checkpoint. getting stuck

portable_computing_toolkit_installer/resources/supported_tools.json

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     },
     "MSYS2": {
         "page": "https://www.msys2.org/",
-        "category": "development.languages.C / C++",
+        "category": "development.languages.c and c++",
         "homepage": "https://www.msys2.org",
         "icon url": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/6759993?s=200&v=4",
         "search": {
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
     },
     "Cppcheck": {
         "page": "https://portableapps.com/apps/development/cppcheck-portable",
-        "category": "development.languages.C/C++",
+        "category": "development.languages.c and c++",
         "homepage": "http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net/",
         "search": {
             "selector": "",

portable_computing_toolkit_installer/ui/installer_wizard.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import zipfile
 from pathlib import Path
 from queue import Queue
 import json
+from operator import itemgetter
 
 import psutil
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtNetwork, QtWebEngineWidgets, QtWidgets
@@ -155,16 +156,13 @@ class InstallerWizard(QtWidgets.QWizard):
         else:
             self._display_error(f"Encountered an error while loading supported tools from {request.url().toString()}", reply.errorString()).finished.connect(lambda x: self.back())
 
-        
     def _populate_menu(self):
         """Populates the selection menu with items loaded from supported_tools.json
         """
         for name, info in self.__tools__.items():
             placement = [level.capitalize().strip() for level in info["category"].split(".") if level] + [name]
-            
             root = self.selection_menu.invisibleRootItem()
-            #children = [root.child(i) for i in range(root.childCount())]
-            children = list(MenuIterator(root, QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItemIterator.All))
+            children = [root.child(i) for i in range(root.childCount())]
             while placement:
                 current_level = placement.pop()
 
@@ -197,6 +195,11 @@ class InstallerWizard(QtWidgets.QWizard):
         self.selection_menu.resizeColumnToContents(0)
         self.selection_menu.resizeColumnToContents(1)
 
+    def _create_placements(self):
+        placements = [[level.capitalize().strip() for level in info["category"].split(".") if info["category"]] + [name] for name, info in self.__tools__.items()]
+        for menu_placement in placements:
+            self.__tools__[menu_placement[-1]]["placement"] = menu_placement
+
     @QtCore.pyqtSlot("QTreeWidgetItem*", "int")
     def _open_homepage(self, item, column):
         """Receives the itemClicked signal from the selection_menu QTreeWidget and if the user has clicked a homepage, opens it in a new browser tab.