Desktop: Fixes laurent22#10230: Fix new note and to-do buttons greyed…

… when initial selection is all notes/a tag

packages/app-desktop/app.ts

@@ -513,6 +513,10 @@ class Application extends BaseApplication {
 			});
 		}
 
+		this.store().dispatch({
+			type: 'INITIAL_SELECTION_SET',
+		});
+
 		this.store().dispatch({
 			type: 'FOLDER_SET_COLLAPSED_ALL',
 			ids: Setting.value('collapsedFolderIds'),

packages/app-mobile/components/screens/Notes.tsx

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ const { BackButtonService } = require('../../services/back-button.js');
 import { AppState } from '../../utils/types';
 import { NoteEntity } from '@joplin/lib/services/database/types';
 import { itemIsInTrash } from '@joplin/lib/services/trash';
-const { ALL_NOTES_FILTER_ID } = require('@joplin/lib/reserved-ids.js');
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- Old code before rule was applied
 class NotesScreenComponent extends BaseScreenComponent<any> {
@@ -230,34 +229,19 @@ class NotesScreenComponent extends BaseScreenComponent<any> {
 		let buttonFolderId = this.props.selectedFolderId !== Folder.conflictFolderId() ? this.props.selectedFolderId : null;
 		if (!buttonFolderId) buttonFolderId = this.props.activeFolderId;
 
-		const isAllNotes =
-			this.props.notesParentType === 'SmartFilter'
-			&& this.props.selectedSmartFilterId === ALL_NOTES_FILTER_ID;
-
-		// Usually, when showing all notes, activeFolderId/selectedFolderId is set to the last
-		// active folder.
-		// If the app starts showing all notes, activeFolderId/selectedFolderId are
-		// empty or null. As such, we need a special case to show the buttons:
-		const addFolderNoteButtons = !!buttonFolderId || isAllNotes;
+		const addFolderNoteButtons = !!buttonFolderId;
 		const thisComp = this;
 
 		const makeActionButtonComp = () => {
 			if ((this.props.notesParentType === 'Folder' && itemIsInTrash(parent)) || !Folder.atLeastOneRealFolderExists(this.props.folders)) return null;
 
-			const getTargetFolderId = async () => {
-				if (!buttonFolderId && isAllNotes) {
-					return (await Folder.defaultFolder()).id;
-				}
-				return buttonFolderId;
-			};
 			if (addFolderNoteButtons && this.props.folders.length > 0) {
 				const buttons = [];
 				buttons.push({
 					label: _('New to-do'),
 					onPress: async () => {
-						const folderId = await getTargetFolderId();
 						const isTodo = true;
-						void this.newNoteNavigate(folderId, isTodo);
+						void this.newNoteNavigate(buttonFolderId, isTodo);
 					},
 					color: '#9b59b6',
 					icon: 'checkbox-outline',
@@ -266,9 +250,8 @@ class NotesScreenComponent extends BaseScreenComponent<any> {
 				buttons.push({
 					label: _('New note'),
 					onPress: async () => {
-						const folderId = await getTargetFolderId();
 						const isTodo = false;
-						void this.newNoteNavigate(folderId, isTodo);
+						void this.newNoteNavigate(buttonFolderId, isTodo);
 					},
 					color: '#9b59b6',
 					icon: 'document',

packages/app-mobile/root.tsx

@@ -710,6 +710,10 @@ async function initialize(dispatch: Function) {
 			});
 		}
 
+		this.store().dispatch({
+			type: 'INITIAL_SELECTION_SET',
+		});
+
 		await clearSharedFilesCache();
 	} catch (error) {
 		alert(`Initialization error: ${error.message}`);

packages/lib/reducer.ts

@@ -883,6 +883,12 @@ const reducer = produce((draft: Draft<State> = defaultState, action: any) => {
 			break;
 		}
 
+		case 'INITIAL_SELECTION_SET':
+			// To allow creating notes when opening the app with all notes and/or tags,
+			// we also need a "last selected folder ID".
+			draft.selectedFolderId ??= draft.settings.activeFolderId;
+			break;
+
 		case 'SMART_FILTER_SELECT':
 			draft.notesParentType = 'SmartFilter';
 			draft.selectedSmartFilterId = action.id;