network: request periodic scans while the WiFi list is open

NM upstream would like to reduce periodic scanning, and that means
that clients should request scans themselves while their WiFi list
is open.  Similar to the Windows and macOS WiFi dialogs/lists.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767918

diff --git a/js/ui/status/network.js b/js/ui/status/network.js
index fee703bed9ba3e8759c45539fb0548dead656b19..9f4293ab7ce2a98dbf23a9175fdf02bca5e58244 100644 (file)
--- a/js/ui/status/network.js
+++ b/js/ui/status/network.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const GObject = imports.gi.GObject;
 const Gio = imports.gi.Gio;
 const Gtk = imports.gi.Gtk;
 const Lang = imports.lang;
+const Mainloop = imports.mainloop;
 const NetworkManager = imports.gi.NetworkManager;
 const NMClient = imports.gi.NMClient;
 const NMGtk = imports.gi.NMGtk;
@@ -752,10 +753,9 @@ const NMWirelessDialog = new Lang.Class({
         this._updateSensitivity();
         this._syncView();
 
-        if (accessPoints.length == 0) {
-            /* If there are no visible access points, request a scan */
-            this._device.request_scan_simple(null);
-        }
+        this._scanTimeoutId = Mainloop.timeout_add_seconds(15, Lang.bind(this, this._onScanTimeout));
+        GLib.Source.set_name_by_id(this._scanTimeoutId, '[gnome-shell] this._onScanTimeout');
+        this._onScanTimeout();
     },
 
     destroy: function() {
@@ -780,9 +780,19 @@ const NMWirelessDialog = new Lang.Class({
             this._airplaneModeChangedId = 0;
         }
 
+        if (this._scanTimeoutId) {
+            Mainloop.source_remove(this._scanTimeoutId);
+            this._scanTimeoutId = 0;
+        }
+
         this.parent();
     },
 
+    _onScanTimeout: function() {
+        this._device.request_scan_simple(null);
+        return GLib.SOURCE_CONTINUE;
+    },
+
     _activeApChanged: function() {
         if (this._activeNetwork)
             this._activeNetwork.item.setActive(false);