From 06e71331b65b34ca1076607b13668683d6d08334 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pdxlocations <benlipsey@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:54:00 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] select last message when changing channels

---
 main.py         | 2 +-
 ui/curses_ui.py | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index b48e12b..a23501b 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '''
 Contact - A Console UI for Meshtastic by http://github.com/pdxlocations
 Powered by Meshtastic.org
-V 1.0.1
+V 1.0.3
 '''
 
 import curses
diff --git a/ui/curses_ui.py b/ui/curses_ui.py
index ff30193..6cd30d5 100644
--- a/ui/curses_ui.py
+++ b/ui/curses_ui.py
@@ -103,8 +103,12 @@ def draw_messages_window():
             if max_messages < 1:
                 max_messages = 1
 
-        # Calculate the scroll position based on the current selection
+        # Set the initial scroll position to the bottom of the list
         max_scroll_position = max(0, num_messages - max_messages)
+
+        # if globals.selected_message is None or globals.selected_message == 0 or globals.selected_message >= num_messages:
+        #     globals.selected_message = num_messages - 1  # Default to the last message
+
         start_index = max(0, min(globals.selected_message, max_scroll_position))
 
         # Dynamically calculate max_messages based on visible messages and wraps
@@ -142,7 +146,6 @@ def draw_messages_window():
     messages_win.refresh()
     draw_packetlog_win()
 
-
 def draw_node_list():
 
     nodes_win.clear()                 
@@ -169,6 +172,8 @@ def select_channels(direction):
     elif globals.selected_channel >= channel_list_length:
         globals.selected_channel = 0
 
+    globals.selected_message = len(globals.all_messages[globals.channel_list[globals.selected_channel]]) - 1
+
     draw_channel_list()
     draw_messages_window()