Get meta data per sidebar view in sidebar view model

cura/Settings/SettingsSidebarView.py

@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2017 Ultimaker B.V.
-
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QObject
-
+from UM.i18n import i18nCatalog
 from cura.Sidebar.SidebarView import SidebarView
+i18n_catalog = i18nCatalog("cura")
 
 class SettingsSidebarView(QObject, SidebarView):
 
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
+
+    ##  As the default sidebar is not a plugin, we have a get meta data method here to allow the sidebar view model to get the needed data.
+    def getMetaData(self):
+        return {
+            "sidebar_view": {
+                "name": i18n_catalog.i18nc("", "Print settings"),
+                "weight": 1
+            }
+        }

cura/Sidebar/SidebarController.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from UM.Logger import Logger
 from UM.PluginRegistry import PluginRegistry
 from UM.Signal import Signal
 from .SidebarView import SidebarView
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, Dict
 
 # The sidebar controller manages available sidebar components and decides which one to display.
 # The cura.qml file uses this controller to repeat over the sidebars and show the active index.
@@ -46,3 +46,7 @@ class SidebarController:
     ##  Change the active sidebar view to one of the registered views.
     def setActiveSidebarView(self, name: str):
         print("setting active sidebar view")
+
+    ##  Get all sidebar views registered in this controller.
+    def getAllSidebarViews(self) -> Dict[SidebarView]:
+        return self._sidebar_views

cura/Sidebar/SidebarViewModel.py

@@ -13,4 +13,42 @@ class SidebarViewModel(ListModel):
     def __init__(self, parent = None):
         super().__init__(parent)
 
-        
+        self._controller = Application.getInstance().getSidebarController()
+
+        # register Qt list roles
+        self.addRoleName(self.IdRole, "id")
+        self.addRoleName(self.NameRole, "name")
+        self.addRoleName(self.ActiveRole, "active")
+
+    ##  Update the model when new views are added or another view is made the active view.
+    def _onSidebarViewsChanged(self):
+        items = []
+        sidebar_views = self._controller.getAllSidebarViews()
+        current_view = self._controller.getActiveSidebarView()
+
+        for sidebar_view_id, sidebar_view in sidebar_views.items():
+            plugin_metadata = PluginRegistry.getInstance().getMetaData(sidebar_view_id)
+            if plugin_metadata:
+                # Check if the registered view came from a plugin and extract the metadata if so.
+                sidebar_view_metadata = plugin_metadata.get("sidebar_view", {})
+            else:
+                # Get the meta data directly from the plugin
+                sidebar_view_metadata = sidebar_view.getMetaData()
+
+            # Skip view modes that are marked as not visible
+            if "visible" in sidebar_view_metadata and not sidebar_view_metadata["visible"]:
+                continue
+
+            name = sidebar_view_metadata.get("name", id)
+            weight = sidebar_view_metadata.get("weight", 0)
+
+            items.append({
+                "id": sidebar_view_id,
+                "name": name,
+                "active": sidebar_view_id == current_view.getPluginId(),
+                "weight": weight
+            })
+
+        # Sort the views by weight
+        items.sort(key=lambda t: t["weight"])
+        self.setItems(items)