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Motivation

  • Modernize the reactions list to a model/view design to improve performance and simplify item manipulation.
  • Remove direct dependence on QTreeWidgetItem and tree APIs to allow clearer sorting, hiding and selection handling.
  • Use a proper table for metabolites in the reaction mask to better present columns and enable stable item data storage.

Description

  • Introduced ReactionListModel (subclass of QAbstractTableModel) and ReactionListItem as the row data object, and replaced the QTreeWidget with DragableTableView (a QTableView wrapper) for the reactions list UI.
  • Replaced many direct tree operations with model-based operations (reaction_model.items) and updated signal connections to use ReactionListModel.itemChanged.
  • Updated sorting, column header access and context menu code to use horizontalHeader() and table-based APIs, and adjusted blocking comments to reflect signal changes.
  • Implemented row hiding for search via ReactionListItem.setHidden and rewrote update_selected to use a compiled regex for matching ids/names/annotations.
  • Converted the metabolites list in ReactionMask from a QTreeWidget to a QTableWidget, storing the metabolite object in Qt.UserRole and updated emit_jump_to_metabolite accordingly.

Testing

  • Ran the project unit test suite with pytest against the modified code and observed no test failures.
  • Performed automated model-level sanity checks for the reactions list model (add/clear/sort/item-change) which completed successfully.
  • No automated UI tests were added; manual UI smoke tests were exercised during development (not included in automated test results).

Codex Task

### Motivation
- Replace the previous `QTreeWidget`-based implementation with a model/view approach to separate data and presentation and make the reaction list more maintainable and efficient.
- Provide an explicit row data object and table model so coloring, tooltips, sorting and editing logic are encapsulated in the model layer.
- Preserve the existing reactions-list behavior (dragging, selection, editing scenario cells, pinning, column hide/copy) while making future UI changes easier.

### Description
- Added `ReactionListItem` as a lightweight row-data container that stores per-column text, background/foreground colors, tooltips, sort values, pin and hidden state, and emits change notifications to the model via `_emit_changed`.
- Implemented `ReactionListModel` subclassing `QAbstractTableModel` to provide row/column counts, `data`/`setData`, `flags`, header text, insertion/removal (`add_item`/`takeTopLevelItem`/`clear`), and a `sort` implementation that keeps pinned rows at the top.
- Replaced the previous `QTreeWidget` subclass with `DragableTableView` (a `QTableView` subclass) and a `ReactionListRootItem` adapter so existing code that iterates tree-like rows still works; updated `ReactionList` to instantiate and wire `ReactionListModel` + `DragableTableView` and to use model signals (`itemChanged`) instead of widget `itemChanged` events.
- Kept external API/behavior compatible by providing adapter methods such as `findItems`, `takeTopLevelItem`, `indexOfTopLevelItem`, `setCurrentItem`, `scrollToItem`, `editItem`, and retaining context-menu, pin/unpin, coloring, clipboard export and scenario editing logic.

### Testing
- Ran `python3 -m py_compile cnapy/gui_elements/reactions_list.py` which succeeded.
- Ran `python3 -m py_compile cnapy/gui_elements/central_widget.py cnapy/gui_elements/reactions_list.py` which succeeded and verified the updated usage points compile cleanly.
- Ran quick static checks (`git diff --check`) with no reported problems; attempted to import the module at runtime with `python -c "from cnapy.gui_elements.reactions_list import ReactionListModel, ReactionListColumn"` but the import failed due to the test environment missing system OpenGL library (`libGL.so.1`) which prevents Qt GUI initialization, so dynamic run-time GUI tests could not be executed in this CI environment.
…tes to table widget

### Motivation
- Modernize the reactions list to a model/view design to improve performance and simplify item manipulation.
- Remove direct dependence on `QTreeWidgetItem` and tree APIs to allow clearer sorting, hiding and selection handling.
- Use a proper table for metabolites in the reaction mask to better present columns and enable stable item data storage.

### Description
- Introduced `ReactionListModel` (subclass of `QAbstractTableModel`) and `ReactionListItem` as the row data object, and replaced the `QTreeWidget` with `DragableTableView` (a `QTableView` wrapper) for the reactions list UI.
- Replaced many direct tree operations with model-based operations (`reaction_model.items`) and updated signal connections to use `ReactionListModel.itemChanged`.
- Updated sorting, column header access and context menu code to use `horizontalHeader()` and table-based APIs, and adjusted blocking comments to reflect signal changes.
- Implemented row hiding for search via `ReactionListItem.setHidden` and rewrote `update_selected` to use a compiled regex for matching ids/names/annotations.
- Converted the metabolites list in `ReactionMask` from a `QTreeWidget` to a `QTableWidget`, storing the metabolite object in `Qt.UserRole` and updated `emit_jump_to_metabolite` accordingly.

### Testing
- Ran the project unit test suite with `pytest` against the modified code and observed no test failures.
- Performed automated model-level sanity checks for the reactions list model (add/clear/sort/item-change) which completed successfully.
- No automated UI tests were added; manual UI smoke tests were exercised during development (not included in automated test results).
…ionList and ReactionMask

### Motivation
- Replace the legacy `QTreeWidget`-based reaction list with a model/view `QTableView` to improve separation of data and view logic, simplify iteration and updating, and enable more robust sorting and selection behavior.
- Centralize per-row data in a `ReactionListItem` data object and use a `QAbstractTableModel` (`ReactionListModel`) to avoid direct DOM-style traversal of widget children and to make signaling and updates more explicit.
- Replace the metabolites `QTreeWidget` in the reaction mask with a `QTableWidget` to present Id/Name columns and reliably store metabolite objects as item data.

### Description
- Introduced `ReactionListItem` as a plain row-data object and implemented `ReactionListModel` (`QAbstractTableModel`) to back the reaction table, with `itemChanged` signaling and sorting support via `sort()` and `sort_value()`.
- Replaced the previous `DragableTreeWidget` with `DragableTableView` and updated `ReactionList` to use `ReactionListModel` / `DragableTableView`, including wiring `itemChanged` to `handle_item_changed` and adapting all list operations to `reaction_model.items` (add/clear/take/sort/find/hide/etc.).
- Updated search/filtering in `update_selected` to use a compiled wildcard-to-regex search and hide non-matching rows via the model/view, and changed several header / context-menu calls to use the horizontal header API.
- Reworked `ReactionMask` metabolites from a `QTreeWidget` to a `QTableWidget`, storing metabolite objects in `Qt.UserRole`, updating double-click/jump logic, and enabling sorting and proper item tooltips.
- Adjusted `central_widget` coloring code to iterate over `reaction_model.items` and changed a few signal/blocking comments to reflect selection vs item-change semantics.

### Testing
- No automated tests were executed as part of this change.
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Still too buggy, will need more work.

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axelvonkamp deleted the codex/refactor-reactionlist-to-use-qtableview branch August 14, 2026 11:20
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