From fa7c63f74b2e9b29d895970b53ae24044a8a14ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk Alders <dirk@mount-mockery.de>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 20:46:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Pause added to stop changing log window

---
 mqtt_sniffer.py | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mqtt_sniffer.py b/mqtt_sniffer.py
index bf5a433..2363b24 100644
--- a/mqtt_sniffer.py
+++ b/mqtt_sniffer.py
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ class MqttSniffer(App):
     CSS_PATH = "style.tcss"
     BINDINGS = [
         ("q", "quit", "Quit"),
-        ("c", "clear_screen", "Clear")
+        ("c", "clear_screen", "Clear"),
+        ("p", "pause", "Pause")
     ]
-    MAX_LOGS = 1000
+    MAX_LOGS = 5000
 
     def __init__(self, args, password):
         super().__init__()
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ class MqttSniffer(App):
         #
         self.mqtt = None
         self.all_logs = []
+        self.__logging_enabled__ = True
         self.__topic_selection__ = MultiSelect((), prompt="Full", id="topic_filter")
         self.send_topic = ""
         self.send_payload = ""
@@ -113,12 +115,18 @@ class MqttSniffer(App):
                 f"{repr(record.payload)}"
             )
 
-            self.log_display.write(message)
+            if self.__logging_enabled__:
+                self.log_display.write(message)
 
     def action_clear_screen(self):
         self.all_logs = []
         self._update_display()
 
+    def action_pause(self):
+        self.__logging_enabled__ = not self.__logging_enabled__
+        if self.__logging_enabled__:
+            self._update_display()
+
     def _update_display(self):
         """Clean the display and render all mqtt messages based on the current filters."""
         self.log_display.clear()