better code flow when app starts + correctly show number badge when tray icon is active on windows startup + correctly show tray messages on app startup + remove some redundant code

src/librssguard/gui/dialogs/formabout.cpp

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <QPlainTextEdit>
 #include <QTextStream>
 
-FormAbout::FormAbout(QWidget* parent) : QDialog(parent) {
+FormAbout::FormAbout(bool go_to_changelog, QWidget* parent) : QDialog(parent) {
   m_ui.setupUi(this);
   m_ui.m_lblIcon->setPixmap(QPixmap(APP_ICON_PATH));
   GuiUtilities::applyDialogProperties(*this,
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ FormAbout::FormAbout(QWidget* parent) : QDialog(parent) {
                                       tr("About %1").arg(QSL(APP_NAME)));
   loadLicenseAndInformation();
   loadSettingsAndPaths();
+
+  if (go_to_changelog) {
+    m_ui.m_tabAbout->setCurrentWidget(m_ui.m_tabChangelog);
+  }
 }
 
 FormAbout::~FormAbout() {}

src/librssguard/gui/dialogs/formabout.h

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 #include "ui_formabout.h"
 
 class RSSGUARD_DLLSPEC FormAbout : public QDialog {
-  Q_OBJECT
+    Q_OBJECT
 
   public:
-    explicit FormAbout(QWidget* parent);
+    explicit FormAbout(bool go_to_changelog, QWidget* parent);
     virtual ~FormAbout();
 
   private slots:

src/librssguard/gui/dialogs/formmain.cpp

@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ void FormMain::createConnections() {
 
   // Menu "Help" connections.
   connect(m_ui->m_actionAboutGuard, &QAction::triggered, this, [this]() {
-    FormAbout(this).exec();
+    FormAbout(false, this).exec();
   });
   connect(m_ui->m_actionCheckForUpdates, &QAction::triggered, this, [this]() {
     FormUpdate(this).exec();

src/librssguard/gui/messagesview.cpp

@@ -710,15 +710,6 @@ void MessagesView::selectItemWithCursorAction(CursorAction act) {
 
   if (index_previous.isValid()) {
     setCurrentIndex(index_previous);
-
-    scrollTo(index_previous,
-             !m_processingAnyMouseButton &&
-                 qApp->settings()->value(GROUP(Messages), SETTING(Messages::KeepCursorInCenter)).toBool()
-               ? QAbstractItemView::ScrollHint::PositionAtCenter
-               : QAbstractItemView::ScrollHint::PositionAtTop);
-
-    selectionModel()->select(index_previous,
-                             QItemSelectionModel::SelectionFlag::Select | QItemSelectionModel::SelectionFlag::Rows);
     setFocus();
   }
 }
@@ -738,21 +729,7 @@ void MessagesView::selectNextUnreadItem() {
   const QModelIndex next_unread = m_proxyModel->getNextPreviousUnreadItemIndex(active_row);
 
   if (next_unread.isValid()) {
-    // We found unread message, mark it.
     setCurrentIndex(next_unread);
-
-    // Make sure that item is properly visible even if
-    // message previewer was hidden and shows up.
-    qApp->processEvents();
-
-    scrollTo(next_unread,
-             !m_processingAnyMouseButton &&
-                 qApp->settings()->value(GROUP(Messages), SETTING(Messages::KeepCursorInCenter)).toBool()
-               ? QAbstractItemView::ScrollHint::PositionAtCenter
-               : QAbstractItemView::ScrollHint::PositionAtTop);
-
-    selectionModel()->select(next_unread,
-                             QItemSelectionModel::SelectionFlag::Select | QItemSelectionModel::SelectionFlag::Rows);
     setFocus();
   }
 }

src/librssguard/miscellaneous/application.cpp

@@ -299,8 +299,10 @@ void Application::showPolls() const {
                          {QSL("%1 survey").arg(QSL(APP_NAME)),
                           QSL("Please, fill the survey."),
                           QSystemTrayIcon::MessageIcon::Warning},
-                         {false, true, false});
+                         {false, true, false},
-    qApp->web()->openUrlInExternalBrowser(QSL("https://forms.gle/FdzrwFGozCGViK8QA"));
+                         {tr("Go to survey"), [] {
+                            qApp->web()->openUrlInExternalBrowser(QSL("https://forms.gle/FdzrwFGozCGViK8QA"));
+                          }});
   }
   */
 }
@@ -312,10 +314,10 @@ void Application::offerChanges() const {
                           tr("Welcome to %1.\n\nPlease, check NEW stuff included in this\n"
                              "version by clicking this popup notification.")
                             .arg(QSL(APP_LONG_NAME)),
-                          QSystemTrayIcon::MessageIcon::NoIcon},
+                          QSystemTrayIcon::MessageIcon::Information},
                          {},
                          {tr("Go to changelog"), [] {
-                            FormAbout(qApp->mainForm()).exec();
+                            FormAbout(true, qApp->mainForm()).exec();
                           }});
   }
 }
@@ -607,27 +609,28 @@ void Application::showTrayIcon() {
   if (SystemTrayIcon::isSystemTrayDesired()) {
     qDebugNN << LOGSEC_GUI << "User wants to have tray icon.";
 
