather::CWeatherScenario> m_weatherScenarios;
-            QTimer m_weatherUpdateTimer;
+            QTimer m_weatherUpdateTimer; //!< this is the timer for weather updates
             BlackMisc::Geo::CCoordinateGeodetic m_lastOwnAircraftPosition;
             BlackMisc::CSetting<BlackMisc::Simulation::Settings::TSelectedWeatherScenario> m_weatherScenarioSetting { this, &CWeatherComponent::onScenarioChanged };
             BlackCore::CActionBindings m_hotkeyBindings; //!< allow binding of hotkey

src/blackgui/components/weathercomponent.ui

@@ -34,27 +34,52 @@
    </property>
    <item>
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="gb_weatherControl">
+     <property name="minimumSize">
+      <size>
+       <width>0</width>
+       <height>100</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
      <property name="title">
       <string>Weather Control</string>
      </property>
      <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gl_WeatherComponent">
+      <property name="leftMargin">
+       <number>4</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="topMargin">
+       <number>4</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="rightMargin">
+       <number>4</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="bottomMargin">
+       <number>4</number>
+      </property>
       <item row="0" column="0" colspan="2">
        <widget class="QComboBox" name="cb_weatherScenario"/>
       </item>
       <item row="0" column="2">
        <widget class="QPushButton" name="pb_ActivateWeather">
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Activate</string>
+         <string>activate</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="1" column="0" colspan="3">
+      <item row="1" column="0" colspan="2">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="lbl_WeatherEngineInfo">
         <property name="text">
          <string>info goes here</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item row="1" column="2">
+       <widget class="QPushButton" name="pb_Update">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>update</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
@@ -100,7 +125,7 @@
             </sizepolicy>
            </property>
            <property name="text">
-            <string>Show Position</string>
+            <string>show Position</string>
            </property>
           </widget>
          </item>
@@ -267,6 +292,17 @@
    <header>blackgui/views/windlayerview.h</header>
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
+ <tabstops>
+  <tabstop>cb_weatherScenario</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>pb_ActivateWeather</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>pb_Update</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>cb_UseOwnAcftPosition</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>pb_SetPosition</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>tw_weatherGrid</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>tvp_TemperatureLayers</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>tvp_CloudLayers</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>tvp_WindLayers</tabstop>
+ </tabstops>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>