feat(settings): hide the Welcome window version and update check

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Panel and status colors in the theme editor, covering the results, inspector, structure, compare and query plan panes.
 - Themes that name a system color for a slot, so the built-in themes keep the system's own contrast settings.
 - Reason shown in Settings > Appearance for a theme file that could not be loaded.
+- Setting in Settings > General to hide the version and Check for Updates on the Welcome window.
 - Install Parquet… in the Export dialog's format menu when the Parquet plugin is not installed.
 
 ### Changed

TablePro/Models/Settings/GeneralSettings.swift

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 import Foundation
 
-/// Startup behavior when app launches
 enum StartupBehavior: String, Codable, CaseIterable, Identifiable {
     case showWelcome = "showWelcome"
     case reopenLast = "reopenLast"
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ enum StartupBehavior: String, Codable, CaseIterable, Identifiable {
     }
 }
 
-/// App language options
 enum AppLanguage: String, Codable, CaseIterable, Identifiable {
     case system = "system"
     case english = "en"
@@ -55,39 +53,21 @@ enum AppLanguage: String, Codable, CaseIterable, Identifiable {
     }
 }
 
-/// General app settings
 struct GeneralSettings: Codable, Equatable {
     var startupBehavior: StartupBehavior
     var language: AppLanguage
 
-    /// Query execution timeout in seconds (0 = no limit)
+    // 0 means no limit
     var queryTimeoutSeconds: Int
-
-    /// Whether to share anonymous usage analytics
     var shareAnalytics: Bool
-
-    /// Whether the sidebar shows a Recent section with recently opened tables
     var showRecentTables: Bool
-
-    /// Whether to show database object comments in the sidebar and data grid headers
     var showObjectComments: Bool
-
-    /// Whether sidebar rows show a type icon before the object name
     var showObjectIcons: Bool
-
-    /// Whether the sidebar tree and its database filter list system databases and schemas
     var showSystemContainers: Bool
-
-    /// Whether a partitioned table lists its partitions in the sidebar and shows how many it holds
     var showPartitions: Bool
-
-    /// Whether the window shows the workspace rail listing every open connection and database
     var showWorkspaceRail: Bool
-
-    /// How tall sidebar rows are drawn, following the system Appearance setting unless overridden
+    var showWelcomeVersionInfo: Bool
     var sidebarRowSize: SidebarRowSizePreference
-
-    /// How often TablePro checks that an open connection still works
     var connectionHealthCheck: ConnectionHealthCheck
 
     static let `default` = GeneralSettings(
@@ -101,6 +81,7 @@ struct GeneralSettings: Codable, Equatable {
         showSystemContainers: false,
         showPartitions: true,
         showWorkspaceRail: true,
+        showWelcomeVersionInfo: true,
         sidebarRowSize: .matchSystem,
         connectionHealthCheck: .every30Seconds
     )
@@ -116,6 +97,7 @@ struct GeneralSettings: Codable, Equatable {
         showSystemContainers: Bool = false,
         showPartitions: Bool = true,
         showWorkspaceRail: Bool = true,
+        showWelcomeVersionInfo: Bool = true,
         sidebarRowSize: SidebarRowSizePreference = .matchSystem,
         connectionHealthCheck: ConnectionHealthCheck = .every30Seconds
     ) {
@@ -129,6 +111,7 @@ struct GeneralSettings: Codable, Equatable {
         self.showSystemContainers = showSystemContainers
         self.showPartitions = showPartitions
         self.showWorkspaceRail = showWorkspaceRail
+        self.showWelcomeVersionInfo = showWelcomeVersionInfo
         self.sidebarRowSize = sidebarRowSize
         self.connectionHealthCheck = connectionHealthCheck
     }
@@ -146,6 +129,7 @@ struct GeneralSettings: Codable, Equatable {
         showSystemContainers = container.decodeSetting(.showSystemContainers, default: fallback.showSystemContainers)
         showPartitions = container.decodeSetting(.showPartitions, default: fallback.showPartitions)
         showWorkspaceRail = container.decodeSetting(.showWorkspaceRail, default: fallback.showWorkspaceRail)
+        showWelcomeVersionInfo = container.decodeSetting(.showWelcomeVersionInfo, default: fallback.showWelcomeVersionInfo)
         sidebarRowSize = container.decodeSetting(.sidebarRowSize, default: fallback.sidebarRowSize)
         connectionHealthCheck = container.decodeSetting(.connectionHealthCheck, default: fallback.connectionHealthCheck)
     }

