Add toggle to enable/disable automatic update checking#925
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Add toggle to enable/disable automatic update checking#925leofrederiche wants to merge 1 commit intomjakeman:masterfrom
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Add an "Auto Check for Updates" switch to the installed extensions page, allowing users to control whether the app automatically checks for extension updates on startup. The preference is persisted via GSettings. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
auto-check-updates(default:true) to control whether the app automatically checks for extension updates on startupAdw.SwitchRowtoggle in the Installed page UI, with an icon and translatable strings, bound bidirectionally to the settingauto-check-updatesproperty intoExmInstalledPageso thatexm_manager_check_for_updates()is only called when the setting is enabledMotivation
Give users greater control over when updates should occur. Users who have found a stable environment can disable automatic update checking to avoid unexpected changes that could disrupt their workflow.
Changes
data/com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager.gschema.xml.inauto-check-updates(defaulttrue)src/exm-installed-page.blpAdw.SwitchRowwidget with icon and i18n labelssrc/exm-installed-page.cauto-check-updatesproperty, GSettings/GObject bindings, conditional update checkpo/extension-manager.potTest plan
gsettings get com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager auto-check-updatessoftware-update-available-symboliciconNote
This is my first contribution to an open-source project. Claude was used as an aid during the development of this feature.