From b17d4741482edb32079c4c28cecc8e43c3e057b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Dibiasi <10942109+ddibiasi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:23:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed forced project view

---
 pkg/gui/containers_panel.go | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/gui/containers_panel.go b/pkg/gui/containers_panel.go
index cf4b082c..5410502d 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/containers_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/containers_panel.go
@@ -83,21 +83,27 @@ func (gui *Gui) getContainersPanel() *panels.SideListPanel[*commands.Container]
 			return sortContainers(a, b, gui.Config.UserConfig.Gui.LegacySortContainers)
 		},
 		Filter: func(container *commands.Container) bool {
-			// Note that this is O(N*M) time complexity where N is the number of services
-			// and M is the number of containers. We expect N to be small but M may be large,
-			// so we will need to keep an eye on this.
-			if !gui.Config.UserConfig.Gui.ShowAllContainers && !isStandaloneContainer(container) {
-				return false
-			}
-
 			if !gui.State.ShowExitedContainers && container.Container.State == "exited" {
 				return false
 			}
 
-			// Only apply project filtering when we are inside a docker-compose
-			// project. Outside of a compose project all containers are shown in
-			// a flat list regardless of which compose project they belong to.
+			// Only apply project and standalone filtering when we are inside a
+			// docker-compose project. Outside of a compose project all
+			// containers are shown in a flat list regardless of which compose
+			// project they belong to.
 			if gui.DockerCommand.InDockerComposeProject {
+				// This check must be inside the InDockerComposeProject guard:
+				// outside a compose project, services are still derived from
+				// container labels, so compose-managed containers from other
+				// projects would be incorrectly hidden.
+				//
+				// Note that this is O(N*M) time complexity where N is the number of services
+				// and M is the number of containers. We expect N to be small but M may be large,
+				// so we will need to keep an eye on this.
+				if !gui.Config.UserConfig.Gui.ShowAllContainers && !isStandaloneContainer(container) {
+					return false
+				}
+
 				// Filter by selected project. Containers with no project (truly
 				// standalone, not from any compose project) are always shown.
 				selectedProject := gui.getSelectedProjectName()