Merge pull request #1359 from Textualize/validator-first-set

Call validator on first set

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed validator not running on first reactive set https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/1359
 - Ensure only printable characters are used as key_display https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/1361
 
 ## [0.6.0] - 2022-12-11

src/textual/reactive.py

@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ def __set__(self, obj: Reactable, value: ReactiveType) -> None:
         validate_function = getattr(obj, f"validate_{name}", None)
         # Check if this is the first time setting the value
         first_set = getattr(obj, f"__first_set_{self.internal_name}", True)
-        # Call validate, but not on first set.
-        if callable(validate_function) and not first_set:
+        # Call validate
+        if callable(validate_function):
             value = validate_function(value)
         # If the value has changed, or this is the first time setting the value
         if current_value != value or first_set or self._always_update:

tests/test_reactive.py

@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
+from textual.app import App
 from textual.reactive import reactive, var
-from textual.widget import Widget
 
 OLD_VALUE = 5_000
 NEW_VALUE = 1_000_000
@@ -81,14 +80,16 @@ async def watch_count(self, old_value: int, new_value: int) -> None:
         try:
             await asyncio.wait_for(app.watcher_called_event.wait(), timeout=0.05)
         except TimeoutError:
-            pytest.fail("Async watcher wasn't called within timeout when reactive init = True")
+            pytest.fail(
+                "Async watcher wasn't called within timeout when reactive init = True")
 
     assert app.count == OLD_VALUE
     assert app.watcher_old_value == OLD_VALUE
     assert app.watcher_new_value == OLD_VALUE  # The value wasn't changed
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Reactive watcher is incorrectly always called the first time it is set, even if value is same [issue#1230]")
+@pytest.mark.xfail(
+    reason="Reactive watcher is incorrectly always called the first time it is set, even if value is same [issue#1230]")
 async def test_watch_init_false_always_update_false():
     class WatcherInitFalse(App):
         count = reactive(0, init=False)
@@ -173,20 +174,45 @@ def watch_value(self, new_value):
     assert app.watcher_called_with == OLD_VALUE
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Validator methods not running when init=True [issue#1220]")
 async def test_validate_init_true():
     """When init is True for a reactive attribute, Textual should call the validator
     AND the watch method when the app starts."""
+    validator_call_count = 0
 
     class ValidatorInitTrue(App):
         count = var(5, init=True)
 
         def validate_count(self, value: int) -> int:
+            nonlocal validator_call_count
+            validator_call_count += 1
             return value + 1
 
     app = ValidatorInitTrue()
     async with app.run_test():
+        app.count = 5
         assert app.count == 6  # Validator should run, so value should be 5+1=6
+        assert validator_call_count == 1
+
+
+async def test_validate_init_true_set_before_dom_ready():
+    """When init is True for a reactive attribute, Textual should call the validator
+    AND the watch method when the app starts."""
+    validator_call_count = 0
+
+    class ValidatorInitTrue(App):
+        count = var(5, init=True)
+
+        def validate_count(self, value: int) -> int:
+            nonlocal validator_call_count
+            validator_call_count += 1
+            return value + 1
+
+    app = ValidatorInitTrue()
+    app.count = 5
+    async with app.run_test():
+        assert app.count == 6  # Validator should run, so value should be 5+1=6
+        assert validator_call_count == 1
+
 
 
 @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Compute methods not called when init=True [issue#1227]")