From 53c8aa6e4c6708c2f06babb295811eeb6796b63f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stewart Allen <stewart.allen@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:38:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add api for busy modal

---
 src/kiri/app/api.js | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/kiri/app/api.js b/src/kiri/app/api.js
index aa5ea324..ba954dea 100644
--- a/src/kiri/app/api.js
+++ b/src/kiri/app/api.js
@@ -238,6 +238,12 @@ export const api = {
     settings,
     show: {
         alert() { return alerts.show(...arguments) },
+        busy(msg) {
+            if (msg === false || msg === null || msg === 0 || msg === '') {
+                return visuals.set_progress(0);
+            }
+            return visuals.set_progress(-1, typeof msg === 'string' ? msg : undefined);
+        },
         controls() { console.trace('deprecated') },
         devices: showDevices,
         import() { api.ui.import.style.display = '' },