Add command to clear messages - cleaner

qutebrowser/mainwindow/mainwindow.py

@@ -185,8 +185,6 @@ class MainWindow(QWidget):
         self._keyhint = keyhintwidget.KeyHintView(self.win_id, self)
         self._add_overlay(self._keyhint, self._keyhint.update_geometry)
         self._messageview = messageview.MessageView(parent=self)
-        objreg.register('messageview', self._messageview,
-                        scope='window', window=self.win_id)
         self._add_overlay(self._messageview, self._messageview.update_geometry)
 
         self._prompt_container = prompt.PromptContainer(self.win_id, self)
@@ -440,6 +438,8 @@ class MainWindow(QWidget):
         message.global_bridge.show_message.connect(
             self._messageview.show_message)
         message.global_bridge.flush()
+        message.global_bridge.clear_messages.connect(
+            self._messageview.clear_messages)
 
         message_bridge.s_set_text.connect(status.set_text)
         message_bridge.s_maybe_reset_text.connect(status.txt.maybe_reset_text)

qutebrowser/mainwindow/messageview.py

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget, QVBoxLayout, QLabel, QSizePolicy
 
 from qutebrowser.config import config, style
 from qutebrowser.utils import usertypes, objreg
-from qutebrowser.commands import cmdutils
 
 
 class Message(QLabel):
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ class MessageView(QWidget):
         self._clear_timer.setInterval(config.get('ui', 'message-timeout'))
 
     @pyqtSlot()
-    @cmdutils.register(instance='messageview', scope="window", hide=True)
     def clear_messages(self):
         """Hide and delete all messages."""
         for widget in self._messages:

qutebrowser/misc/utilcmds.py

@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ def message_warning(text):
     message.warning(text)
 
 
+@cmdutils.register(hide=True)
+def clear_messages():
+    """Clear all message notifications."""
+    message.global_bridge.clear_messages.emit()
+
+
 @cmdutils.register(debug=True)
 @cmdutils.argument('typ', choices=['exception', 'segfault'])
 def debug_crash(typ='exception'):

qutebrowser/utils/message.py

@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ class GlobalMessageBridge(QObject):
     prompt_done = pyqtSignal(usertypes.KeyMode)
     ask_question = pyqtSignal(usertypes.Question, bool)
     mode_left = pyqtSignal(usertypes.KeyMode)
+    clear_messages = pyqtSignal()
 
     def __init__(self, parent=None):
         super().__init__(parent)