Fix showing error dialog minimized when main window is not active

Fixes #1739

src/core/mainwindow.cpp

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Strawberry Music Player
  * This file was part of Clementine.
  * Copyright 2010, David Sansome <me@davidsansome.com>
- * Copyright 2013-2021, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ * Copyright 2013-2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
  *
  * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(Application *app,
 #ifdef HAVE_DISCORD_RPC
       discord_rich_presence_(discord_rich_presence),
 #endif
+      error_dialog_([this]() {
+        return new ErrorDialog(this);
+      }),
       console_([app, this]() {
         Console *console = new Console(app->database());
         QObject::connect(console, &Console::Error, this, &MainWindow::ShowErrorDialog);
@@ -1684,17 +1687,6 @@ void MainWindow::StopAfterCurrent() {
   Q_EMIT StopAfterToggled(app_->playlist_manager()->active()->stop_after_current());
 }
 
-void MainWindow::showEvent(QShowEvent *e) {
-
-  if (error_dialog_ && error_dialog_->isVisible() && error_dialog_->isMinimized()) {
-    error_dialog_->raise();
-    error_dialog_->activateWindow();
-  }
-
-  QMainWindow::showEvent(e);
-
-}
-
 void MainWindow::hideEvent(QHideEvent *e) {
 
   // Some window managers don't remember maximized state between
@@ -1717,6 +1709,16 @@ void MainWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent *e) {
 
 }
 
+void MainWindow::changeEvent(QEvent *e) {
+
+  if (e->type() == QEvent::Show || e->type() == QEvent::WindowStateChange || e->type() == QEvent::WindowActivate) {
+    CheckShowErrorDialog();
+  }
+
+  QMainWindow::changeEvent(e);
+
+}
+
 void MainWindow::SetHiddenInTray(const bool hidden) {
 
   if (hidden && isVisible()) {
@@ -1737,6 +1739,7 @@ void MainWindow::SetHiddenInTray(const bool hidden) {
     else {
       show();
     }
+    CheckShowErrorDialog();
   }
 
 }
@@ -2990,6 +2993,14 @@ void MainWindow::ShowErrorDialog(const QString &message) {
   error_dialog_->ShowMessage(message);
 }
 
+void MainWindow::CheckShowErrorDialog() {
+
+  if (isVisible() && !isMinimized() && error_dialog_ && error_dialog_->isVisible() && !error_dialog_->isActiveWindow()) {
+    error_dialog_->ShowDialog();
+  }
+
+}
+
 void MainWindow::CheckFullRescanRevisions() {
 
   int from = app_->database()->startup_schema_version();

src/core/mainwindow.h

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Strawberry Music Player
  * This file was part of Clementine.
  * Copyright 2010, David Sansome <me@davidsansome.com>
- * Copyright 2013-2021, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
+ * Copyright 2013-2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
  *
  * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow, public PlatformInterface {
   void CommandlineOptionsReceived(const CommandlineOptions &options);
 
  protected:
-  void showEvent(QShowEvent *e) override;
   void hideEvent(QHideEvent *e) override;
   void closeEvent(QCloseEvent *e) override;
+  void changeEvent(QEvent *e) override;
   void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e) override;
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN32
   bool nativeEvent(const QByteArray &eventType, void *message, qintptr *result) override;
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow, public PlatformInterface {
 
   void ShowAboutDialog();
   void ShowErrorDialog(const QString &message);
+  void CheckShowErrorDialog();
   void ShowTranscodeDialog();
   SettingsDialog *CreateSettingsDialog();
   EditTagDialog *CreateEditTagDialog();
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow, public PlatformInterface {
 #ifdef HAVE_DISCORD_RPC
   discord::RichPresence *discord_rich_presence_;
 #endif
+  Lazy<ErrorDialog> error_dialog_;
   Lazy<About> about_dialog_;
   Lazy<Console> console_;
   Lazy<EditTagDialog> edit_tag_dialog_;
@@ -329,7 +331,6 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow, public PlatformInterface {
   PlaylistListContainer *playlist_list_;
   QueueView *queue_view_;
 
-  Lazy<ErrorDialog> error_dialog_;
   Lazy<SettingsDialog> settings_dialog_;
   Lazy<AlbumCoverManager> cover_manager_;
   SharedPtr<Equalizer> equalizer_;

src/dialogs/errordialog.cpp

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Strawberry Music Player
  * This file was part of Clementine.
  * Copyright 2010, David Sansome <me@davidsansome.com>
+ * Copyright 2017-2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
  *
  * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -32,14 +33,16 @@
 #include <QTextEdit>
 #include <QCloseEvent>
 
+#include "utilities/screenutils.h"
+
 #include "errordialog.h"
 #include "ui_errordialog.h"
 
 using namespace Qt::Literals::StringLiterals;
 
-ErrorDialog::ErrorDialog(QWidget *parent)
+ErrorDialog::ErrorDialog(QWidget *mainwindow, QWidget *parent)
     : QDialog(parent),
-      parent_(parent),
+      mainwindow_(mainwindow),
       ui_(new Ui_ErrorDialog) {
 
   ui_->setupUi(this);
@@ -59,6 +62,18 @@ ErrorDialog::~ErrorDialog() {
   delete ui_;
 }
 
+void ErrorDialog::ShowDialog() {
+
+  if (screen() && mainwindow_->screen() && screen() != mainwindow_->screen()) {
+    Utilities::CenterWidgetOnScreen(mainwindow_->screen(), this);
+  }
+  setWindowState((windowState() & ~Qt::WindowMinimized) | Qt::WindowActive);
+  show();
+  raise();
+  activateWindow();
+
+}
+
 void ErrorDialog::ShowMessage(const QString &message) {
 
   if (message.isEmpty()) return;
@@ -66,11 +81,11 @@ void ErrorDialog::ShowMessage(const QString &message) {
   current_messages_ << message;
   UpdateContent();
 
-  show();
+  if (mainwindow_->isActiveWindow()) {
-
+    ShowDialog();
-  if (parent_ && parent_->isMaximized()) {
+  }
-    raise();
+  else if (!isVisible()) {
-    activateWindow();
+    showMinimized();
   }
 
 }

src/dialogs/errordialog.h

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Strawberry Music Player
  * This file was part of Clementine.
  * Copyright 2010, David Sansome <me@davidsansome.com>
+ * Copyright 2017-2025, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
  *
  * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -36,10 +37,11 @@ class ErrorDialog : public QDialog {
   Q_OBJECT
 
  public:
-  explicit ErrorDialog(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
+  explicit ErrorDialog(QWidget *mainwindow, QWidget *parent = nullptr);
   ~ErrorDialog() override;
 
  public Q_SLOTS:
+  void ShowDialog();
   void ShowMessage(const QString &message);
 
  protected:
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ class ErrorDialog : public QDialog {
  private:
   void UpdateContent();
 
-  QWidget *parent_;
+  QWidget *mainwindow_;
   Ui_ErrorDialog *ui_;
 
   QStringList current_messages_;