Fixed issue #524: Sometimes sidebar visibility state is incorrect

demo/MainWindow.cpp

@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ CMainWindow::CMainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
     CDockManager::setConfigFlag(CDockManager::FocusHighlighting, true);
 
 	// uncomment if you would like to enable dock widget auto hiding
-    CDockManager::setAutoHideConfigFlags({CDockManager::DefaultAutoHideConfig | CDockManager::AutoHideCloseButtonCollapsesDock});
+    CDockManager::setAutoHideConfigFlags({CDockManager::DefaultAutoHideConfig});
 
 	// uncomment if you would like to enable an equal distribution of the
 	// available size of a splitter to all contained dock widgets

src/AutoHideSideBar.cpp

@@ -127,27 +127,6 @@ void AutoHideSideBarPrivate::handleViewportEvent(QEvent* e)
 		}
 		break;
 
-	case QEvent::Resize:
-		if (_this->tabCount())
-		{
-			auto ev = static_cast<QResizeEvent*>(e);
-			auto Tab = _this->tabAt(0);
-			int Size = isHorizontal() ? ev->size().height() : ev->size().width();
-			int TabSize = isHorizontal() ? Tab->size().height() : Tab->size().width();
-			// If the size of the side bar is less than the size of the first tab
-			// then there are no visible tabs in this side bar. This check will
-			// fail if someone will force a very big border via CSS!!
-			if (Size < TabSize)
-			{
-				_this->hide();
-			}
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			_this->hide();
-		}
-		break;
-
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -288,20 +267,33 @@ void CAutoHideSideBar::removeTab(CAutoHideTab* SideTab)
 //============================================================================
 bool CAutoHideSideBar::eventFilter(QObject *watched, QEvent *event)
 {
-	if (event->type() != QEvent::ShowToParent)
+	auto Tab = qobject_cast<CAutoHideTab*>(watched);
+	if (!Tab)
 	{
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	// As soon as on tab is shown, we need to show the side tab bar
+	switch (event->type())
-	auto Tab = qobject_cast<CAutoHideTab*>(watched);
-	if (Tab)
 	{
-		show();
+	case QEvent::ShowToParent:
+		 show();
+	     break;
+
+	case QEvent::Hide:
+		 if (!hasVisibleTabs())
+		 {
+			 hide();
+		 }
+		 break;
+
+	default:
+		break;
 	}
+
 	return false;
 }
 
+
 //============================================================================
 Qt::Orientation CAutoHideSideBar::orientation() const
 {
@@ -323,6 +315,37 @@ int CAutoHideSideBar::tabCount() const
 }
 
 
+//============================================================================
+int CAutoHideSideBar::visibleTabCount() const
+{
+	int count = 0;
+	for (auto i = 0; i < tabCount(); i++)
+	{
+		if (tabAt(i)->isVisible())
+		{
+			count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+
+//============================================================================
+bool CAutoHideSideBar::hasVisibleTabs() const
+{
+	for (auto i = 0; i < tabCount(); i++)
+	{
+		if (tabAt(i)->isVisible())
+		{
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+
 //============================================================================
 SideBarLocation CAutoHideSideBar::sideBarLocation() const
 {

src/AutoHideSideBar.h

@@ -134,6 +134,19 @@ public:
 	 */
 	int tabCount() const;
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the number of visible tabs
+	 */
+	int visibleTabCount() const;
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns true, if the sidebar contains visible tabs.
+	 * The function returns as soon as it finds the first visible tab.
+	 * That means, if you just want to find out if theee are visible tabs
+	 * then this function is quicker than visibleTabCount()
+	 */
+	bool hasVisibleTabs() const;
+
 	/**
 	 * Getter for side tab bar area property
 	 */