Add advanced settings checkbox and hide advanced settings by default (#13861)

Co-authored-by: rubenwardy <rw@rubenwardy.com>

builtin/mainmenu/settings/dlg_settings.lua

@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ local function update_filtered_pages(query)
 
 	for _, page in ipairs(all_pages) do
 		local content, page_weight = filter_page_content(page, query_keywords)
-		if page_has_contents(content) then
+		if page_has_contents(page, content) then
 			local new_page = table.copy(page)
 			new_page.content = content
 
@@ -347,8 +347,17 @@ local function check_requirements(name, requires)
 end
 
 
-function page_has_contents(content)
+function page_has_contents(page, actual_content)
-	for _, item in ipairs(content) do
+	local is_advanced =
+			page.id:sub(1, #"client_and_server") == "client_and_server" or
+			page.id:sub(1, #"mapgen") == "mapgen" or
+			page.id:sub(1, #"advanced") == "advanced"
+	local show_advanced = core.settings:get_bool("show_advanced")
+	if is_advanced and not show_advanced then
+		return false
+	end
+
+	for _, item in ipairs(actual_content) do
 		if item == false or item.heading then --luacheck: ignore
 			-- skip
 		elseif type(item) == "string" then
@@ -438,7 +447,7 @@ local formspec_show_hack = false
 
 
 local function get_formspec(dialogdata)
-	local page_id = dialogdata.page_id or "most_used"
+	local page_id = dialogdata.page_id or "accessibility"
 	local page = filtered_page_by_id[page_id]
 
 	local extra_h = 1 -- not included in tabsize.height
@@ -452,8 +461,10 @@ local function get_formspec(dialogdata)
 	local left_pane_width = TOUCHSCREEN_GUI and 4.5 or 4.25
 	local search_width = left_pane_width + scrollbar_w - (0.75 * 2)
 
-	local technical_names_w = TOUCHSCREEN_GUI and 6 or 5
+	local back_w = 3
+	local checkbox_w = (tabsize.width - back_w - 2*0.2) / 2
 	local show_technical_names = core.settings:get_bool("show_technical_names")
+	local show_advanced = core.settings:get_bool("show_advanced")
 
 	formspec_show_hack = not formspec_show_hack
 
@@ -468,14 +479,21 @@ local function get_formspec(dialogdata)
 
 		"box[0,0;", tostring(tabsize.width), ",", tostring(tabsize.height), ";#0000008C]",
 
-		"button[0,", tostring(tabsize.height + 0.2), ";3,0.8;back;", fgettext("Back"), "]",
+		("button[0,%f;%f,0.8;back;%s]"):format(
+				tabsize.height + 0.2, back_w, fgettext("Back")),
 
 		("box[%f,%f;%f,0.8;#0000008C]"):format(
-			tabsize.width - technical_names_w, tabsize.height + 0.2, technical_names_w),
+			back_w + 0.2, tabsize.height + 0.2, checkbox_w),
 		("checkbox[%f,%f;show_technical_names;%s;%s]"):format(
-			tabsize.width - technical_names_w + 0.25, tabsize.height + 0.6,
+			back_w + 2*0.2, tabsize.height + 0.6,
 			fgettext("Show technical names"), tostring(show_technical_names)),
 
+		("box[%f,%f;%f,0.8;#0000008C]"):format(
+			back_w + 2*0.2 + checkbox_w, tabsize.height + 0.2, checkbox_w),
+		("checkbox[%f,%f;show_advanced;%s;%s]"):format(
+			back_w + 3*0.2 + checkbox_w, tabsize.height + 0.6,
+			fgettext("Show advanced settings"), tostring(show_advanced)),
+
 		"field[0.25,0.25;", tostring(search_width), ",0.75;search_query;;",
 			core.formspec_escape(dialogdata.query or ""), "]",
 		"field_enter_after_edit[search_query;true]",
@@ -610,6 +628,23 @@ local function buttonhandler(this, fields)
 		return true
 	end
 
+	if fields.show_advanced ~= nil then
+		local value = core.is_yes(fields.show_advanced)
+		core.settings:set_bool("show_advanced", value)
+
+		local suggested_page_id = update_filtered_pages(dialogdata.query)
+
+		if not filtered_page_by_id[dialogdata.page_id] then
+			dialogdata.components = nil
+			dialogdata.leftscroll = 0
+			dialogdata.rightscroll = 0
+
+			dialogdata.page_id = suggested_page_id
+		end
+
+		return true
+	end
+
 	if fields.search or fields.key_enter_field == "search_query" then
 		dialogdata.components = nil
 		dialogdata.leftscroll = 0

builtin/settingtypes.txt

@@ -2226,12 +2226,14 @@ continuous_forward (Continuous forward) bool false
 #    Useful for recording videos
 cinematic (Cinematic mode) bool false
 
-#    Whether to show technical names.
 #    Affects mods and texture packs in the Content and Select Mods menus, as well as
-#    setting names in All Settings.
+#    setting names.
-#    Controlled by the checkbox in the "All settings" menu.
+#    Controlled by a checkbox in the settings menu.
 show_technical_names (Show technical names) bool false
 
+#    Controlled by a checkbox in the settings menu.
+show_advanced (Show advanced settings) bool false
+
 #    Enables the sound system.
 #    If disabled, this completely disables all sounds everywhere and the in-game
 #    sound controls will be non-functional.