Change color of RF chat button if new messages are available

gui/main.js

@@ -464,6 +464,18 @@ ipcMain.on("request-update-reception-status", (event, arg) => {
 
 });
 
+//Called by main to query chat if there are new messages
+ipcMain.on("request-update-unread-messages", (event) => {
+  //mainLog.info("Got request to check if chat has new messages")
+  chat.webContents.send("action-update-unread-messages");
+  
+});
+//Called by chat to notify main if there are new messages
+ipcMain.on("request-update-unread-messages-main", (event,arg) => {
+  win.webContents.send("action-update-unread-messages-main",arg);
+  //mainLog.info("Received reply from chat and ?new messages = " +arg);
+});
+
 ipcMain.on("request-open-tnc-log", () => {
   logViewer.show();
 });

gui/preload-chat.js

@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ update_chat = function (obj) {
   }
 
 // add percent and bytes per minute if not existing
-console.log(obj.percent)
+//console.log(obj.percent)
 if (typeof obj.percent == "undefined") {
      obj.percent = 0;
      obj.bytesperminute = 0;
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ var TimeDifference = (new Date().getTime()/1000) - obj.timestamp
   } else {
     var max_retry_attempts = parseInt(config.max_retry_attempts);
   }
-  console.log(obj.msg);
+  //console.log(obj.msg);
   // define shortmessage
   if (obj.msg == "null" || obj.msg == "NULL") {
     var shortmsg = obj.type;
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ var TimeDifference = (new Date().getTime()/1000) - obj.timestamp
     }
 
     if (obj.type == "transmit") {
-      console.log(obj);
+      //console.log(obj);
       //console.log('msg-' + obj._id + '-status')
 
       if (obj.status == "failed") {
@@ -1495,11 +1495,11 @@ var TimeDifference = (new Date().getTime()/1000) - obj.timestamp
 
     /* UPDATE EXISTING ELEMENTS */
   } else if (document.getElementById("msg-" + obj._id)) {
-    console.log("element already exists......");
-    console.log(obj);
+    //console.log("element already exists......");
+    //console.log(obj);
 
-        console.log(obj.status)
-        console.log(obj.attempt)
+      //  console.log(obj.status)
+      //  console.log(obj.attempt)
 
 
 
@@ -2660,6 +2660,12 @@ ipcRenderer.on("update-config", (event, data) => {
   config = data;
 });
 
+ipcRenderer.on("action-update-unread-messages", (event) => {
+  checkForNewMessages().then(function(count) {
+    ipcRenderer.send("request-update-unread-messages-main",count);
+  });
+});
+
 // https://stackoverflow.com/a/18650828
 function formatBytes(bytes, decimals = 2) {
   if (!+bytes) return "0 Bytes";
@@ -2790,10 +2796,10 @@ function checkForWaitingMessages(dxcall) {
     });
 }
 
-function checkForWaitingMessages()
+async function checkForNewMessages()
 {
   var newmsgs;
-  db.find({
+  await db.find({
     selector: {
       new: {$eq: 1},
     }, limit:1,
@@ -2803,7 +2809,6 @@ function checkForWaitingMessages()
       newmsgs=true;
     else
       newmsgs=false;
-      //console.log ("New messages count to clear for " + dxcall + ": " + result.docs.length)
     })
     .catch(function (err) {
       console.log(err);

gui/preload-main.js

@@ -1951,7 +1951,16 @@ function signal_quality_perc_quad(rssi, perfect_rssi = 10, worst_rssi = -150) {
 }
 
 var lastHeard = "";
+var checkForNewMessageWait=85;
+
 ipcRenderer.on("action-update-tnc-state", (event, arg) => {
+  //check for new messages
+  if (checkForNewMessageWait >= 100){
+    //This is very expensive
+    ipcRenderer.send("request-update-unread-messages");
+    checkForNewMessageWait=-1;
+  }
+  checkForNewMessageWait++;
   // update FFT
   if (typeof arg.fft !== "undefined") {
     // FIXME: WE need to fix this when disabled waterfall chart
@@ -2908,6 +2917,22 @@ ipcRenderer.on("run-tnc-command-fec-iswriting", (event) => {
   sock.sendFecIsWriting(config.mycall);
 });
 
+//Change background color of RF Chat button if new messages are available
+ipcRenderer.on("action-update-unread-messages-main", (event,data) => {
+  //Do something
+  if (data == true)
+  {
+    document.getElementById("openRFChat").classList.add("btn-warning")
+    document.getElementById("openRFChat").classList.remove("btn-secondary")
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    document.getElementById("openRFChat").classList.remove("btn-warning")
+    document.getElementById("openRFChat").classList.add("btn-secondary")
+  }
+});
+
+
 ipcRenderer.on("run-tnc-command", (event, arg) => {
   if (arg.command == "save_my_call") {
     sock.saveMyCall(arg.callsign);

gui/src/index.html

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
             data-bs-toggle="tooltip"
             data-bs-trigger="hover"
             data-bs-html="false"
-            title="Open the HF chat module. This is currently just a test and not finished, yet!"
+            title="Open the chat window.  The background will change to yellow if a new message is available."
           >
             <i class="bi bi-chat-left-text-fill me-2"></i>
             <strong>RF Chat</strong>