SeerMainWindow: Change action buttons when status changed

[QuangNguyenMinh123]

I see that many other IDEs disable action buttons when a program is running or halted.
I believe Seer should do the same. This could also prevent potential bugs.
Screencast from 01-25-2026 11:13:33 PM.webm

[epasveer]

You're probably right. But there's more menu bar items to disable, including some from the Control menu and others....

[epasveer]

I'm going to hold off on this one for a while. I'm making changes to the menus. So doing this, on a bigger scale, can be done later.

[QuangNguyenMinh123]

Can this MR be merged soon?

[epasveer]

Let me review it again.

[epasveer]

These buttons/menus need disabling when the program is running.

[QuangNguyenMinh123]

Currently, I face a problem:
Some action buttons won't return to default state (enable) when a gdb process is terminated during debug. Please see bellow image

Though these button state will be normal when a new gdb session is started, so this isn't a big issue

[QuangNguyenMinh123]

Another problem is dealing with action Record and Record Direction
I have never used these buttons
When I enable Record and set Direction and run (Continue F8) the program, at some points, I will no longer to stop the program (interrupt)
To reproduce:

1. start a new debug session
2. continue f8
3. interrupt
4. enable record (click on Record button)
5. continue f8, press until program run (in my PC, I need 2 clicks). Check status bar on lower right of Seer
6. now, try to stop program by interrupt it, but interrupt won't change program from running to stopped -> issue is reproduced

[QuangNguyenMinh123]

Another problem is dealing with action Record and Record Direction I have never used these buttons When I enable Record and set Direction and run (Continue F8) the program, at some points, I will no longer to stop the program (interrupt) To reproduce:

1. start a new debug session
2. continue f8
3. interrupt
4. enable record (click on Record button)
5. continue f8, press until program run (in my PC, I need 2 clicks). Check status bar on lower right of Seer
6. now, try to stop program by interrupt it, but interrupt won't change program from running to stopped -> issue is reproduced

Regarding this issue, I checked out the main branch of Seer to try to reproduce it. It turns out the issue still exists even on the main branch

[epasveer]

Hi @QuangNguyenMinh123

I've thought about this some more. Lets go back to your original way.

When the program is running, disable the continue/step/next/stepi/nexti/finish buttons on the Control Menu and the Tool Bar. Then re-enable them when a break point is reached.

For the Record/Visualizer buttons, just leave them as they were. If users want these, we can pursue this later.

[epasveer]

Regarding this issue, I checked out the main branch of Seer to try to reproduce it. It turns out the issue still exists even on the main branch

Okay, cool. I'll create a separate issue and will on this myself.

Oh, and thanks for the steps to reproduce the problem.

[QuangNguyenMinh123]

@epasveer done, please help me review

[epasveer]

Looks good, @QuangNguyenMinh123.

I'll pull the MR.