From f6e6f79a344110e8c5aa397fc12221620c624ddc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThePendulum <ThePendulum@unknown.name>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:24:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add View menu with a toggle to hide/show the ffmpeg log panel

---
 main.py                         | 10 ++++++++-
 scripts/smoke_test_view_menu.py | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 scripts/smoke_test_view_menu.py

diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index c48b597..994b187 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 
 from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt, QTimer, QThread, pyqtSignal
-from PyQt6.QtGui import QShortcut, QKeySequence
+from PyQt6.QtGui import QShortcut, QKeySequence, QAction
 from PyQt6.QtWidgets import (
     QApplication, QMainWindow, QWidget, QVBoxLayout, QHBoxLayout,
     QPushButton, QLabel, QSlider, QCheckBox, QDoubleSpinBox, QFileDialog,
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
         self.player.setMinimumHeight(400)
 
         self._build_ui()
+        self._build_menu()
         self._wire_shortcuts()
 
         self._position_timer = QTimer(self)
@@ -155,6 +156,13 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
 
         self.setCentralWidget(central)
 
+    def _build_menu(self):
+        view_menu = self.menuBar().addMenu("&View")
+
+        self.toggle_log_action = QAction("Show ffmpeg Log", self, checkable=True, checked=True)
+        self.toggle_log_action.toggled.connect(self.log_view.setVisible)
+        view_menu.addAction(self.toggle_log_action)
+
     def _wire_shortcuts(self):
         QShortcut(QKeySequence(","), self, activated=lambda: self._step_frame(-1))
         QShortcut(QKeySequence("."), self, activated=lambda: self._step_frame(1))
diff --git a/scripts/smoke_test_view_menu.py b/scripts/smoke_test_view_menu.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa1cbdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/smoke_test_view_menu.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import sys
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QApplication
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
+import main as app_main
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+OUT_DIR = ROOT / "test_media" / "seek_validation"
+
+
+def main():
+    OUT_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    qapp = QApplication(sys.argv)
+    win = app_main.MainWindow()
+    win.show()
+    qapp.processEvents()
+
+    assert win.log_view.isVisible(), "log panel should be visible by default"
+    assert win.toggle_log_action.isChecked()
+    win.grab().save(str(OUT_DIR / "view_menu_log_visible.png"))
+
+    win.toggle_log_action.setChecked(False)
+    qapp.processEvents()
+    assert not win.log_view.isVisible(), "toggling the menu action should hide the log panel"
+    win.grab().save(str(OUT_DIR / "view_menu_log_hidden.png"))
+
+    win.toggle_log_action.setChecked(True)
+    qapp.processEvents()
+    assert win.log_view.isVisible()
+
+    win.player.shutdown()
+    print("PASS: View > Show ffmpeg Log toggles the log panel correctly")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()