Method toggleAetherialStrip

src/gui/MainWindow.cpp:7168–7296

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void MainWindow::toggleAetherialStrip()
{
    if (!m_aetherialStrip) {
        m_aetherialStrip = new AetherialAudioStrip(m_audio, this);
        // Override the parent-window relationship so the strip behaves as
        // an independent window (own taskbar entry, raisable separately).
        m_aetherialStrip->setWindowFlag(Qt::Window, true);
        // Secondary window — must not gate quitOnLastWindowClosed on Windows.
        m_aetherialStrip->setAttribute(Qt::WA_QuitOnClose, false);
        // Seed the embedded EQ with the current TX filter cutoff values
        // so the dashed yellow guide lines render immediately rather than
        // waiting for the next txFilterCutoffChanged signal.
        const auto& tx = m_radioModel.transmitModel();
        m_aetherialStrip->setTxFilterCutoffs(tx.txFilterLow(), tx.txFilterHigh());
        // Drag-to-adjust on the strip's EQ cutoff lines → same handler
        // the floating ClientEqEditor uses, so dragging in the strip
        // writes the same TX filter command to the radio.
        connect(m_aetherialStrip, &AetherialAudioStrip::cutoffsDragRequested,
                this, &MainWindow::onEqCutoffsDragRequested);
        // Wire the strip's RX ADSP widget through the same parameter-
        // change handlers the Settings dialog and docked applet use.
        // Without this, NR2/NR4/DFNR/BNR/MNR controls in the strip
        // emit signals that nothing receives.
        if (auto* adsp = m_aetherialStrip->adspWidget())
            wireAetherDspWidget(adsp);
        // Stage bypass via the strip's chain tiles → same handler the
        // docked Chain applet's signal connects to, so both chain
        // widgets repaint and the matching applet refreshes.
        connect(m_aetherialStrip, &AetherialAudioStrip::stageEnabledChanged,
                this, &MainWindow::onTxChainStageEnabledChanged);

        // RX chain wiring — sibling of the TX hookups above (#2425).
        // Stage bypass on an RX tile fans out to: docked chain applet
        // (so its painted tile repaints), and per-stage RX applets so
        // their Enable toggles stay aligned with the engine state.
        connect(m_aetherialStrip, &AetherialAudioStrip::rxStageEnabledChanged,
                this, [this](AudioEngine::RxChainStage stage, bool /*enabled*/) {
            if (auto* dockedChain = m_appletPanel
                    ? m_appletPanel->clientChainApplet() : nullptr) {
                dockedChain->refreshFromEngine();
            }
            if (!m_appletPanel) return;
            switch (stage) {
                case AudioEngine::RxChainStage::Eq:
                    if (m_appletPanel->clientEqRxApplet())
                        m_appletPanel->clientEqRxApplet()->refreshEnableFromEngine();
                    break;
                case AudioEngine::RxChainStage::Gate:
                    if (m_appletPanel->clientGateRxApplet())
                        m_appletPanel->clientGateRxApplet()->refreshEnableFromEngine();
                    break;
                case AudioEngine::RxChainStage::Comp:
                    if (m_appletPanel->clientCompRxApplet())
                        m_appletPanel->clientCompRxApplet()->refreshEnableFromEngine();
                    break;
                case AudioEngine::RxChainStage::Tube:
                    if (m_appletPanel->clientTubeRxApplet())
                        m_appletPanel->clientTubeRxApplet()->refreshEnableFromEngine();