From 80d48e5ece20fa1c8b42c8405ee6964d35dbd9e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Goodlet <jgbt@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2021 13:23:05 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Dynamically override .boundingRect() after startup

---
 piker/ui/_graphics/_curve.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/piker/ui/_graphics/_curve.py b/piker/ui/_graphics/_curve.py
index 7bf39cea..a9b24e7f 100644
--- a/piker/ui/_graphics/_curve.py
+++ b/piker/ui/_graphics/_curve.py
@@ -123,6 +123,18 @@ class FastAppendCurve(pg.PlotCurveItem):
             self.setCacheMode(QtGui.QGraphicsItem.DeviceCoordinateCache)
 
     def boundingRect(self):
+        if self.path is None:
+            return QtGui.QPainterPath().boundingRect()
+        else:
+            # dynamically override this method after initial
+            # path is created to avoid requiring the above None check
+            self.boundingRect = self._br
+            return self._br()
+
+    def _br(self):
+        """Post init ``.boundingRect()```.
+
+        """
         hb = self.path.controlPointRect()
         hb_size = hb.size()
         # print(f'hb_size: {hb_size}')