Periodic refresh for sidebar

Author: charlotrudel

arduino_logique.py

@@ -83,10 +83,9 @@ def main():
 
     # Draw the circuit
     board.draw_blank_board_model(50, 10)
-    
 
     # Creating the Sidebar instance after canvas, board, sketcher, component_data are defined
-    _ = Sidebar(
+    sidebar = Sidebar(
         parent=win,
         chip_images_path="Assets/chips",
         canvas=canvas,
@@ -95,6 +94,13 @@ def main():
         toolbar=toolbar,
     )
 
+    def refresh_sidebar():
+        sidebar.refresh()
+        win.after(5000, refresh_sidebar)
+
+    # Start the periodic refresh
+    refresh_sidebar()
+
     # Creating the Menus instance with proper references
     menus = Menus(
         parent=win,

sidebar.py

@@ -62,19 +62,8 @@ def __init__(
             - canvas: The canvas where the chips are placed.
             - sketcher: The component sketcher object.
         """
-        self.current_dict_circuit = current_dict_circuit
-        images = self.load_chip_images(chip_images_path)
-        self.available_chips_and_imgs: list[Tuple[Chip, tk.PhotoImage | None]] = [
-            (chip, images.get(chip.package_name)) for chip in get_all_available_chips().values()
-        ]
-        # Sort the chips based on the number after 'HC' in their chip_type
-        self.available_chips_and_imgs.sort(key=lambda chip_img: int(chip_img[0].chip_type.split("HC")[-1]))
-
-        # Create a reverse lookup dictionary for chip names to their index in the list
-        self.chip_name_to_index = {
-            chip.chip_type: index for index, (chip, _) in enumerate(self.available_chips_and_imgs)
-        }
-
+        self.initialize_chip_data(current_dict_circuit, chip_images_path)
+        self.chip_images_path = chip_images_path
         self.canvas: tk.Canvas = canvas
         self.sketcher: ComponentSketcher = sketcher
         self.toolbar = toolbar
@@ -102,6 +91,23 @@ def __init__(
         self.create_chips_area(sidebar_frame)
         self.create_manage_button(sidebar_frame)
 
+    def initialize_chip_data(self, current_dict_circuit, chip_images_path) -> None:
+        """
+        Initializes the chip data for the sidebar.
+        """
+        self.current_dict_circuit = current_dict_circuit
+        images = self.load_chip_images(chip_images_path)
+        self.available_chips_and_imgs: list[Tuple[Chip, tk.PhotoImage | None]] = [
+            (chip, images.get(chip.package_name)) for chip in get_all_available_chips().values()
+        ]
+        # Sort the chips based on the number after 'HC' in their chip_type
+        self.available_chips_and_imgs.sort(key=lambda chip_img: int(chip_img[0].chip_type.split("HC")[-1]))
+
+        # Create a reverse lookup dictionary for chip names to their index in the list
+        self.chip_name_to_index = {
+            chip.chip_type: index for index, (chip, _) in enumerate(self.available_chips_and_imgs)
+        }
+
     def load_chip_images(self, img_path) -> dict[str, tk.PhotoImage]:
         """
         Loads chip images from the specified directory and scales them down.
@@ -494,3 +500,11 @@ def on_search(self, _):
                 or any(query in func.__class__.__name__.lower() for func in chip_data[0].functions)
             ]
         self.display_chips(filtered_chips)
+
+    def refresh(self):
+        """
+        Refreshes the sidebar by reloading the chip data and redisplaying the chips.
+        """
+        self.initialize_chip_data(self.current_dict_circuit, self.chip_images_path)
+        self.on_search(None)
+        print("Sidebar refreshed.")