1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/desktop/modules/monitors/MonitorsModule.qml b/desktop/modules/monitors/MonitorsModule.qml
index 3ed9b22..94ec8e4 100644
--- a/desktop/modules/monitors/MonitorsModule.qml
+++ b/desktop/modules/monitors/MonitorsModule.qml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Module {
         stdout: StdioCollector {
             onStreamFinished: {
                 let list;
-                try { list = JSON.parse(this.text); } catch (e) { return; }
+                try { list = JSON.parse(this.text); } catch (e) { mm.error = "Cannot read hyprctl monitors."; return; }
                 mm.orig = list.map(M.draft);
                 mm.draft = list.map(M.draft);
             }
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ Module {
     }
 
     function apply() {
+        // A refusal's reload that never reported must not eat a later one.
+        mm.skipRead = false;
         mm.error = "";
         mm.notice = "";
         applyProc.command = ["sh", "-c", 'for l; do hyprctl eval "$l" || exit 7; done', "sh"]
@@ -124,7 +126,8 @@ Module {
         tick.stop();
         mm.pending = false;
         fv.setText(M.file(mm.draft));
-        mm.notice = "saved";
+        // The draft is what is live; not left to the autoreload's read.
+        mm.orig = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(mm.draft));
     }
 
     // Also what leaving the page while pending does.
@@ -138,6 +141,9 @@ Module {
         path: mm.file
         atomicWrites: true
         printErrors: false
+        onSaved: mm.notice = "saved"
+        // Live but not on disk: the next reload would bring the old file back.
+        onSaveFailed: err => mm.error = "Cannot write monitors.lua: " + FileViewError.toString(err)
     }
 
     Component.onCompleted: mm.read()