enh: improve 'anonymous' GUI experience (no busy cursor, disable tabs)

Author: paulmueller

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 0.17.4
  - fix: correctly handle dataset IDs and names in `DBExtract`
  - fix: `get_datasets_user_shared` failed when many circles/collections exist
+ - enh: improve "anonymous" GUI experience (no busy cursor, disable tabs)
  - enh: allow to disable update check on startup via settings
  - enh: apply button in upload settings only affects cache location
  - enh: move "apply" button in downloads settings next to "browse" button

dcoraid/gui/main.py

@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         QtWidgets.QApplication.processEvents(
             QtCore.QEventLoop.ProcessEventsFlag.AllEvents, 300)
 
+        if self.settings.value("user scenario", "") == "anonymous":
+            # disable tabs that an anonymous user cannot use
+            self.tab_user.setEnabled(False)
+            self.tab_maintain.setEnabled(False)
+            self.tab_upload.setEnabled(False)
+            self.tab_share.setEnabled(False)
+
         # Run wizard if necessary
         if ((self.settings.value("user scenario", "") != "anonymous")
                 and not self.settings.value("auth/api key", "")):

dcoraid/gui/upload/widget_upload.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from ...upload import queue, task
 
 from ..api import get_ckan_api
-from ..tools import ShowWaitCursor, show_wait_cursor
+from ..tools import ShowWaitCursor
 
 from . import circle_mgr
 from .dlg_upload import NoCircleSelectedError, UploadDialog
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ def dropEvent(self, e):
             elif pp.suffix == ".dcoraid-task":
                 self.on_upload_task(pp)
 
-    @show_wait_cursor
     @QtCore.pyqtSlot()
     def initialize(self, retry_if_fail=True):
         if self._jobs is not None: