From 1c802f5eca5b98ee7fa9a034799c38643f009d0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gold856 <117957790+Gold856@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 16:59:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Restore original dashboard view behavior  (#2227)

---
 photon-client/src/types/SettingTypes.ts   | 3 ++-
 photon-client/src/views/DashboardView.vue | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/photon-client/src/types/SettingTypes.ts b/photon-client/src/types/SettingTypes.ts
index a16f52d32..b4444400c 100644
--- a/photon-client/src/types/SettingTypes.ts
+++ b/photon-client/src/types/SettingTypes.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { type ActivePipelineSettings, DefaultAprilTagPipelineSettings } from "@/types/PipelineTypes";
 import type { Pose3d } from "@/types/PhotonTrackingTypes";
 import type { WebsocketCameraSettingsUpdate } from "./WebsocketDataTypes";
+import { reactive } from "vue";
 
 export interface GeneralSettings {
   version?: string;
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ export interface CameraSettingsChangeRequest {
   quirksToChange: Record<ValidQuirks, boolean>;
 }
 
-export const PlaceholderCameraSettings: UiCameraConfiguration = Object.freeze({
+export const PlaceholderCameraSettings: UiCameraConfiguration = reactive({
   cameraPath: "/dev/null",
 
   nickname: "Placeholder Camera",
diff --git a/photon-client/src/views/DashboardView.vue b/photon-client/src/views/DashboardView.vue
index 808a3ffef..cff49b3b9 100644
--- a/photon-client/src/views/DashboardView.vue
+++ b/photon-client/src/views/DashboardView.vue
@@ -146,7 +146,13 @@ const showCameraSetupDialog = ref(useCameraSettingsStore().needsCameraConfigurat
     <PipelineConfigCard />
 
     <!-- TODO - not sure this belongs here -->
-    <v-dialog v-model="showCameraSetupDialog" max-width="800" dark>
+    <!-- Need v-model to allow the dialog to be dismissed and v-if to only display when cameras need configuration -->
+    <v-dialog
+      v-if="useCameraSettingsStore().needsCameraConfiguration"
+      v-model="showCameraSetupDialog"
+      max-width="800"
+      dark
+    >
       <v-card flat color="surface">
         <v-card-title>Set up some cameras to get started!</v-card-title>
         <v-card-text class="pt-0">