Tweak behavior of new shapefile/gpkg browser actions

python/gui/auto_generated/qgsdataitemguiprovider.sip.in

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Encapsulates the context in which a QgsDataItem is shown within the application
 Constructor for QgsDataItemGuiContext.
 %End
 
-    QgsMessageBar *messageBar();
+    QgsMessageBar *messageBar() const;
 %Docstring
 Returns the associated message bar.
 

python/gui/auto_generated/qgsnewgeopackagelayerdialog.sip.in

@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ Sets the ``behavior`` to use when a path to an existing geopackage file is used.
 The default behavior is to prompt the user for an action to take.
 
 .. versionadded:: 3.0
+%End
+
+    void setAddToProject( bool addToProject );
+%Docstring
+Sets whether a newly created layer should automatically be added to the current project.
+Defaults to true.
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.6
 %End
 
 };

src/app/browser/qgsinbuiltdataitemproviders.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "qgsgui.h"
 #include "qgsnative.h"
 #include "qgisapp.h"
+#include "qgsmessagebar.h"
 #include "qgsnewnamedialog.h"
 #include "qgsbrowsermodel.h"
 #include "qgsbrowserdockwidget_p.h"
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "qgsrasterlayer.h"
 #include "qgsnewvectorlayerdialog.h"
 #include "qgsnewgeopackagelayerdialog.h"
+#include "qgsfileutils.h"
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QInputDialog>
 #include <QMessageBox>
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ QString QgsAppDirectoryItemGuiProvider::name()
   return QStringLiteral( "directory_items" );
 }
 
-void QgsAppDirectoryItemGuiProvider::populateContextMenu( QgsDataItem *item, QMenu *menu, const QList<QgsDataItem *> &, QgsDataItemGuiContext )
+void QgsAppDirectoryItemGuiProvider::populateContextMenu( QgsDataItem *item, QMenu *menu, const QList<QgsDataItem *> &, QgsDataItemGuiContext context )
 {
   if ( item->type() != QgsDataItem::Directory )
     return;
@@ -84,8 +86,15 @@ void QgsAppDirectoryItemGuiProvider::populateContextMenu( QgsDataItem *item, QMe
     QDir dir( directoryItem->dirPath() );
     dialog.setDatabasePath( dir.filePath( QStringLiteral( "new_geopackage" ) ) );
     dialog.setCrs( QgsProject::instance()->defaultCrsForNewLayers() );
+    dialog.setAddToProject( false );
     if ( dialog.exec() )
+    {
+      QString file = dialog.databasePath();
+      file = QgsFileUtils::ensureFileNameHasExtension( file, QStringList() << QStringLiteral( "gpkg" ) );
+      context.messageBar()->pushSuccess( tr( "New GeoPackage" ), tr( "Created <a href=\"%1\">%2</a>" ).arg(
+                                           QUrl::fromLocalFile( file ).toString(), QDir::toNativeSeparators( file ) ) );
       item->refresh();
+    }
   } );
   newMenu->addAction( createGpkg );
 
@@ -97,7 +106,11 @@ void QgsAppDirectoryItemGuiProvider::populateContextMenu( QgsDataItem *item, QMe
     QDir dir( directoryItem->dirPath() );
     const QString newFile = QgsNewVectorLayerDialog::runAndCreateLayer( QgisApp::instance(), &enc, QgsProject::instance()->defaultCrsForNewLayers(), dir.filePath( QStringLiteral( "new_layer.shp" ) ) );
     if ( !newFile.isEmpty() )
+    {
+      context.messageBar()->pushSuccess( tr( "New ShapeFile" ), tr( "Created <a href=\"%1\">%2</a>" ).arg(
+                                           QUrl::fromLocalFile( newFile ).toString(), QDir::toNativeSeparators( newFile ) ) );
       item->refresh();
+    }
   } );
   newMenu->addAction( createShp );
 

src/gui/qgsdataitemguiprovider.cpp

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 // QgsDataItemGuiContext
 //
 
-QgsMessageBar *QgsDataItemGuiContext::messageBar()
+QgsMessageBar *QgsDataItemGuiContext::messageBar() const
 {
   return mMessageBar;
 }

src/gui/qgsdataitemguiprovider.h

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsDataItemGuiContext
      *
      * \see setMessageBar()
      */
-    QgsMessageBar *messageBar();
+    QgsMessageBar *messageBar() const;
 
     /**
      * Sets the associated message \a bar.

src/gui/qgsnewgeopackagelayerdialog.cpp

@@ -483,22 +483,28 @@ bool QgsNewGeoPackageLayerDialog::apply()
 
   QString uri( QStringLiteral( "%1|layername=%2" ).arg( fileName, tableName ) );
   QString userVisiblelayerName( layerIdentifier.isEmpty() ? tableName : layerIdentifier );
-  QgsVectorLayer *layer = new QgsVectorLayer( uri, userVisiblelayerName, QStringLiteral( "ogr" ) );
+  std::unique_ptr< QgsVectorLayer > layer = qgis::make_unique< QgsVectorLayer >( uri, userVisiblelayerName, QStringLiteral( "ogr" ) );
   if ( layer->isValid() )
+  {
+    if ( mAddToProject )
     {
       // register this layer with the central layers registry
       QList<QgsMapLayer *> myList;
-    myList << layer;
+      myList << layer.release();
       //addMapLayers returns a list of all successfully added layers
       //so we compare that to our original list.
       if ( myList == QgsProject::instance()->addMapLayers( myList ) )
         return true;
     }
     else
+    {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  else
   {
     if ( !property( "hideDialogs" ).toBool() )
       QMessageBox::critical( this, tr( "New GeoPackage Layer" ), tr( "%1 is an invalid layer and cannot be loaded." ).arg( tableName ) );
-    delete layer;
   }
 
   return false;
@@ -509,6 +515,11 @@ void QgsNewGeoPackageLayerDialog::setOverwriteBehavior( OverwriteBehavior behavi
   mBehavior = behavior;
 }
 
+void QgsNewGeoPackageLayerDialog::setAddToProject( bool addToProject )
+{
+  mAddToProject = addToProject;
+}
+
 void QgsNewGeoPackageLayerDialog::showHelp()
 {
   QgsHelp::openHelp( QStringLiteral( "managing_data_source/create_layers.html#creating-a-new-geopackage-layer" ) );

src/gui/qgsnewgeopackagelayerdialog.h

@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsNewGeoPackageLayerDialog: public QDialog, private Ui::QgsNew
      */
     void setOverwriteBehavior( OverwriteBehavior behavior );
 
+    /**
+     * Sets whether a newly created layer should automatically be added to the current project.
+     * Defaults to true.
+     *
+     * \since QGIS 3.6
+     */
+    void setAddToProject( bool addToProject );
+
   private slots:
     void mAddAttributeButton_clicked();
     void mRemoveAttributeButton_clicked();
@@ -100,6 +108,7 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsNewGeoPackageLayerDialog: public QDialog, private Ui::QgsNew
     bool mTableNameEdited = false;
     bool mLayerIdentifierEdited = false;
     OverwriteBehavior mBehavior = Prompt;
+    bool mAddToProject = true;
 };
 
 #endif // QGSNEWVECTORLAYERDIALOG_H