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Fix leak in root generation - #46

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed container handling so newly added widgets appear within the existing root container instead of replacing it.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified widget container types, style sentinel values, and closing structure.
  • Chores

    • Added ignore rules for Visual Studio-generated files and artifacts.

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Walkthrough

The change preserves the existing widget root when creating containers, updates widget enum documentation, and adds Visual Studio-generated file patterns to .gitignore.

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Widget root handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Preserve the widget root
src/widgets.cpp, src/widgets.h
Widgets::container appends the new container to the existing root. Documentation now identifies root containers and documents WidgetStyle sentinel values.

Visual Studio ignore patterns

Layer / File(s) Summary
Add Visual Studio exclusions
.gitignore
Added ignore patterns for Visual Studio symbols, caches, profiler and trace files, generated files, and project files.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 5864c

The PR can add the same widget to the hierarchy twice, causing duplicate rendering and potential crashes during cleanup. This high-impact correctness issue should be fixed before merge.

Suggested reviewers: kullingk

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Actionable comments posted: 2

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Inline comments:
In `@src/widgets.cpp`:
- Line 188: Remove the redundant ctx.mRoot->mChildren.emplace_back(widget)
insertion; createWidget’s setParent call already attaches the widget to its
resolved parent. Preserve the existing setParent ownership path so each widget
appears once and is deleted safely.

In `@src/widgets.h`:
- Line 36: Update the documentation comment for the WidgetType::Container enum
value to describe any container widget, not only a root container, using the
wording “A container widget.”
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Comment thread src/widgets.cpp

Widget *widget = createWidget(ctx, parentId, rect, WidgetType::Container);
ctx.mRoot = widget;
ctx.mRoot->mChildren.emplace_back(widget);

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔴 Critical | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the duplicate child insertion.

createWidget already calls setParent, which appends the widget to the resolved parent on Line 126. This line appends the same pointer to ctx.mRoot->mChildren again. Root-level widgets are rendered twice, nested widgets appear in two branches, and Widgets::clear() can recursively delete the same pointer twice.

Proposed fix
     Widget *widget = createWidget(ctx, parentId, rect, WidgetType::Container);
-    ctx.mRoot->mChildren.emplace_back(widget);
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In `@src/widgets.cpp` at line 188, Remove the redundant
ctx.mRoot->mChildren.emplace_back(widget) insertion; createWidget’s setParent
call already attaches the widget to its resolved parent. Preserve the existing
setParent ownership path so each widget appears once and is deleted safely.

Comment thread src/widgets.h Outdated
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kimkulling merged commit 04aac6f into main Aug 14, 2026
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