Improve search results window and highlight in calendar when there are matches.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.1.10
+
+ * Improve search results window and highlight in calendar when there are matches.
+
 # 0.1.9
 
  * More styling/toolbar fixes to support toggled-on styles, exclusive styles (e.g it should not be

bouquin/main_window.py

@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ from PySide6.QtCore import (
 )
 from PySide6.QtGui import (
     QAction,
+    QBrush,
+    QColor,
     QCursor,
     QDesktopServices,
     QFont,
     QGuiApplication,
-    QTextCharFormat,
     QTextListFormat,
 )
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
@@ -132,15 +133,15 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
 
         self.search = Search(self.db)
         self.search.openDateRequested.connect(self._load_selected_date)
+        self.search.resultDatesChanged.connect(self._on_search_dates_changed)
 
         # Lock the calendar to the left panel at the top to stop it stretching
         # when the main window is resized.
         left_panel = QWidget()
         left_layout = QVBoxLayout(left_panel)
         left_layout.setContentsMargins(8, 8, 8, 8)
-        left_layout.addWidget(self.calendar, alignment=Qt.AlignTop)
+        left_layout.addWidget(self.calendar)
-        left_layout.addWidget(self.search, alignment=Qt.AlignBottom)
+        left_layout.addWidget(self.search)
-        left_layout.addStretch(1)
         left_panel.setFixedWidth(self.calendar.sizeHint().width() + 16)
 
         # This is the note-taking editor
@@ -313,22 +314,44 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
             if self._try_connect():
                 return True
 
+    def _on_search_dates_changed(self, date_strs: list[str]):
+        dates = set()
+        for ds in date_strs or []:
+            qd = QDate.fromString(ds, "yyyy-MM-dd")
+            if qd.isValid():
+                dates.add(qd)
+        self._apply_search_highlights(dates)
+
+    def _apply_search_highlights(self, dates: set):
+        yellow = QBrush(QColor("#fff9c4"))
+        old = getattr(self, "_search_highlighted_dates", set())
+
+        for d in old - dates:  # clear removed
+            fmt = self.calendar.dateTextFormat(d)
+            fmt.setBackground(Qt.transparent)
+            self.calendar.setDateTextFormat(d, fmt)
+
+        for d in dates:  # apply new/current
+            fmt = self.calendar.dateTextFormat(d)
+            fmt.setBackground(yellow)
+            self.calendar.setDateTextFormat(d, fmt)
+
+        self._search_highlighted_dates = dates
+
     def _refresh_calendar_marks(self):
-        """
+        """Make days with entries bold, but keep any search highlight backgrounds."""
-        Sets a bold marker on the day to indicate that text exists
-        for that day.
-        """
-        fmt_bold = QTextCharFormat()
-        fmt_bold.setFontWeight(QFont.Weight.Bold)
-        # Clear previous marks
         for d in getattr(self, "_marked_dates", set()):
-            self.calendar.setDateTextFormat(d, QTextCharFormat())
+            fmt = self.calendar.dateTextFormat(d)
+            fmt.setFontWeight(QFont.Weight.Normal)  # remove bold only
+            self.calendar.setDateTextFormat(d, fmt)
         self._marked_dates = set()
         try:
             for date_iso in self.db.dates_with_content():
                 qd = QDate.fromString(date_iso, "yyyy-MM-dd")
                 if qd.isValid():
-                    self.calendar.setDateTextFormat(qd, fmt_bold)
+                    fmt = self.calendar.dateTextFormat(qd)
+                    fmt.setFontWeight(QFont.Weight.Bold)  # add bold only
+                    self.calendar.setDateTextFormat(qd, fmt)
                     self._marked_dates.add(qd)
         except Exception:
             pass

bouquin/search.py

@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ from typing import Iterable, Tuple
 from PySide6.QtCore import Qt, Signal
 from PySide6.QtGui import QFont, QTextCharFormat, QTextCursor, QTextDocument
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
+    QFrame,
     QLabel,
     QLineEdit,
     QListWidget,
     QListWidgetItem,
+    QSizePolicy,
     QHBoxLayout,
     QVBoxLayout,
     QWidget,
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ class Search(QWidget):
     """Encapsulates the search UI + logic and emits a signal when a result is chosen."""
 
     openDateRequested = Signal(str)
+    resultDatesChanged = Signal(list)
 
     def __init__(self, db, parent: QWidget | None = None):
         super().__init__(parent)
@@ -30,17 +33,21 @@ class Search(QWidget):
 
         self.search = QLineEdit()
         self.search.setPlaceholderText("Search for notes here")
+        self.search.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Preferred, QSizePolicy.Fixed)
         self.search.textChanged.connect(self._search)
 
         self.results = QListWidget()
         self.results.setUniformItemSizes(False)
         self.results.setSelectionMode(self.results.SelectionMode.SingleSelection)
+        self.results.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Preferred, QSizePolicy.Expanding)
         self.results.itemClicked.connect(self._open_selected)
         self.results.hide()
+        self.results.setMinimumHeight(250)
 
         lay = QVBoxLayout(self)
         lay.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
         lay.setSpacing(6)
+        lay.setAlignment(Qt.AlignTop)
         lay.addWidget(self.search)
         lay.addWidget(self.results)
 
@@ -58,6 +65,7 @@ class Search(QWidget):
         if not q:
             self.results.clear()
             self.results.hide()
+            self.resultDatesChanged.emit([])  # clear highlights
             return
 
         try:
@@ -73,8 +81,10 @@ class Search(QWidget):
         rows = list(rows)
         if not rows:
             self.results.hide()
+            self.resultDatesChanged.emit([])  # clear highlights
             return
 
+        self.resultDatesChanged.emit(sorted({d for d, _ in rows}))
         self.results.show()
 
         for date_str, content in rows:
@@ -90,12 +100,13 @@ class Search(QWidget):
             outer.setSpacing(2)
 
             # Date label (plain text)
-            date_lbl = QLabel(date_str)
+            date_lbl = QLabel()
-            date_lbl.setTextFormat(Qt.TextFormat.PlainText)
+            date_lbl.setTextFormat(Qt.TextFormat.RichText)
+            date_lbl.setText(f"<i>{date_str}</i>:")
             date_f = date_lbl.font()
-            date_f.setPointSizeF(date_f.pointSizeF() - 1)
+            date_f.setPointSizeF(date_f.pointSizeF() + 1)
             date_lbl.setFont(date_f)
-            date_lbl.setStyleSheet("color:#666;")
+            date_lbl.setStyleSheet("color:#000;")
             outer.addWidget(date_lbl)
 
             # Preview row with optional ellipses
@@ -127,6 +138,11 @@ class Search(QWidget):
 
             outer.addWidget(row)
 
+            line = QFrame()
+            line.setFrameShape(QFrame.HLine)
+            line.setFrameShadow(QFrame.Sunken)
+            outer.addWidget(line)
+
             # ---- Add to list ----
             item = QListWidgetItem()
             item.setData(Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole, date_str)