From 531e1177314b5aa979448eb716b151c5c0972271 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:31:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From 41253442540e30cc47c824231f9615a9ee89928c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:40:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix panel visibility issue when opening first connection

Co-authored-by: Kvarkas <3611964+Kvarkas@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 mRemoteNG/Connection/ConnectionInitiator.cs | 3 ++-
 mRemoteNG/UI/Panels/PanelAdder.cs           | 7 +++++--
 mRemoteNG/UI/Window/ConnectionWindow.cs     | 6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mRemoteNG/Connection/ConnectionInitiator.cs b/mRemoteNG/Connection/ConnectionInitiator.cs
index 7f8db0408..6aeca46bc 100644
--- a/mRemoteNG/Connection/ConnectionInitiator.cs
+++ b/mRemoteNG/Connection/ConnectionInitiator.cs
@@ -320,7 +320,8 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.Connection
             ConnectionWindow connectionForm = conForm ?? Runtime.WindowList.FromString(connectionPanel) as ConnectionWindow;
 
             if (connectionForm == null)
-                connectionForm = _panelAdder.AddPanel(connectionPanel);
+                // Don't show the panel immediately - it will be shown when first tab is added
+                connectionForm = _panelAdder.AddPanel(connectionPanel, showImmediately: false);
             else
                 connectionForm.Show(FrmMain.Default.pnlDock);
 
diff --git a/mRemoteNG/UI/Panels/PanelAdder.cs b/mRemoteNG/UI/Panels/PanelAdder.cs
index 75d9afde7..728c989cb 100644
--- a/mRemoteNG/UI/Panels/PanelAdder.cs
+++ b/mRemoteNG/UI/Panels/PanelAdder.cs
@@ -15,14 +15,17 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.UI.Panels
     [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
     public class PanelAdder
     {
-        public ConnectionWindow AddPanel(string title = "")
+        public ConnectionWindow AddPanel(string title = "", bool showImmediately = true)
         {
             try
             {
                 ConnectionWindow connectionForm = new(new DockContent());
                 BuildConnectionWindowContextMenu(connectionForm);
                 SetConnectionWindowTitle(title, connectionForm);
-                ShowConnectionWindow(connectionForm);
+                // Only show immediately if requested (for user-created empty panels)
+                // When opening connections, we defer showing until first tab is added
+                if (showImmediately)
+                    ShowConnectionWindow(connectionForm);
                 PrepareTabSupport(connectionForm);
                 return connectionForm;
             }
diff --git a/mRemoteNG/UI/Window/ConnectionWindow.cs b/mRemoteNG/UI/Window/ConnectionWindow.cs
index eb726aab1..99c798389 100644
--- a/mRemoteNG/UI/Window/ConnectionWindow.cs
+++ b/mRemoteNG/UI/Window/ConnectionWindow.cs
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.UI.Window
                 // TODO: See if we can make this work with DPS...
                 //TabController.HideTabsMode = TabControl.HideTabsModes.HideAlways;
 
+                // Ensure the ConnectionWindow is visible before adding the tab
+                // This prevents visibility issues when the window was created but not yet shown
+                if (!Visible)
+                {
+                    Show(FrmMain.Default.pnlDock, DockState.Document);
+                }
 
                 //Show the tab
                 conTab.Show(connDock, DockState.Document);