-#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
-    if (SystemTrayIcon::isSystemTrayAreaAvailable()) {
-      qDebugNN << LOGSEC_GUI << "Tray icon is available, showing now.";
-      trayIcon()->show();
-    }
-    else {
-      m_feedReader->feedsModel()->notifyWithCounts();
-    }
-#else
     // Delay avoids race conditions and tray icon is properly displayed.
-    qWarningNN << LOGSEC_GUI << "Showing tray icon with 3000 ms delay.";
+    qWarningNN << LOGSEC_GUI << "Showing tray icon with little delay.";
-    QTimer::singleShot(3000, this, [=]() {
+
-      if (SystemTrayIcon::isSystemTrayAreaAvailable()) {
+    QTimer::singleShot(
-        qWarningNN << LOGSEC_GUI << "Tray icon is available, showing now.";
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
-        trayIcon()->show();
+      500,
-      }
+#else
-      else {
+      3000,
-        m_feedReader->feedsModel()->notifyWithCounts();
-      }
-    });
 #endif
+      this,
+      [=]() {
+        if (SystemTrayIcon::isSystemTrayAreaAvailable()) {
+          qWarningNN << LOGSEC_GUI << "Tray icon is available, showing now.";
+          trayIcon()->show();
+
+          offerChanges();
+          showPolls();
+        }
+        else {
+          m_feedReader->feedsModel()->notifyWithCounts();
+        }
+      });
   }
   else {
     m_feedReader->feedsModel()->notifyWithCounts();
@@ -651,7 +654,6 @@ void Application::showGuiMessage(Notification::Event event,
                                  const GuiMessageDestination& dest,
                                  const GuiAction& action,
                                  QWidget* parent) {
-
   if (SystemTrayIcon::areNotificationsEnabled()) {
     auto notification = m_notifications->notificationForEvent(event);
 
@@ -796,25 +798,34 @@ void Application::showMessagesNumber(int unread_messages, bool any_feed_has_new_
   bool task_bar_count_enabled = settings()->value(GROUP(GUI), SETTING(GUI::UnreadNumbersOnTaskBar)).toBool();
 
   if (m_mainForm != nullptr) {
-    QImage overlay_icon = generateOverlayIcon(unread_messages);
+    bool any_count = task_bar_count_enabled && unread_messages > 0;
+    HRESULT overlay_result;
+
+    if (any_count) {
+      QImage overlay_icon = generateOverlayIcon(unread_messages);
 
 #if QT_VERSION_MAJOR == 5
-    HICON overlay_hicon = QtWin::toHICON(QPixmap::fromImage(overlay_icon));
+      HICON overlay_hicon = QtWin::toHICON(QPixmap::fromImage(overlay_icon));
 #else
-    HICON overlay_hicon = overlay_icon.toHICON();
+      HICON overlay_hicon = overlay_icon.toHICON();
 #endif
 
-    HRESULT overlay_result =
+      overlay_result =
-      m_windowsTaskBar->SetOverlayIcon(reinterpret_cast<HWND>(m_mainForm->winId()),
+        m_windowsTaskBar->SetOverlayIcon(reinterpret_cast<HWND>(m_mainForm->winId()), overlay_hicon, nullptr);
-                                       (task_bar_count_enabled && unread_messages > 0) ? overlay_hicon : nullptr,
-                                       nullptr);
 
-    DestroyIcon(overlay_hicon);
+      DestroyIcon(overlay_hicon);
+    }
+    else {
+      overlay_result = m_windowsTaskBar->SetOverlayIcon(reinterpret_cast<HWND>(m_mainForm->winId()), nullptr, nullptr);
+    }
 
     if (FAILED(overlay_result)) {
-      qCriticalNN << LOGSEC_CORE << "Failed to set overlay icon with HRESULT:" << QUOTE_W_SPACE_DOT(overlay_result);
+      qCriticalNN << LOGSEC_GUI << "Failed to set overlay icon with HRESULT:" << QUOTE_W_SPACE_DOT(overlay_result);
     }
   }
+  else {
+    qCriticalNN << LOGSEC_GUI << "Main form not set for setting numbers.";
+  }
 #endif
 
   if (m_mainForm != nullptr) {

src/rssguard/main.cpp

@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   qApp->feedReader()->loadSavedMessageFilters();
   qApp->feedReader()->feedsModel()->loadActivatedServiceAccounts();
   qApp->showTrayIcon();
-  qApp->offerChanges();
-  qApp->showPolls();
 
   main_window.tabWidget()->feedMessageViewer()->respondToMainWindowResizes();
   main_window.tabWidget()->feedMessageViewer()->feedsView()->loadAllExpandStates();