fix: harden F9 menubar toggle; skip risky menu-item sync

changelog.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 ZoiteChat ChangeLog
 =================
 
+2.18.0~pre4 (2026-03-15)
+------------------------
+
+- Fixed a regression where Ctrl+A could incorrectly mark you away instead of selecting all text.
+- Fixed a crash when toggling the GUI with F9 or the menu toggle action.
+- Fixed sidebar collapse behavior on fresh installs.
+- Added multiline topic bar support with clickable URLs.
+- Improved GTK selection styling so text selection is shown visually on topic and chat text box.
+
 2.18.0~pre3 (2026-03-13)
 ------------------------
 

data/misc/net.zoite.Zoitechat.appdata.xml.in

@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@
     <id>zoitechat.desktop</id>
   </provides>
 <releases>
+  <release date="2026-03-14" version="2.18.0~pre4">
+    <description>
+      <p>UI fixes, topic bar improvements, and selection styling updates:</p>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Fixed a regression where <code>Ctrl+A</code> could incorrectly mark you away instead of selecting all text.</li>
+        <li>Fixed a crash when toggling the GUI with <code>F9</code> or the menu toggle action.</li>
+        <li>Fixed sidebar collapse behavior on fresh installs.</li>
+        <li>Added multiline topic bar support with clickable URLs.</li>
+        <li>Improved GTK selection styling so text selection is shown visually in the topic bar and chat input box.</li>
+      </ul>
+    </description>
+  </release>
   <release date="2026-03-13" version="2.18.0~pre3">
     <description>
       <p>GTK3 theming, UI, and platform improvements:</p>

meson.build

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('zoitechat', 'c',
-  version: '2.18.0~pre3',
+  version: '2.18.0~pre4',
   meson_version: '>= 0.55.0',
   default_options: [
     'c_std=c17',

plugins/python/python.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ else:
 if not hasattr(sys, 'argv'):
     sys.argv = ['<zoitechat>']
 
-VERSION = b'2.18.0~pre3'
+VERSION = b'2.18.0~pre4'
 PLUGIN_NAME = ffi.new('char[]', b'Python')
 PLUGIN_DESC = ffi.new('char[]', b'Python %d.%d scripting interface' % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1]))
 PLUGIN_VERSION = ffi.new('char[]', VERSION)

src/fe-gtk/menu.c

@@ -869,6 +869,9 @@ menu_nickmenu (session *sess, GdkEventButton *event, char *nick, int num_sel)
 static void
 menu_showhide_cb (session *sess)
 {
+	if (!sess->gui->menu || !GTK_IS_WIDGET (sess->gui->menu))
+		return;
+
 	if (prefs.hex_gui_hide_menu)
 		gtk_widget_hide (sess->gui->menu);
 	else
@@ -940,7 +943,7 @@ menu_setting_foreach (void (*callback) (session *), int id, guint state)
 			{
 				GtkWidget *menu_item = sess->gui->menu_item[id];
 
-				if (menu_item != NULL)
+				if (menu_item != NULL && GTK_IS_CHECK_MENU_ITEM (menu_item))
 				{
 					guint toggled_signal = g_signal_lookup ("toggled", G_OBJECT_TYPE (menu_item));
 
@@ -968,7 +971,7 @@ void
 menu_bar_toggle (void)
 {
 	prefs.hex_gui_hide_menu = !prefs.hex_gui_hide_menu;
-	menu_setting_foreach (menu_showhide_cb, MENU_ID_MENUBAR, !prefs.hex_gui_hide_menu);
+	menu_setting_foreach (menu_showhide_cb, -1, !prefs.hex_gui_hide_menu);
 }
 
 static void

src/fe-gtk/theme/theme-preferences.c

@@ -1132,25 +1132,12 @@ theme_preferences_create_color_page (GtkWindow *parent,
 static void
 theme_preferences_open_gtk3_folder_cb (GtkWidget *button, gpointer user_data)
 {
-        theme_preferences_ui *ui = user_data;
-        GAppInfo *handler;
         char *themes_dir;
 
+        (void)user_data;
         (void)button;
         themes_dir = zoitechat_gtk3_theme_service_get_user_themes_dir ();
         g_mkdir_with_parents (themes_dir, 0700);
-
-        handler = g_app_info_get_default_for_uri_scheme ("file");
-        if (!handler)
-        {
-                theme_preferences_show_message (ui,
-                                                GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR,
-                                                _("No application is configured to open folders."));
-                g_free (themes_dir);
-                return;
-        }
-
-        g_object_unref (handler);
         fe_open_url (themes_dir);
         g_free (themes_dir);
 }

win32/version.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.18.0~pre3
+2.18.0~pre4