From b3cec5a4cf191ca08ce418872f7465c0d12035ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: baldurk <baldurk@baldurk.org>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 17:29:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a helper to clear the set of debug messages from python

---
 qrenderdoc/Code/CaptureContext.cpp       | 11 +++++++++++
 qrenderdoc/Code/CaptureContext.h         |  1 +
 qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/QRDInterface.h |  5 +++++
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/CaptureContext.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Code/CaptureContext.cpp
index 89421c768..f16dbd6b0 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/CaptureContext.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/CaptureContext.cpp
@@ -1743,6 +1743,17 @@ void CaptureContext::AddMessages(const rdcarray<DebugMessage> &msgs)
   }
 }
 
+void CaptureContext::ClearMessages()
+{
+  m_UnreadMessageCount = 0;
+  m_DebugMessages.clear();
+
+  if(m_DebugMessageView)
+  {
+    GUIInvoke::call(m_DebugMessageView, [this]() { m_DebugMessageView->RefreshMessageList(); });
+  }
+}
+
 void CaptureContext::SetNotes(const rdcstr &key, const rdcstr &contents)
 {
   // ignore no-op changes
diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/CaptureContext.h b/qrenderdoc/Code/CaptureContext.h
index 1cc4ca4e1..a1e2445bb 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/CaptureContext.h
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/CaptureContext.h
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ public:
   int32_t UnreadMessageCount() override { return m_UnreadMessageCount; }
   void MarkMessagesRead() override { m_UnreadMessageCount = 0; }
   void AddMessages(const rdcarray<DebugMessage> &msgs) override;
+  void ClearMessages() override;
 
   void ConnectToRemoteServer(RemoteHost host) override;
 
diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/QRDInterface.h b/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/QRDInterface.h
index 8f73a8fb6..df7b73809 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/QRDInterface.h
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/QRDInterface.h
@@ -2335,6 +2335,11 @@ as well as messages generated during replay and analysis.
 )");
   virtual void AddMessages(const rdcarray<DebugMessage> &msgs) = 0;
 
+  DOCUMENT(R"(Clear the currently stored messages, and mark all as unread. This can be used in
+combination with :meth:`DebugMessages` and :meth:`AddMessages` to filter the current set of messages.
+)");
+  virtual void ClearMessages() = 0;
+
   DOCUMENT(R"(Retrieve the contents for a given notes field.
 
 Examples of fields are: