make flashing independent from panning/zooming in attribte table in attribute editor mode (#29955)

python/gui/auto_generated/attributetable/qgsdualview.sip.in

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ and the attributes for the currently selected feature are shown in a form.
     enum FeatureListBrowsingAction
     {
       NoAction,
-      FlashFeature,
       PanToFeature,
       ZoomToFeature,
     };

src/gui/attributetable/qgsdualview.cpp

@@ -83,14 +83,15 @@ QgsDualView::QgsDualView( QWidget *parent )
 
   QButtonGroup *buttonGroup = new QButtonGroup( this );
   buttonGroup->setExclusive( false );
-  buttonGroup->addButton( mFlashButton, FlashFeature );
   buttonGroup->addButton( mAutoPanButton, PanToFeature );
   buttonGroup->addButton( mAutoZoomButton, ZoomToFeature );
-  FeatureListBrowsingAction action = QgsSettings().enumValue( QStringLiteral( "/qgis/attributeTable/featureListBrowsingAction" ), FlashFeature );
+  FeatureListBrowsingAction action = QgsSettings().enumValue( QStringLiteral( "/qgis/attributeTable/featureListBrowsingAction" ), NoAction );
   QAbstractButton *bt = buttonGroup->button( static_cast<int>( action ) );
   if ( bt )
     bt->setChecked( true );
   connect( buttonGroup, qgis::overload< QAbstractButton *, bool >::of( &QButtonGroup::buttonToggled ), this, &QgsDualView::panZoomGroupButtonToggled );
+  mFlashButton->setChecked( QgsSettings().value( QStringLiteral( "/qgis/attributeTable/featureListHighlightFeature" ), true ).toBool() );
+  connect( mFlashButton, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &QgsDualView::flashButtonClicked );
 }
 
 void QgsDualView::init( QgsVectorLayer *layer, QgsMapCanvas *mapCanvas, const QgsFeatureRequest &request,
@@ -452,15 +453,14 @@ void QgsDualView::panOrZoomToFeature( const QgsFeatureIds &featureset )
       QTimer::singleShot( 0, this, [ = ]()
     {
       canvas->panToFeatureIds( mLayer, featureset, false );
-      canvas->flashFeatureIds( mLayer, featureset );
     } );
     else if ( mAutoZoomButton->isChecked() )
       QTimer::singleShot( 0, this, [ = ]()
     {
       canvas->zoomToFeatureIds( mLayer, featureset );
-      canvas->flashFeatureIds( mLayer, featureset );
     } );
-    else if ( mFlashButton->isChecked() )
+
+    if ( mFlashButton->isChecked() )
       QTimer::singleShot( 0, this, [ = ]()
     {
       canvas->flashFeatureIds( mLayer, featureset );
@@ -474,19 +474,11 @@ void QgsDualView::panZoomGroupButtonToggled( QAbstractButton *button, bool check
   {
     QgsSettings().setEnumValue( QStringLiteral( "/qgis/attributeTable/featureListBrowsingAction" ), PanToFeature );
     mAutoZoomButton->setChecked( false );
-    mFlashButton->setChecked( false );
   }
   else if ( button == mAutoZoomButton && checked )
   {
     QgsSettings().setEnumValue( QStringLiteral( "/qgis/attributeTable/featureListBrowsingAction" ), ZoomToFeature );
     mAutoPanButton->setChecked( false );
-    mFlashButton->setChecked( false );
-  }
-  else if ( button == mFlashButton && checked )
-  {
-    QgsSettings().setEnumValue( QStringLiteral( "/qgis/attributeTable/featureListBrowsingAction" ), FlashFeature );
-    mAutoZoomButton->setChecked( false );
-    mAutoPanButton->setChecked( false );
   }
   else
   {
@@ -497,6 +489,18 @@ void QgsDualView::panZoomGroupButtonToggled( QAbstractButton *button, bool check
     panOrZoomToFeature( mFeatureListView->currentEditSelection() );
 }
 
+void QgsDualView::flashButtonClicked( bool clicked )
+{
+  QgsSettings().setValue( QStringLiteral( "/qgis/attributeTable/featureListHighlightFeature" ), clicked );
+  if ( !clicked )
+    return;
+
+  QgsMapCanvas *canvas = mFilterModel->mapCanvas();
+
+  if ( canvas )
+    canvas->flashFeatureIds( mLayer, mFeatureListView->currentEditSelection() );
+}
+
 void QgsDualView::featureListAboutToChangeEditSelection( bool &ok )
 {
   if ( mLayer->isEditable() && !mAttributeForm->save() )
@@ -517,6 +521,7 @@ void QgsDualView::featureListCurrentEditSelectionChanged( const QgsFeature &feat
     setCurrentEditSelection( featureset );
 
     panOrZoomToFeature( featureset );
+
   }
   else
   {

src/gui/attributetable/qgsdualview.h

@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsDualView : public QStackedWidget, private Ui::QgsDualViewBas
     enum FeatureListBrowsingAction
     {
       NoAction = 0, //!< No action is done
-      FlashFeature, //!< The feature is highlighted with a flash
       PanToFeature, //!< The map is panned to the center of the feature bounding-box
       ZoomToFeature, //!< The map is zoomed to contained the feature bounding-box
     };
@@ -372,6 +371,8 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsDualView : public QStackedWidget, private Ui::QgsDualViewBas
 
     void panZoomGroupButtonToggled( QAbstractButton *button, bool checked );
 
+    void flashButtonClicked( bool clicked );
+
   private:
 
     /**

src/ui/qgsdualviewbase.ui

@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@
            </sizepolicy>
           </property>
           <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+           <property name="spacing">
+            <number>1</number>
+           </property>
            <property name="leftMargin">
             <number>0</number>
            </property>
@@ -144,9 +147,6 @@
            <property name="bottomMargin">
             <number>0</number>
            </property>
-           <property name="spacing">
-            <number>1</number>
-           </property>
            <item>
             <widget class="QToolButton" name="mFirstFeatureButton">
              <property name="maximumSize">
@@ -278,6 +278,19 @@
              </property>
             </widget>
            </item>
+           <item>
+            <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_2">
+             <property name="orientation">
+              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+             </property>
+             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+              <size>
+               <width>20</width>
+               <height>20</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+            </spacer>
+           </item>
            <item>
             <widget class="QToolButton" name="mAutoPanButton">
              <property name="toolTip">