From d2781c024757c25abd654f202f80a2c70baa56c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DaanSelen <dselen@systemec.nl>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 11:48:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: add silent checkbox

---
 src/main.go                  |  5 +++--
 src/modules/draw/draw.go     | 15 ++++++++++++---
 src/modules/runner/runner.go | 11 ++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.go b/src/main.go
index 914c41c..60b227b 100644
--- a/src/main.go
+++ b/src/main.go
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ func main() {
 
 	targEntry := widget.NewEntry()
 	var book string
+	var silent bool
 
-	inputContainer := draw.MakeInput(targEntry, &book)
-	footerContainer := draw.MakeFooter(targEntry, &book, app)
+	inputContainer := draw.MakeInput(targEntry, &book, &silent)
+	footerContainer := draw.MakeFooter(targEntry, &book, &silent, app)
 
 	center := container.NewBorder(
 		nil,             // top
diff --git a/src/modules/draw/draw.go b/src/modules/draw/draw.go
index cfa60da..dcbdb0b 100644
--- a/src/modules/draw/draw.go
+++ b/src/modules/draw/draw.go
@@ -13,15 +13,24 @@ import (
 	tasks "patchworks/src/modules/tasks"
 )
 
-func MakeInput(targEntry *widget.Entry, book *string) *fyne.Container {
+func MakeInput(targEntry *widget.Entry, book *string, silent *bool) *fyne.Container {
 	availBooks, err := tasks.ListAvailableBooks()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("failed to read available books on disk")
 	}
 
+	silentCheck := widget.NewCheck("Silent (Return Only JSON Data)", func(checked bool) {
+		if checked {
+			*silent = true
+		} else {
+			*silent = false
+		}
+	})
+
 	targetBox := container.NewVBox(
 		widget.NewLabel("MeshCentral Target Group"),
 		targEntry,
+		silentCheck,
 		widget.NewLabel(""),
 		canvas.NewLine(color.Gray{Y: 128}),
 	)
@@ -55,7 +64,7 @@ func MakeInput(targEntry *widget.Entry, book *string) *fyne.Container {
 	return inputBox
 }
 
-func MakeFooter(targEntry *widget.Entry, book *string, app fyne.App) *fyne.Container {
+func MakeFooter(targEntry *widget.Entry, book *string, silent *bool, app fyne.App) *fyne.Container {
 	var result string
 	textEntry := widget.NewMultiLineEntry()
 
@@ -89,7 +98,7 @@ func MakeFooter(targEntry *widget.Entry, book *string, app fyne.App) *fyne.Conta
 		log.Println("kicking off goroutine")
 		actionBtn.Disable()
 		go func() {
-			ok, result = runner.RunMeshbook(path, *book, targEntry.Text)
+			ok, result = runner.RunMeshbook(path, *book, *silent, targEntry.Text)
 			if !ok {
 				log.Println("assuming failed state")
 				fyne.CurrentApp().Driver().DoFromGoroutine(func() {
diff --git a/src/modules/runner/runner.go b/src/modules/runner/runner.go
index 4bd9ae5..c42df24 100644
--- a/src/modules/runner/runner.go
+++ b/src/modules/runner/runner.go
@@ -45,17 +45,26 @@ func FindMeshbookBinary() (bool, string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func RunMeshbook(binPath, bookPath, targGroup string) (bool, string) {
+func RunMeshbook(binPath, bookPath string, silent bool, targGroup string) (bool, string) {
+	// Meshbook argument compilation
 	var args []string
 	if len(bookPath) == 0 {
 		args = []string{"--help"}
 	} else {
 		args = []string{"--nograce", "--indent", "-mb", bookPath, "--group", targGroup}
 	}
+
+	if silent {
+		args = append(args, "--silent")
+	}
+
+	// Display what we are about to be running
 	log.Printf("running with parameters: %v", args)
 
+	// Actually spawn the process
 	cmd := exec.Command(binPath, args...)
 
+	// Capture stdout & stderr
 	outputData, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	cleanData := ansi.ReplaceAllString(string(outputData), "")