TablePro/Resources/Localizable.xcstrings

@@ -161773,6 +161773,46 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "Show version and updates on the Welcome window" : {
+      "localizations" : {
+        "fr" : {
+          "stringUnit" : {
+            "state" : "translated",
+            "value" : "Afficher la version et les mises à jour dans la fenêtre d’accueil"
+          }
+        },
+        "ko" : {
+          "stringUnit" : {
+            "state" : "translated",
+            "value" : "시작 윈도우에 버전 및 업데이트 보기"
+          }
+        },
+        "tr" : {
+          "stringUnit" : {
+            "state" : "translated",
+            "value" : "Karşılama penceresinde sürümü ve güncellemeleri göster"
+          }
+        },
+        "vi" : {
+          "stringUnit" : {
+            "state" : "translated",
+            "value" : "Hiện phiên bản và cập nhật trên cửa sổ chào mừng"
+          }
+        },
+        "zh-Hans" : {
+          "stringUnit" : {
+            "state" : "translated",
+            "value" : "在欢迎窗口显示版本和更新"
+          }
+        },
+        "zh-Hant" : {
+          "stringUnit" : {
+            "state" : "translated",
+            "value" : "在歡迎視窗顯示版本和更新"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "Show Welcome Screen" : {
       "localizations" : {
         "fr" : {
@@ -162411,6 +162451,46 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "Shows the version and Check for Updates under the app icon. An available update is shown either way." : {
+      "localizations" : {
+        "fr" : {
+          "stringUnit" : {
+            "state" : "translated",
+            "value" : "Affiche la version et Rechercher les mises à jour sous l’icône de l’app. Une mise à jour disponible s’affiche dans tous les cas."
+          }
+        },
+        "ko" : {
+          "stringUnit" : {
+            "state" : "translated",
+            "value" : "앱 아이콘 아래에 버전과 업데이트 확인을 표시합니다. 사용 가능한 업데이트는 어느 경우에나 표시됩니다."
+          }
+        },
+        "tr" : {
+          "stringUnit" : {
+            "state" : "translated",
+            "value" : "Uygulama simgesinin altında sürümü ve Güncellemeleri Kontrol Et bağlantısını gösterir. Mevcut bir güncelleme her durumda gösterilir."
+          }
+        },
+        "vi" : {
+          "stringUnit" : {
+            "state" : "translated",
+            "value" : "Hiện phiên bản và Kiểm tra cập nhật dưới biểu tượng ứng dụng. Bản cập nhật có sẵn vẫn luôn được hiện."
+          }
+        },
+        "zh-Hans" : {
+          "stringUnit" : {
+            "state" : "translated",
+            "value" : "在应用图标下方显示版本和“检查更新”。有可用更新时始终会显示。"
+          }
+        },
+        "zh-Hant" : {
+          "stringUnit" : {
+            "state" : "translated",
+            "value" : "在 App 圖示下方顯示版本和「檢查更新」。有可用更新時一律會顯示。"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "Side" : {
       "localizations" : {
         "fr" : {

TablePro/Views/Settings/GeneralSettingsView.swift

@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ struct GeneralSettingsView: View {
                 }
             }
 
+            Toggle("Show version and updates on the Welcome window", isOn: $settings.showWelcomeVersionInfo)
+                .accessibilityIdentifier("welcome-version-info-toggle")
+                .help("Shows the version and Check for Updates under the app icon. An available update is shown either way.")
+
             Section("Tabs") {
                 Toggle("Enable preview tabs", isOn: $tabSettings.enablePreviewTabs)
                     .help("Single-clicking a table opens a temporary tab that gets replaced on next click.")

TablePro/Views/Welcome/WelcomeActionsPanel.swift

@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 //  TablePro
 //
 
+import Combine
 import SwiftUI
 
 struct WelcomeActionsPanel: View {
     @ObservedObject private var licenseManager = LicenseManager.shared
+    @ObservedObject private var updater = SoftwareUpdater.shared
     let onActivateLicense: () -> Void
     let onNewConnection: () -> Void
     let onOpenFile: () -> Void
@@ -16,7 +18,12 @@ struct WelcomeActionsPanel: View {
     let onImportConnectionsFile: () -> Void
     let onOpenProjectFolder: () -> Void
 
-    private let updater = SoftwareUpdater.shared
+    // One key, not the whole manager: the window lives all session and every settings write would redraw it.
+    @State private var showsVersionInfo = AppSettingsManager.shared.general.showWelcomeVersionInfo
+
+    private static let versionInfoSetting = AppSettingsManager.shared.$general
+        .map(\.showWelcomeVersionInfo)
+        .removeDuplicates()
 
     /// Captured once, because the stored value is overwritten on the same appearance that reads
     /// it. Without the capture the line would replace itself with nothing on the next redraw.
@@ -35,16 +42,23 @@ struct WelcomeActionsPanel: View {
                     Text(verbatim: "TablePro")
                         .font(.title2.weight(.semibold))
 
-                    Text(String(format: String(localized: "Version %@"), Bundle.main.appVersion))
-                        .font(.callout)
-                        .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                    if showsVersionInfo {
+                        Text(String(format: String(localized: "Version %@"), Bundle.main.appVersion))
+                            .font(.callout)
+                            .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                            .accessibilityIdentifier("welcome-version-line")
+                    }
 
-                    Button(updater.checkForUpdatesTitle) {
-                        updater.checkForUpdates()
+                    // A deferred update has its gentle reminder here, so hiding the line never hides that.
+                    if showsVersionInfo || updater.hasPendingUpdate {
+                        Button(updater.checkForUpdatesTitle) {
+                            updater.checkForUpdates()
+                        }
+                        .buttonStyle(.link)
+                        .font(.callout)
+                        .disabled(!updater.canCheckForUpdates)
+                        .accessibilityIdentifier("welcome-check-for-updates-link")
                     }
-                    .buttonStyle(.link)
-                    .font(.callout)
-                    .disabled(!updater.canCheckForUpdates)
 
                     if showsWhatsNew {
                         Button(String(format: String(localized: "What's New in %@"), Bundle.main.appVersion)) {
@@ -103,6 +117,7 @@ struct WelcomeActionsPanel: View {
         }
         .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
         .onAppear(perform: recordAppVersion)
+        .onReceive(Self.versionInfoSetting) { showsVersionInfo = $0 }
     }
 
     private func recordAppVersion() {