From 96a9757f5c129d07dec23ba47efc0e33b47a016b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Candice=20Bent=C3=A9jac?= <candice.bentejac@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:15:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [ui] app: Register components to QML before instantiating the
 engine

---
 meshroom/ui/app.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/meshroom/ui/app.py b/meshroom/ui/app.py
index 40ba878e..2bf13329 100644
--- a/meshroom/ui/app.py
+++ b/meshroom/ui/app.py
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ class MeshroomApp(QApplication):
         # be retrievable
         self._updatedRecentProjectFilesThumbnails = True
 
+        # Register components for QML before instantiating the engine
+        components.registerTypes()
+
         # QML engine setup
         qmlDir = os.path.join(pwd, "qml")
         url = os.path.join(qmlDir, "main.qml")
@@ -263,7 +266,6 @@ class MeshroomApp(QApplication):
             qInstallMessageHandler(MessageHandler.handler)
 
         self.engine.addImportPath(qmlDir)
-        components.registerTypes()
 
         # expose available node types that can be instantiated
         self.engine.rootContext().setContextProperty("_nodeTypes", {n: {"category": nodesDesc[n].category} for n in sorted(nodesDesc.keys())})