Disable Write XMP Button in General tab of Entry-Editor when action is in progress

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 - We fixed an issue where no citationkey was generated on import, pasting a doi or an entry on the main table. [8406](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8406), [koppor#553](https://github.com/koppor/jabref/issues/553)
 - We fixed an issue where accent search does not perform consistently. [#6815](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6815)
 - We fixed an issue where the incorrect entry was selected when "New Article" is pressed while search filters are active. [#8674](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8674)
+- We fixed an issue where "Write BibTeXEntry metadata to PDF" button remains enabled while writing to PDF is in-progress. [#8691](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8691)
 
 ### Removed
 

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/LinkedFileViewModel.java

@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ public void edit() {
         });
     }
 
-    public void writeMetadataToPdf() {
+    public void writeMetadataToPdf(Runnable preWrite, Runnable postWrite) {
         BackgroundTask<Void> writeTask = BackgroundTask.wrap(() -> {
             Optional<Path> file = linkedFile.findIn(databaseContext, preferences.getFilePreferences());
             if (file.isEmpty()) {
@@ -440,7 +440,9 @@ public void writeMetadataToPdf() {
             }
             return null;
         });
-
+        writeTask
+                .onRunning(preWrite)
+                .onFinished(postWrite);
         taskExecutor.execute(writeTask);
     }
 

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/LinkedFilesEditor.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
+import javafx.application.Platform;
 import javafx.beans.binding.Bindings;
 import javafx.beans.property.SimpleObjectProperty;
 import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
@@ -180,8 +181,10 @@ private Node createFileDisplay(LinkedFileViewModel linkedFile) {
         Button writeMetadataToPdf = IconTheme.JabRefIcons.IMPORT.asButton();
         writeMetadataToPdf.setTooltip(new Tooltip(Localization.lang("Write BibTeXEntry metadata to PDF.")));
         writeMetadataToPdf.visibleProperty().bind(linkedFile.isOfflinePdfProperty());
-        writeMetadataToPdf.setOnAction(event -> linkedFile.writeMetadataToPdf());
         writeMetadataToPdf.getStyleClass().setAll("icon-button");
+        Runnable disableButtonBeforeWriteStarts = () -> Platform.runLater(() -> writeMetadataToPdf.setDisable(true));
+        Runnable enableButtonAfterWriteCompletes = () -> Platform.runLater(() -> writeMetadataToPdf.setDisable(false));
+        writeMetadataToPdf.setOnAction(event -> linkedFile.writeMetadataToPdf(disableButtonBeforeWriteStarts, enableButtonAfterWriteCompletes));
 
         Button parsePdfMetadata = IconTheme.JabRefIcons.FILE_SEARCH.asButton();
         parsePdfMetadata.setTooltip(new Tooltip(Localization.lang("Parse Metadata from PDF.")));