Plugins can now declare dependencies on other plugins.
NEW FEATURES:
- dependencies['plugins'] = ['plugin_id1', 'plugin_id2']
- Separates pip packages (auto-installed) from plugin dependencies (user enabled)
- Settings dialog shows which plugins need to be enabled first
- PluginDependencyCheck tracks installed/enabled status
EXAMPLE:
dependencies = {
'pip': ['requests'],
'plugins': ['plugins.dashboard.plugin.DashboardPlugin']
}
NEW FEATURES:
1. Plugin Dependency Declaration (BasePlugin):
- Added 'dependencies' class attribute
- Format: {'pip': ['package1', 'package2'], 'optional': {...}}
- Plugins can declare required pip packages
2. Plugin Dependency Manager (core/plugin_dependency_manager.py):
- Checks if declared dependencies are installed
- Installs missing packages via pip
- Tracks installation status
- Shows progress dialog during installation
3. Settings Dialog Integration:
- When enabling a plugin with dependencies, shows dialog
- Lists missing dependencies
- Asks user if they want to install
- Shows progress bar during installation
- Handles installation failures gracefully
4. Example: Game Reader Test plugin:
- Declares dependencies: pillow, numpy
- Optional: easyocr, pytesseract, paddleocr
- When enabled, prompts to install if missing
WORKFLOW:
1. User enables a plugin in Settings → Plugins
2. System checks if plugin has dependencies
3. If dependencies missing, shows dialog
4. User clicks Yes to install
5. Progress dialog shows installation progress
6. Plugin loads after dependencies installed
This eliminates manual pip install steps for plugins!
CHANGES:
1. Settings plugin is no longer categorized as 'Core' plugin
- The settings menu is built into the overlay window
- Having both was redundant
- Settings plugin still exists but won't be auto-enabled
2. Removed hardcoded SpotifyWidget from core/dashboard.py
- Spotify widget was baked into core instead of being a proper plugin
- Should be in plugins/spotify_controller/ instead
- Commented out the widget addition for now
This addresses the user's feedback that:
- Settings plugin is redundant with the settings menu
- Spotify widget shouldn't be in core
BUG 1: Sidebar buttons clicked wrong plugin
- Lambda captured idx by reference, always using last value
- Fixed by using functools.partial to capture by value
BUG 2: Dashboard plugin KeyError 'border_subtle'
- Changed to 'border_default' which exists in EU_COLORS
The sidebar should now correctly switch to the clicked plugin.
BUG: TypeError: missing 1 required positional argument: 'checked'
The lambda functions were expecting a 'checked' argument that wasn't
being passed by the signals:
- QShortcut.activated doesn't pass any arguments
- SidebarButton.clicked doesn't pass any arguments
Fix: Removed 'checked' parameter from both lambda functions.
BUG: KeyError: 'border_color' when opening Settings dialog.
The color dictionary uses 'border_default' not 'border_color'.
Fixed all 5 occurrences in the file.
BUG: KeyError: 'accent_primary' when opening Settings dialog.
The color dictionary uses 'accent_orange' not 'accent_primary'.
Fixed all 10 occurrences in the file.
BUG: name 'QCheckBox' is not defined errors in plugins settings tab.
Root cause: QCheckBox was imported inside _open_settings() method but
_create_plugins_settings_tab() also uses it. The local import didn't
propagate to the helper method.
FIX:
- Added QCheckBox to top-level PyQt6 imports
- Added QTabWidget to top-level imports (also used)
- Removed redundant local imports from _open_settings()
All settings UI components now available globally in the module.
BUG: AttributeError when accessing plugin_class.name in settings tab.
The error occurred when iterating over discovered plugins and trying
to access .name, .version, or .description attributes. While all
plugins should have these attributes, there might be edge cases
where the plugin_class is not properly formed.
FIX:
- Added getattr() with defaults for safe attribute access
- Added try-except around each plugin row creation
- Added error logging for debugging
- Gracefully skip broken plugin entries instead of crashing
Changes:
- _create_plugins_settings_tab() now uses getattr() for all
plugin attributes with sensible defaults
- Each plugin row is wrapped in try-except for isolation
- Errors are logged but don't crash the settings UI
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