debouncing, update list logic, fix bug with removed tags causing list to disappear

main.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { ItemView, Plugin, TFile, MarkdownView } = require("obsidian");
+const { ItemView, Plugin, TFile, debounce, MarkdownView } = require("obsidian");
 
 const VIEW_TYPE = "org-todo-list-view";
 
@@ -58,9 +58,27 @@ class OrgTodoListView extends ItemView {
     }
 
     async onOpen() {
-        this.registerEvent(this.app.vault.on("modify", () => this.refresh()));
+        this.debouncedUpdate = debounce(
-        this.registerEvent(this.app.vault.on("delete", () => this.refresh()));
+            (file) => this.updateFile(file),
-        this.registerEvent(this.app.vault.on("rename", () => this.refresh()));
+            400,
+            true
+        );
+
+        // Fires AFTER the metadata cache re-parses — cache is fresh here.
+        this.registerEvent(
+            this.app.metadataCache.on("changed", (file) => this.debouncedUpdate(file))
+        );
+        // Deletions: just drop the file's tasks, nothing to reparse.
+        this.registerEvent(
+            this.app.vault.on("delete", (file) => this.removeFile(file.path))
+        );
+        // Rename: remove old-path entries, rescan under the new path.
+        this.registerEvent(
+            this.app.vault.on("rename", (file, oldPath) => {
+                this.removeFile(oldPath);
+                this.updateFile(file);
+            })
+        );
 
         this.buildChrome();
         await this.refresh();
@@ -103,29 +121,23 @@ class OrgTodoListView extends ItemView {
         this.renderList();
     }
 
-    async scanVault() {
+    async scanFile(file) {
-        const out = [];
+        if (!(file instanceof TFile) || file.extension !== "md") return [];
-        const files = this.app.vault.getMarkdownFiles();
 
-        for (const file of files) {
         const cache = this.app.metadataCache.getFileCache(file);
         const taskItems = cache?.listItems?.filter((li) => li.task !== undefined) ?? [];
+        if (taskItems.length === 0) return [];
 
-            // Cache-gating: no task list items means we never read the file.
-            if (taskItems.length === 0) continue;
-
-            // Build a quick lookup of tags by line, from the cache. tag includes the '#'.
         const tagsByLine = new Map();
         for (const t of cache?.tags ?? []) {
             const ln = t.position.start.line;
             if (!tagsByLine.has(ln)) tagsByLine.set(ln, []);
-                // store without the leading '#'
             tagsByLine.get(ln).push(t.tag.replace(/^#/, ""));
         }
 
-            // Read the file once (only because dates + display text need the raw line).
         const content = await this.app.vault.cachedRead(file);
         const lines = content.split("\n");
+        const out = [];
 
         for (const li of taskItems) {
             const line = li.position.start.line;
@@ -133,30 +145,56 @@ class OrgTodoListView extends ItemView {
             const m = raw.match(TASK_RE);
             const done = (li.task ?? " ") !== " ";
             const body = m ? m[2] : raw;
-
-                // Tags straight from the cache for this line — no regex needed.
             const tags = tagsByLine.get(line) ?? [];
-
             const doneDate = body.match(DONE_DATE_RE)?.[1] ?? null;
             const dueDate = body.match(DUE_DATE_RE)?.[1] ?? null;
-
             const text = body
                 .replace(HASHTAG_RE, "")
                 .replace(DONE_DATE_RE, "")
                 .replace(DUE_DATE_RE, "")
                 .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
                 .trim();
-
             out.push({ text, raw, done, tags, doneDate, dueDate, file, line });
         }
+        return out;
+    }
+
+    async scanVault() {
+        const out = [];
+        for (const file of this.app.vault.getMarkdownFiles()) {
+            const fileTasks = await this.scanFile(file);
+            for (const t of fileTasks) out.push(t);
         }
         return out;
     }
 
+    // Remove all tasks belonging to a given path, then re-render.
+    removeFile(path) {
+        this.tasks = this.tasks.filter((t) => t.file.path !== path);
+        this.renderTagBar();
+        this.renderList();
+    }
+
+    // Rescan one file and splice its tasks in, replacing its previous entries.
+    async updateFile(file) {
+        if (!(file instanceof TFile) || file.extension !== "md") return;
+        const fresh = await this.scanFile(file);
+        this.tasks = this.tasks.filter((t) => t.file.path !== file.path);
+        for (const t of fresh) this.tasks.push(t);
+        this.renderTagBar();
+        this.renderList();
+    }
+
     renderTagBar() {
         this.tagBarEl.empty();
         const all = new Set();
         for (const t of this.tasks) t.tags.forEach((x) => all.add(x));
+
+        // Drop any active filters whose tag no longer exists anywhere.
+        for (const tag of [...this.activeTags]) {
+            if (!all.has(tag)) this.activeTags.delete(tag);
+        }
+
         const sorted = [...all].sort();
         for (const tag of sorted) {
             const chip = this.tagBarEl.createEl("button", { text: "#" + tag });