new preferences and bug fixes

src/shared/flaresbasewidget.py

@@ -319,24 +319,41 @@ class ParamSection(QWidget):
         self.dependencies = []
         self.selected_path = None
 
+        self.param_rows = [] 
+        self.header_widgets = []
 
         # Title label
         title_label = QLabel(section_data["title"])
         title_label.setStyleSheet("font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px;")
         layout.addWidget(title_label)
+        self.header_widgets.append(title_label)
 
         # Horizontal line
         line = QFrame()
         line.setFrameShape(QFrame.Shape.HLine)
         line.setFrameShadow(QFrame.Shadow.Sunken)
         layout.addWidget(line)
+        self.header_widgets.append(line)
 
         for param in section_data["params"]:
             h_layout = QHBoxLayout()
 
-            label = QLabel(param["name"])
+            is_advanced = param.get("advanced", False)
 
-            label.setToolTip(param.get("help", ""))
+            # Build label text and tooltips
+            param_name = param["name"]
+            if is_advanced:
+                label_text = f"⚠️ {param_name}"
+            else:
+                label_text = param_name
+
+            label = QLabel(label_text)
+
+            # Set hover tooltip
+            if is_advanced:
+                label.setToolTip(f"ADVANCED: {param.get("help", "")}")
+            else:
+                label.setToolTip(param.get("help", ""))
 
             help_text = param.get("help", "")
 
@@ -346,7 +363,6 @@ class ParamSection(QWidget):
             help_btn.clicked.connect(lambda _, text=help_text: self.show_help_popup(text))
 
             h_layout.addWidget(help_btn)
-
             h_layout.addWidget(label)
             h_layout.setStretch(0, 1)
             h_layout.setStretch(1, 6)
@@ -421,8 +437,32 @@ class ParamSection(QWidget):
                 "h_layout": h_layout
             }
 
+            row_widgets = [help_btn, label, widget]
+            is_advanced = param.get("advanced", False)
+            self.param_rows.append((row_widgets, h_layout, is_advanced))
+
         self.update_dependencies()
 
+    def set_advanced_visible(self, show_advanced: bool):
+        """Shows/hides advanced parameters and adjusts header visibility dynamically."""
+        has_visible_rows = False
+
+        for row_widgets, h_layout, is_advanced in self.param_rows:
+            visible = show_advanced or not is_advanced
+            
+            # Toggle visibility of all child widgets in the row
+            for w in row_widgets:
+                w.setVisible(visible)
+            
+            if visible:
+                has_visible_rows = True
+
+        # Hide or show section header title and horizontal rule if section is completely empty
+        for hw in self.header_widgets:
+            hw.setVisible(has_visible_rows)
+            
+        self.setVisible(has_visible_rows)
+
 
     def has_any_changes(self):
         """Returns True if any parameter in this section differs from its default."""
@@ -473,16 +513,10 @@ class ParamSection(QWidget):
         else:
             is_changed = str(current_value) != str(default)
 
-        # Update Font
-        font = label.font()
-        font.setBold(is_changed)
-        label.setFont(font)
-        
-        # Optional: Change color to make it even more obvious
         if is_changed:
             label.setStyleSheet("color: #3498db; font-weight: bold;") # Nice Blue
         else:
-            label.setStyleSheet("color: none; font-weight: normal;")
+            label.setStyleSheet("")
 
     def notify_global_update(self):
         """

src/shared/shareddata.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import sys
 import platform
 
 
-CURRENT_VERSION = "1.5.0"
+CURRENT_VERSION = "1.5.2"
 APP_NAME = "flares"
 APP_NAME_EXPANDED = "fNIRS Lightweight Analysis, Research, & Evaluation Suite"
 API_URL = f"https://git.research.dezeeuw.ca/api/v1/repos/tyler/{APP_NAME}/releases"