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From: sebastjanartic <45803536-sebastjanartic@users.noreply.replit.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:33:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent news and breaking news widgets from appearing
 together

Modify the widget shuffling logic to ensure that the 'news' and 'breaking' widgets are never placed in the same row by repeatedly shuffling until the condition is met.

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---
 client/src/pages/home.tsx | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/src/pages/home.tsx b/client/src/pages/home.tsx
index af5f705..acca898 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/home.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/home.tsx
@@ -458,9 +458,20 @@ export default function Home() {
       { id: "breaking", el: <div key="breaking" className="flex flex-col gap-4"><BreakingNewsWidget /></div> },
       { id: "gallery2", el: <PhotoGalleryWidget key="gallery2" reverseOrder={true} /> },
     ];
-    for (let i = w.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
-      const j = Math.floor(Math.random() * (i + 1));
-      [w[i], w[j]] = [w[j], w[i]];
+    let valid = false;
+    while (!valid) {
+      for (let i = w.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
+        const j = Math.floor(Math.random() * (i + 1));
+        [w[i], w[j]] = [w[j], w[i]];
+      }
+      valid = true;
+      for (let i = 0; i < w.length - 1; i += 2) {
+        const pair = [w[i].id, w[i + 1]?.id];
+        if (pair.includes("news") && pair.includes("breaking")) {
+          valid = false;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
     }
     return w;
   }, []);