Shows the Main window before starting to connect to Tor on autoconnect enabled

desktop/src/onionshare/connection_tab.py

@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ class AutoConnectTab(QtWidgets.QWidget):
 
         self.setLayout(self.layout)
 
+    def check_autoconnect(self):
+        """
+        After rendering, check if autoconnect was clicked, then start connecting
+        """
+        self.common.log("AutoConnectTab", "autoconnect_checking")
         if self.auto_connect_enabled:
             self.enable_autoconnect_checkbox.setCheckState(QtCore.Qt.Checked)
             self.connect_clicked()

desktop/src/onionshare/main_window.py

@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         )
         self.close_dialog.setDefaultButton(self.close_dialog.reject_button)
 
+        # Check for autoconnect
+        self.tabs.check_autoconnect_tab()
+
     def tor_connection_canceled(self):
         """
         If the user cancels before Tor finishes connecting, ask if they want to

desktop/src/onionshare/tab_widget.py

@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ class TabWidget(QtWidgets.QTabWidget):
             self.add_tab()
         else:
             self.open_connection_tab()
+    
+    def check_autoconnect_tab(self):
+        if type(self.tabs[0]) is AutoConnectTab:
+            self.tabs[0].check_autoconnect()
 
     def load_tab(self, mode_settings_id):
         # Load the tab's mode settings

desktop/src/onionshare/tor_settings_tab.py

@@ -409,6 +409,10 @@ class TorSettingsTab(QtWidgets.QWidget):
         self.old_settings = Settings(self.common)
         self.old_settings.load()
 
+        # Check if autoconnect was enabled
+        if self.old_settings.get("auto_connect"):
+            self.autoconnect_checkbox.setCheckState(QtCore.Qt.Checked)
+
         connection_type = self.old_settings.get("connection_type")
         if connection_type == "bundled":
             if self.connection_type_bundled_radio.isEnabled():