kivy: improve blockchain dialog

gui/kivy/uix/dialogs/checkpoint_dialog.py

@@ -3,45 +3,64 @@ from kivy.factory import Factory
 from kivy.properties import ObjectProperty
 from kivy.lang import Builder
 
-
+from electrum.i18n import _
 
 Builder.load_string('''
 #:import _ electrum_gui.kivy.i18n._
 
 <CheckpointDialog@Popup>
     id: popup
+    title: _('Blockchain')
+    size_hint: 1, 1
     cp_height: 0
     cp_value: ''
-    title: _('Checkpoint')
+
-    size_hint: 0.8, 0.8
-    pos_hint: {'top':0.9}
     BoxLayout:
         orientation: 'vertical'
-        Label:
+        padding: '10dp'
-            id: description
+        spacing: '10dp'
-            text: 'In the event of a blockchain fork, a checkpoint can be used to ensure that you are on the correct blockchain.'
+        TopLabel:
-            halign: 'left'
+            height: '48dp'
-            text_size: self.width, None
+            id: bc_height
-            size: self.texture_size
+            text: ''
-        BoxLayout:
+        TopLabel:
+            height: '48dp'
+            id: bc_status
+            text: ''
+        Widget:
+            size_hint: 1, 0.1
+        TopLabel:
+            text: _("In order to verify the history returned by your main server, Electrum downloads block headers from random nodes. These headers are then used to check that transactions sent by the server really are in the blockchain.")
+            font_size: '6pt'
+        Widget:
+            size_hint: 1, 0.1
+        GridLayout:
             orientation: 'horizontal'
-            size_hint: 1, 0.2
+            cols: 2
-            Label:
+            height: '36dp'
-                text: _('Height')
+            TopLabel:
-                height: '48dp'
+                text: _('Checkpoint') + ':'
+                height: '36dp'
             TextInput:
                 id: height_input
+                height: '36dp'
+                size_hint_y: None
                 text: '%d'%root.cp_height
+                input_type: 'number'
                 on_focus: root.on_height_str()
-        TopLabel:
+            TopLabel:
-            text: _('Block hash') + ':'
+                text: _('Block hash') + ':'
-        TxHashLabel:
+            TxHashLabel:
-            data: root.cp_value
+                data: root.cp_value
+        Widget:
+            size_hint: 1, 0.1
         Label:
-            text: 'Edit the height to fetch a checkpoint from your main server, and check its value from independent sources.'
+            font_size: '6pt'
+            text: _('If there is a fork of the blockchain, you need to configure your checkpoint in order to make sure that you are on the correct side of the fork. Enter a block number to fetch a checkpoint from your main server, and check its value from independent sources.')
             halign: 'left'
             text_size: self.width, None
             size: self.texture_size
+
         Widget:
             size_hint: 1, 0.3
         BoxLayout:
@@ -68,6 +87,12 @@ class CheckpointDialog(Factory.Popup):
         self.cp_height, self.cp_value = self.network.blockchain.get_checkpoint()
         self.callback = callback
 
+        n_nodes = len(network.get_interfaces())
+        n_blocks = network.get_local_height()
+        self.ids.bc_height.text = _("Verified headers: %d blocks.")%n_blocks
+        self.ids.bc_status.text = _("Connected to %d nodes.")%n_nodes if n_nodes else _("Not connected?")
+
+
     def on_height_str(self):
         try:
             new_height = int(self.ids.height_input.text)

gui/kivy/uix/dialogs/settings.py

@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ Builder.load_string('''
                     action: partial(root.coinselect_dialog, self)
                 CardSeparator
                 SettingsItem:
-                    status: root.checkpoint_status()
+                    status: root.blockchain_status()
-                    title: _('Checkpoint') + ': ' + self.status
+                    title: _('Blockchain') + ': ' + self.status
-                    description: _("Configure blockchain checkpoint")
+                    description: _("Configure checkpoints")
-                    action: partial(root.checkpoint_dialog, self)
+                    action: partial(root.blockchain_dialog, self)
 ''')
 
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class SettingsDialog(Factory.Popup):
         self._language_dialog = None
         self._unit_dialog = None
         self._coinselect_dialog = None
-        self._checkpoint_dialog = None
+        self._blockchain_dialog = None
 
     def update(self):
         self.wallet = self.app.wallet
@@ -191,19 +191,19 @@ class SettingsDialog(Factory.Popup):
             self._coinselect_dialog = ChoiceDialog(_('Coin selection'), choosers, chooser_name, cb)
         self._coinselect_dialog.open()
 
-    def checkpoint_status(self):
+    def blockchain_status(self):
-        height, value = self.app.network.blockchain.get_checkpoint()
+        height = self.app.network.get_local_height()
-        return "Block %d"% height if height else _("Genesis block")
+        return "%d blocks"% height
 
-    def checkpoint_dialog(self, item, dt):
+    def blockchain_dialog(self, item, dt):
         from checkpoint_dialog import CheckpointDialog
-        if self._checkpoint_dialog is None:
+        if self._blockchain_dialog is None:
             def callback(height, value):
                 if value:
                     self.app.network.blockchain.set_checkpoint(height, value)
                     item.status = self.checkpoint_status()
-            self._checkpoint_dialog = CheckpointDialog(self.app.network, callback)
+            self._blockchain_dialog = CheckpointDialog(self.app.network, callback)
-        self._checkpoint_dialog.open()
+        self._blockchain_dialog.open()
 
     def proxy_status(self):
         server, port, protocol, proxy, auto_connect = self.app.network.get_parameters()

gui/kivy/uix/ui_screens/network.kv

@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 Popup:
     id: nd
     title: _('Network')
-    n_nodes: len(app.network.get_interfaces())
-    blockchain_height: app.network.get_local_height()
     is_connected: app.network.is_connected()
+    server: app.network.interface.host
 
     BoxLayout:
         orientation: 'vertical'
         padding: '10dp'
         spacing: '10dp'
         TopLabel:
-            s1: _("Connected to %d nodes.")%root.n_nodes if root.n_nodes else _("Not connected?")
+            text: _("Connected to %s.")%root.server if root.is_connected else _("Not connected?")
-            s2: _("Blockchain length") + ": %d "%root.blockchain_height + _("blocks")
+        Widget:
-            text: self.s1 + '\n' + self.s2
+            size_hint: 1, 0.1
+        TopLabel:
+            text: _("Electrum retrieves your wallet information from a single server. In addition, it connects to a number of extra nodes, in order to fetch block headers. Block headers are used to verify the information sent by the address server, using Simple Payment Verification (SPV).")
+            font_size: '6pt'
         Widget:
             size_hint: 1, 0.1
         GridLayout:
@@ -33,11 +35,6 @@ Popup:
                 size_hint_y: None
         Widget:
             size_hint: 1, 0.1
-        TopLabel:
-            text: _("Electrum retrieves your wallet information from a single node (address server). In addition, it connects to a number of extra nodes, in order to fetch block headers. Block headers are used to verify the information sent by the address server, using Simple Payment Verification (SPV).")
-            font_size: '6pt'
-        Widget:
-            size_hint: 1, 0.1
         TopLabel:
             text: _("If auto-connect is checked, the address server will be selected automatically.")
             font_size: '6pt'