From 34f834d370bb343cce355dbc272e9f1c48c2d698 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AndreaRigoni <andrea.rigoni@igi.cnr.it>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:05:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add NotifyPropertiesUpdated to Object and trigger on
 Transform changes for UI synchronization

---
 src/Core/Object.cpp  | 5 +++++
 src/Core/Object.h    | 4 ++++
 src/Math/Transform.h | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Core/Object.cpp b/src/Core/Object.cpp
index 0e3fe84..dd95980 100644
--- a/src/Core/Object.cpp
+++ b/src/Core/Object.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ PropertyBase* Object::GetProperty(const std::string& name) const {
     return nullptr;
 }
 
+void Object::NotifyPropertiesUpdated() {
+    for (auto* p : d->m_Properties) p->Updated();
+    for (auto* p : d->m_DynamicProperties) p->Updated();
+}
+
 // In Object.h, the template serialize needs to be updated to call property serialization.
 // However, since Object::serialize is a template in the header, we might need a helper here.
 
diff --git a/src/Core/Object.h b/src/Core/Object.h
index 4b0fda9..40613ec 100644
--- a/src/Core/Object.h
+++ b/src/Core/Object.h
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ public:
   const std::vector<PropertyBase*>& GetProperties() const;
   PropertyBase* GetProperty(const std::string& name) const;
 
+  /** @brief Sends an Updated signal for all properties of this object. useful for real-time UI refresh. */
+  void NotifyPropertiesUpdated();
+
   ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   // PARAMETERS //
 
@@ -133,6 +136,7 @@ public:
 
   signals:
   virtual void Updated();
+  virtual void PropertyUpdated();
 
   // Qt4 style connector //
   static bool connect(const Object *ob1, const char *signal_name,
diff --git a/src/Math/Transform.h b/src/Math/Transform.h
index 6ae1ada..63d0c5d 100644
--- a/src/Math/Transform.h
+++ b/src/Math/Transform.h
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ public:
         this->rotation = Vector3f(euler(2), euler(1), euler(0));
         
         this->SetMatrix(mat);
+        this->NotifyPropertiesUpdated();
     }
 
     void SetPosition(const Vector3f &v) { 
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ public:
 
     void Updated() override {
         this->SyncMatrix();
+        this->NotifyPropertiesUpdated();
         this->AffineTransform::Updated();
     }