[education/kstars] kstars/ekos/capture: Auto-default remote directory based on frame type in capture module

Git commit 371f3544374116d0e8455ec0bddff025f0453a22 by Jasem Mutlaq.
Committed on 30/07/2026 at 18:55.
Pushed by mutlaqja into branch 'master'.

Auto-default remote directory based on frame type in capture module

checkFrameType() already forces upload mode to "Remotely" when the
Video frame type is selected, and restricts the Local/Both upload
modes while a video type is active. Extend checkUploadMode(), which
backs both that auto-switch and manual selection of "Remotely"/"Both"
for image frame types, so it also fills in the remote directory field
with a %h-based default (%h/Videos for Video, %h/Pictures otherwise)
whenever the field is empty or still holds a previously auto-generated
%h path. User-entered remote paths that don't start with %h are left
untouched. %h is expanded by INDI to the remote host's home directory,
which cannot be known locally in advance.

M  +14   -0    kstars/ekos/capture/camera_config.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/education/kstars/-/commit/371f3544374116d0e8455ec0bddff025f0453a22

diff --git a/kstars/ekos/capture/camera_config.cpp b/kstars/ekos/capture/camera_config.cpp
index ed5decddc3..32ebbd8619 100644
--- a/kstars/ekos/capture/camera_config.cpp
+++ b/kstars/ekos/capture/camera_config.cpp
@@ -1020,6 +1020,20 @@ void Camera::checkUploadMode(int index)
                                  (model->item(2)->flags() | Qt::ItemIsEnabled));
     }
 
+    // When uploading remotely (or both locally and remotely), make sure the remote
+    // directory has a sensible default matching the current frame type. Only touch it
+    // if it is empty, or if it still holds an auto-generated %h-based path from a
+    // previous frame type change, so a directory the user typed in manually is never
+    // overwritten. %h is expanded by INDI to the remote system's home directory since
+    // it cannot be known in advance.
+    if (index != ISD::Camera::UPLOAD_CLIENT)
+    {
+        const QString suffix = isVideo ? QLatin1String("Videos") : QLatin1String("Pictures");
+        const QString remoteDir = fileRemoteDirT->text();
+        if (remoteDir.isEmpty() || remoteDir.startsWith(QLatin1String("%h/")))
+            fileRemoteDirT->setText(QLatin1String("%h/") + suffix);
+    }
+
     generatePreviewFilename();
 }