From a67b9c48c26aecfd93a317b5b99ed408ad8d86cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Mulbrook <andrew@textux.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:08:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add trove auto save function

---
 trovedb/qgui/main_window.py       | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
 trovedb/qgui/tool_basic_editor.py | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/trovedb/qgui/main_window.py b/trovedb/qgui/main_window.py
index d4cdde4..11e1ac4 100644
--- a/trovedb/qgui/main_window.py
+++ b/trovedb/qgui/main_window.py
@@ -22,20 +22,20 @@ class TroveMainWindow(QMainWindow):
         self.setWindowTitle("Trove")
 
         # ── Toolbar ──
-        toolbar = QToolBar("Main")
-        toolbar.setObjectName("maintoolbar")
-        toolbar.setMovable(False)
-        self.addToolBar(toolbar)
-
-        new_action = QAction("New", self)
-        new_action.setShortcut(QKeySequence.StandardKey.New)
-        toolbar.addAction(new_action)
-
-        save_action = QAction("Save", self)
-        save_action.setShortcut(QKeySequence.StandardKey.Save)
-        toolbar.addAction(save_action)
-
-        toolbar.addSeparator()
+        # toolbar = QToolBar("Main")
+        # toolbar.setObjectName("maintoolbar")
+        # toolbar.setMovable(False)
+        # self.addToolBar(toolbar)
+        #
+        # new_action = QAction("New", self)
+        # new_action.setShortcut(QKeySequence.StandardKey.New)
+        # toolbar.addAction(new_action)
+        #
+        # save_action = QAction("Save", self)
+        # save_action.setShortcut(QKeySequence.StandardKey.Save)
+        # toolbar.addAction(save_action)
+        #
+        # toolbar.addSeparator()
 
         # ── Central layout ──
         central = QWidget()
diff --git a/trovedb/qgui/tool_basic_editor.py b/trovedb/qgui/tool_basic_editor.py
index 8c0f408..1f667e5 100644
--- a/trovedb/qgui/tool_basic_editor.py
+++ b/trovedb/qgui/tool_basic_editor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Tool Supporting Basic Editor Functions"""
 from typing import cast, Protocol
+from PySide6.QtCore import QTimer
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import QTextEdit, QVBoxLayout
 
 import trovedb.trove as tr
@@ -16,7 +17,33 @@ class ToolBasicEditor(Tool):
 
         self._text_edit = QTextEdit()
         layout.addWidget(self._text_edit)
+
+        self._content_dirty = False
+        self._auto_save_timer = QTimer(self)
+        self._auto_save_timer.setSingleShot(True)
+        self._auto_save_timer.setInterval(2000)  # 2 seconds after typing stops
+        self._auto_save_timer.timeout.connect(self._perform_auto_save)
+
+        self._text_edit.textChanged.connect(self._schedule_auto_save)
+
         self.refresh()
 
     def refresh(self):
         self._text_edit.setPlainText(self.note.read_content().decode("utf-8"))
+        self._content_dirty = False
+
+    def _schedule_auto_save(self):
+        self._content_dirty = True
+        self._auto_save_timer.stop()
+        self._auto_save_timer.start()
+
+    def _perform_auto_save(self):
+        if self._content_dirty:
+            content = self._text_edit.toPlainText().encode("utf-8")
+            self.note.write_content(content)
+            self._content_dirty = False
+
+    def closeEvent(self, event):
+        if self._content_dirty:
+            self._perform_auto_save()
+        super().closeEvent(event)