Improve UI responsiveness by adjusting minimum column width and refining window border drawing logic

Display Human-Readable IP's and Actually Save Nested Configs

contact/ui/contact_ui.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from contact.ui.nav_utils import move_main_highlight, draw_main_arrows, get_msg_
 from contact.utilities.singleton import ui_state, interface_state, menu_state
 
 
-MIN_COL = 1  # "effectively zero" without breaking curses
+MIN_COL = 2  # keep hidden panes at least border-safe for curses
 root_win = None
 
 
@@ -48,14 +48,18 @@ def compute_widths(total_w: int, focus: int):
         # tiny terminals: allocate something, anything
         return max(1, total_w), 0, 0
 
+    hidden_w = MIN_COL
     if focus == 0:
-        return total_w - 2 * MIN_COL, MIN_COL, MIN_COL
+        return total_w - 2 * hidden_w, hidden_w, hidden_w
     if focus == 1:
-        return MIN_COL, total_w - 2 * MIN_COL, MIN_COL
-    return MIN_COL, MIN_COL, total_w - 2 * MIN_COL
+        return hidden_w, total_w - 2 * hidden_w, hidden_w
+    return hidden_w, hidden_w, total_w - 2 * hidden_w
 
 
 def paint_frame(win, selected: bool) -> None:
+    h, w = win.getmaxyx()
+    if h < 2 or w < 2:
+        return
     win.attrset(get_color("window_frame_selected") if selected else get_color("window_frame"))
     win.box()
     win.attrset(get_color("window_frame"))
@@ -141,9 +145,22 @@ def handle_resize(stdscr: curses.window, firstrun: bool) -> None:
         packetlog_win.resize(pkt_h, messages_width)
         packetlog_win.mvwin(height - pkt_h - entry_height, channel_width)
 
-    # Draw window borders
-    for win in [channel_win, entry_win, nodes_win, messages_win]:
-        win.box()
+    # Draw only currently relevant borders in single-pane mode.
+    if ui_state.single_pane_mode:
+        target_wins = [entry_win]
+        if ui_state.current_window == 0:
+            target_wins.append(channel_win)
+        elif ui_state.current_window == 1:
+            target_wins.append(messages_win)
+        else:
+            target_wins.append(nodes_win)
+    else:
+        target_wins = [channel_win, entry_win, nodes_win, messages_win]
+
+    for win in target_wins:
+        h, w = win.getmaxyx()
+        if h >= 2 and w >= 2:
+            win.box()
         win.refresh()
 
     entry_win.keypad(True)

contact/ui/control_ui.py

@@ -126,12 +126,16 @@ def display_menu() -> tuple[object, object]:
         if full_key.startswith("config.network.ipv4_config.") and option in {"ip", "gateway", "subnet", "dns"}:
             if isinstance(current_value, int):
                 try:
-                    current_value = str(ipaddress.IPv4Address(current_value))
+                    current_value = str(
+                        ipaddress.IPv4Address(int(current_value).to_bytes(4, "little", signed=False))
+                    )
                 except ipaddress.AddressValueError:
                     pass
             elif isinstance(current_value, str) and current_value.isdigit():
                 try:
-                    current_value = str(ipaddress.IPv4Address(int(current_value)))
+                    current_value = str(
+                        ipaddress.IPv4Address(int(current_value).to_bytes(4, "little", signed=False))
+                    )
                 except ipaddress.AddressValueError:
                     pass
 

contact/ui/nav_utils.py

@@ -435,10 +435,16 @@ def draw_main_arrows(win: object, max_index: int, window: int, **kwargs) -> None
     usable_height = height - 2
     usable_width = width - 2
 
+    if usable_height <= 0 or usable_width <= 0:
+        return
+
     if window == 1 and ui_state.display_log:
         if log_height := kwargs.get("log_height"):
             usable_height -= log_height - 1
 
+    if usable_height <= 0:
+        return
+
     if usable_height < max_index:
         if ui_state.start_index[window] > 0:
             win.addstr(1, usable_width, "▲", get_color("settings_default"))

contact/utilities/input_handlers.py

@@ -462,7 +462,10 @@ from contact.utilities.singleton import menu_state  # Ensure this is imported
 
 def get_fixed32_input(current_value: int) -> int:
     original_value = current_value
-    ip_string = str(ipaddress.IPv4Address(current_value))
+    try:
+        ip_string = str(ipaddress.IPv4Address(int(current_value).to_bytes(4, "little", signed=False)))
+    except Exception:
+        ip_string = str(ipaddress.IPv4Address(current_value))
     height = 10
     width = get_dialog_width()
     start_y = max(0, (curses.LINES - height) // 2)
@@ -524,7 +527,7 @@ def get_fixed32_input(current_value: int) -> int:
             if len(octets) == 4 and all(octet.isdigit() and 0 <= int(octet) <= 255 for octet in octets):
                 curses.noecho()
                 curses.curs_set(0)
-                return int(ipaddress.ip_address(user_input))
+                return int.from_bytes(ipaddress.IPv4Address(user_input).packed, "little", signed=False)
             else:
                 fixed32_win.addstr(
                     7,

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "contact"
-version = "1.4.13"
+version = "1.4.14"
 description = "This Python curses client for Meshtastic is a terminal-based client designed to manage device settings, enable mesh chat communication, and handle configuration backups and restores."
 authors = [
     {name = "Ben Lipsey",email = "ben@pdxlocations.com"}