--- a/sat_frontends/quick_frontend/quick_app.py	Wed Mar 20 09:08:47 2019 +0100
+++ b/sat_frontends/quick_frontend/quick_app.py	Wed Mar 20 09:08:47 2019 +0100
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
         # widget currently selected (must be filled by frontend)
         self.selected_widget = None
 
-        # listeners
+        # listeners are callable watching events
         self._listeners = {}  # key: listener type ("avatar", "selected", etc),
                               # value: list of callbacks
 
@@ -328,12 +328,20 @@
         if connect_bridge:
             self.connectBridge()
 
+        # frontend notifications
         self._notif_id = 0
         self._notifications = OrderedDict()
+        # watched progresses and associated callbacks
+        self._progress_ids = {}
+        # available features
+        # FIXME: features are profile specific, to be checked
         self.features = None
-        self.ns_map = {}  # map of short name to namespaces
+        #: map of short name to namespaces
+        self.ns_map = {}
+        #: available encryptions
         self.encryption_plugins = []
-        self._sync = True  # state of synchronisation with backend
+        # state of synchronisation with backend
+        self._sync = True
 
     def connectBridge(self):
         self.bridge.bridgeConnect(callback=self._bridgeCb, errback=self._bridgeEb)
@@ -436,7 +444,7 @@
 
     @property
     def sync(self):
-        """Get synchronization flag
+        """Synchronization flag
 
         True if this frontend is synchronised with backend
         """
@@ -1042,15 +1050,44 @@
             else:
                 log.warning("Unmanaged PubSub event type {}".format(event_type))
 
+    def registerProgressCbs(self, progress_id, callback, errback):
+        """Register progression callbacks
+
+        @param progress_id(unicode): id of the progression to check
+        @param callback(callable, None): method to call when progressing action
+            successfuly finished.
+            None to ignore
+        @param errback(callable, None): method to call when progressions action failed
+            None to ignore
+        """
+        callbacks = self._progress_ids.setdefault(progress_id, [])
+        callbacks.append((callback, errback))
+
     def progressStartedHandler(self, pid, metadata, profile):
         log.info(u"Progress {} started".format(pid))
 
     def progressFinishedHandler(self, pid, metadata, profile):
         log.info(u"Progress {} finished".format(pid))
+        try:
+            callbacks = self._progress_ids.pop(pid)
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            for callback, __ in callbacks:
+                if callback is not None:
+                    callback(metadata, profile=profile)
         self.callListeners("progressFinished", pid, metadata, profile=profile)
 
     def progressErrorHandler(self, pid, err_msg, profile):
         log.warning(u"Progress {pid} error: {err_msg}".format(pid=pid, err_msg=err_msg))
+        try:
+            callbacks = self._progress_ids.pop(pid)
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            for __, errback in callbacks:
+                if errback is not None:
+                    errback(err_msg, profile=profile)
         self.callListeners("progressError", pid, err_msg, profile=profile)
 
     def _subscribe_cb(self, answer, data):
@@ -1166,7 +1203,7 @@
                 self.getAvatar(entity, ignore_cache=True, profile=profile)
 
     def actionManager(self, action_data, callback=None, ui_show_cb=None, user_action=True,
-                      profile=C.PROF_KEY_NONE):
+                      progress_cb=None, progress_eb=None, profile=C.PROF_KEY_NONE):
         """Handle backend action
 
         @param action_data(dict): action dict as sent by launchAction or returned by an
@@ -1174,7 +1211,14 @@
         @param callback(None, callback): if not None, callback to use on XMLUI answer
         @param ui_show_cb(None, callback): if not None, method to call to show the XMLUI
         @param user_action(bool): if True, the action is a result of a user interaction
-            else the action come from backend direclty (i.e. actionNew)
+            else the action come from backend direclty (i.e. actionNew).
+            This is useful to know if the frontend can display a popup immediately (if
+            True) or if it should add it to a queue that the user can activate later.
+        @param progress_cb(None, callable): method to call when progression is finished.
+            Only make sense if a progress is expected in this action
+        @param progress_eb(None, callable): method to call when something went wrong
+            during progression.
+            Only make sense if a progress is expected in this action
         """
         try:
             xmlui = action_data.pop("xmlui")
@@ -1198,6 +1242,8 @@
         except KeyError:
             pass
         else:
+            if progress_cb or progress_eb:
+                self.registerProgressCbs(progress_id, progress_cb, progress_eb)
             self.progressIdHandler(progress_id, profile)
 
         # we ignore metadata