From 4183627a7dad098e66d4c73f4cfef57b09af69d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:04:57 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix undocked Quickview dialog not being restored at startup.
 Fixes #2060314 [Quickview panel on Calibre
 start](https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/2060314)

---
 src/calibre/gui2/actions/show_quickview.py | 11 ++++++++++-
 src/calibre/gui2/ui.py                     |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/show_quickview.py b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/show_quickview.py
index a0f4fe5ee6..fcfe469ccb 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/show_quickview.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/show_quickview.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 from qt.core import QAction, QTimer
 
-from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog
+from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog, gprefs
 from calibre.gui2.actions import InterfaceAction
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.quickview import Quickview
 
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ class ShowQuickviewAction(InterfaceAction):
     def qv_button(self):
         return self.gui.layout_container.quick_view_button
 
+    def shutting_down(self):
+        is_open = True
+        if not self.current_instance or self.current_instance.is_closed:
+            is_open = False
+        gprefs.set('qv_open_at_shutdown', is_open)
+
+    def needs_show_on_startup(self):
+        return gprefs.get('qv_open_at_shutdown', False)
+
     def initialization_complete(self):
         set_quickview_action_plugin(self)
         self.qv_button.toggled.connect(self.toggle_quick_view)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
index 8e923d3cb7..c7189de7e2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/ui.py
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ class Main(MainWindow, MainWindowMixin, DeviceMixin, EmailMixin,  # {{{
 
     def post_initialize_actions(self):
         # Various post-initialization actions after an event loop tick
-        if self.layout_container.is_visible.quick_view:
+        if self.layout_container.is_visible.quick_view or self.iactions['Quickview'].needs_show_on_startup():
             self.iactions['Quickview'].show_on_startup()
         self.listener.start_listening()
         self.start_smartdevice()