From 5afaa1564998fc6c964c4bdc6a384293451f2c3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nils Stinnesbeck <git@stinnesbeck.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:01:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Disable 'Search now' when nothing will be monitored

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 internal/ui/search.go | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/ui/search.go b/internal/ui/search.go
index 7225d8f..022e7a0 100644
--- a/internal/ui/search.go
+++ b/internal/ui/search.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	"git.stinnesbeck.com/nils/arr-tui/internal/arr"
 	"git.stinnesbeck.com/nils/arr-tui/internal/config"
+	"git.stinnesbeck.com/nils/arr-tui/internal/sonarr"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -310,12 +311,42 @@ func (v *searchView) add(i int) {
 	}
 	form.AddCheckbox(lMonitor, true, nil).AddCheckbox(lSearch, true, nil)
 
+	// Radarr and Sonarr skip unmonitored items in an automatic search, so
+	// "Search now" only makes sense when something will be monitored.
+	monitored := form.GetFormItemByLabel(lMonitor).(*tview.Checkbox)
+	searchNow := form.GetFormItemByLabel(lSearch).(*tview.Checkbox)
+	wantSearch := true
+	searchable := func() bool {
+		if !monitored.IsChecked() {
+			return false
+		}
+		return len(modes) == 0 || modes[selected(form, lEpisode)].value != sonarr.MonitorNone
+	}
+	syncSearch := func() {
+		if searchable() {
+			searchNow.SetDisabled(false)
+			searchNow.SetChecked(wantSearch)
+			return
+		}
+		searchNow.SetDisabled(true)
+		searchNow.SetChecked(false)
+	}
+	searchNow.SetChangedFunc(func(checked bool) {
+		if searchable() {
+			wantSearch = checked
+		}
+	})
+	monitored.SetChangedFunc(func(bool) { syncSearch() })
+	if len(modes) > 0 {
+		form.GetFormItemByLabel(lEpisode).(*tview.DropDown).SetSelectedFunc(func(string, int) { syncSearch() })
+	}
+
 	form.AddButton("Add", func() {
 		choice := addChoice{
 			profileID: profiles[selected(form, lProfile)].ID,
 			folder:    folders[selected(form, lFolder)].Path,
-			monitored: form.GetFormItemByLabel(lMonitor).(*tview.Checkbox).IsChecked(),
-			searchNow: form.GetFormItemByLabel(lSearch).(*tview.Checkbox).IsChecked(),
+			monitored: monitored.IsChecked(),
+			searchNow: searchNow.IsChecked() && searchable(),
 		}
 		if len(modes) > 0 {
 			choice.monitor = modes[selected(form, lEpisode)].value