From 068a3935e219a3b323aee6106844edf693445631 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lucretius <lucretius>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 13:52:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] move connection error to status bar only if there is a
 compression flag error

---
 src/controller.cpp | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/controller.cpp b/src/controller.cpp
index 3739b5c..9a96bb5 100644
--- a/src/controller.cpp
+++ b/src/controller.cpp
@@ -604,15 +604,28 @@ void Controller::getInfoThenRefresh(bool force)
 
         // Prevent multiple dialog boxes, because these are called async
         static bool shown = false;
-        if (!shown && prevCallSucceeded) // show error only first time
-        { 
-            shown = true;
-            QString errorMessage = QObject::tr("There was an error connecting to the server. Please check your internet connection. The error was") + ": \n\n" + err;
-            ui->statusBar->showMessage(errorMessage, 5000);
+    if (!shown && prevCallSucceeded) 
+    { 
+        shown = true;
+
+        // Check if the error is a compression flag error
+        if (err.contains("compression")) {
+            QString statusBarMessage = QObject::tr("Compression error: ") + ":\n\n" + err;
+            ui->statusBar->showMessage(statusBarMessage, 5000);
+        } else {
 
-            shown = false;
+            QString errorMessage = QObject::tr("There was an error connecting to the server. Please check your internet connection. The error was") + ": \n\n" + err;
+            QMessageBox::critical(
+                main,
+                QObject::tr("Connection Error"), 
+                errorMessage,
+                QMessageBox::StandardButton::Ok
+            );
         }
 
+        shown = false;
+    }
+
         prevCallSucceeded = false;
     });
 }