open channel if its the first opened tab

src/components/channeltabswitcherhandy.cpp

@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ void ChannelTabSwitcherHandy::GoForwardOnCurrent() {
     AdvanceOnCurrent(1);
 }
 
+int ChannelTabSwitcherHandy::GetNumberOfTabs() const {
+    return hdy_tab_view_get_n_pages(m_tab_view);
+}
+
 void ChannelTabSwitcherHandy::CheckUnread(Snowflake id) {
     if (auto it = m_pages.find(id); it != m_pages.end()) {
         hdy_tab_page_set_needs_attention(it->second, Abaddon::Get().GetDiscordClient().GetUnreadStateForChannel(id) > -1);

src/components/channeltabswitcherhandy.hpp

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ public:
     void GoBackOnCurrent();
     void GoForwardOnCurrent();
 
+    [[nodiscard]] int GetNumberOfTabs() const;
+
 private:
     void CheckUnread(Snowflake id);
     void ClearPage(HdyTabPage *page);

src/components/chatwindow.cpp

@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ void ChatWindow::SetTopic(const std::string &text) {
 
 #ifdef WITH_LIBHANDY
 void ChatWindow::OpenNewTab(Snowflake id) {
+    // open if its the first tab (in which case it really isnt a tab but whatever)
+    if (m_tab_switcher->GetNumberOfTabs() == 0) {
+        m_signal_action_channel_click.emit(id, false);
+    }
     m_tab_switcher->AddChannelTab(id);
 }