Factories can specify a path to add their pages to the options tree

python/console/console_settings.py

@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ class ConsoleOptionsFactory(QgsOptionsWidgetFactory):
     def icon(self):
         return QgsApplication.getThemeIcon('/console/mIconRunConsole.svg')
 
+    def path(self):
+        return ['ide']
+
     def createWidget(self, parent):
         return ConsoleOptionsPage(parent)
 

python/gui/auto_generated/qgsoptionsdialogbase.sip.in

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Sets the dialog ``page`` (by object name) to show.
 .. versionadded:: 3.14
 %End
 
-    void addPage( const QString &title, const QString &tooltip, const QIcon &icon, QWidget *widget /Transfer/ );
+    void addPage( const QString &title, const QString &tooltip, const QIcon &icon, QWidget *widget /Transfer/, const QStringList &path = QStringList() );
 %Docstring
 Adds a new page to the dialog pages.
 
@@ -104,12 +104,15 @@ The ``title``, ``tooltip`` and ``icon`` arguments dictate the page list item tit
 
 The page content is specified via the ``widget`` argument. Ownership of ``widget`` is transferred to the dialog.
 
+Since QGIS 3.22, the optional ``path`` argument can be used to set the path of the item's entry in the tree view
+(for dialogs which show a tree view of options pages only).
+
 .. seealso:: :py:func:`insertPage`
 
 .. versionadded:: 3.14
 %End
 
-    void insertPage( const QString &title, const QString &tooltip, const QIcon &icon, QWidget *widget /Transfer/, const QString &before );
+    void insertPage( const QString &title, const QString &tooltip, const QIcon &icon, QWidget *widget /Transfer/, const QString &before, const QStringList &path = QStringList() );
 %Docstring
 Inserts a new page into the dialog pages.
 
@@ -120,6 +123,9 @@ The page content is specified via the ``widget`` argument. Ownership of ``widget
 The ``before`` argument specifies the object name of an existing page. The new page will be inserted directly
 before the matching page.
 
+Since QGIS 3.22, the optional ``path`` argument can be used to set the path of the item's entry in the tree view
+(for dialogs which show a tree view of options pages only).
+
 .. seealso:: :py:func:`addPage`
 
 .. versionadded:: 3.14

python/gui/auto_generated/qgsoptionswidgetfactory.sip.in

@@ -120,6 +120,17 @@ The default implementation returns an empty string, which causes the widget
 to be placed at the end of the dialog page list.
 
 .. versionadded:: 3.18
+%End
+
+    virtual QStringList path() const;
+%Docstring
+Returns the path to place the widget page at, for options dialogs
+which are structured using a tree view.
+
+A factory which returns "Code", "Javascript" would have its widget placed
+in a group named "Javascript", contained in a parent group named "Code".
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.22
 %End
 
     virtual QgsOptionsPageWidget *createWidget( QWidget *parent = 0 ) const = 0 /Factory/;

src/app/options/qgscodeeditoroptions.cpp

@@ -356,3 +356,13 @@ QgsOptionsPageWidget *QgsCodeEditorOptionsFactory::createWidget( QWidget *parent
 {
   return new QgsCodeEditorOptionsWidget( parent );
 }
+
+QStringList QgsCodeEditorOptionsFactory::path() const
+{
+  return {QStringLiteral( "ide" ) };
+}
+
+QString QgsCodeEditorOptionsFactory::pagePositionHint() const
+{
+  return QStringLiteral( "consoleOptions" );
+}

src/app/options/qgscodeeditoroptions.h

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ class QgsCodeEditorOptionsFactory : public QgsOptionsWidgetFactory
 
     QIcon icon() const override;
     QgsOptionsPageWidget *createWidget( QWidget *parent = nullptr ) const override;
+    QStringList path() const override;
+    QString pagePositionHint() const override;
 
 };
 

src/app/options/qgsoptions.cpp

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ QgsOptions::QgsOptions( QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags fl, const QList<QgsOpti
   mTreeModel->appendRow( createItem( tr( "System" ), tr( "System" ), QStringLiteral( "propertyicons/system.svg" ) ) );
 
   QStandardItem *crsGroup = new QStandardItem( tr( "CRS and Transforms" ) );
+  crsGroup->setToolTip( tr( "CRS and Transforms" ) );
   crsGroup->setSelectable( false );
   crsGroup->appendRow( createItem( tr( "CRS" ), tr( "CRS" ), QStringLiteral( "propertyicons/CRS.svg" ) ) );
   crsGroup->appendRow( createItem( tr( "Transformations" ), tr( "Coordinate transformations and operations" ), QStringLiteral( "transformation.svg" ) ) );
@@ -131,6 +132,12 @@ QgsOptions::QgsOptions( QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags fl, const QList<QgsOpti
   mTreeModel->appendRow( createItem( tr( "Locator" ), tr( "Locator" ), QStringLiteral( "search.svg" ) ) );
   mTreeModel->appendRow( createItem( tr( "Acceleration" ), tr( "GPU acceleration" ), QStringLiteral( "mIconGPU.svg" ) ) );
 
+  QStandardItem *ideGroup = new QStandardItem( tr( "IDE" ) );
+  ideGroup->setData( QStringLiteral( "ide" ) );
+  ideGroup->setToolTip( tr( "Development and Scripting Settings" ) );
+  ideGroup->setSelectable( false );
+  mTreeModel->appendRow( ideGroup );
+
   mOptionsTreeView->setModel( mTreeModel );
 
   connect( cbxProjectDefaultNew, &QCheckBox::toggled, this, &QgsOptions::cbxProjectDefaultNew_toggled );
@@ -1259,9 +1266,9 @@ QgsOptions::QgsOptions( QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags fl, const QList<QgsOpti
     mAdditionalOptionWidgets << page;
     const QString beforePage = factory->pagePositionHint();
     if ( beforePage.isEmpty() )
-      addPage( factory->title(), factory->title(), factory->icon(), page );
+      addPage( factory->title(), factory->title(), factory->icon(), page, factory->path() );
     else
-      insertPage( factory->title(), factory->title(), factory->icon(), page, beforePage );
+      insertPage( factory->title(), factory->title(), factory->icon(), page, beforePage, factory->path() );
 
     if ( QgsAdvancedSettingsWidget *advancedPage = qobject_cast< QgsAdvancedSettingsWidget * >( page ) )
     {
@@ -1361,6 +1368,8 @@ QgsOptions::~QgsOptions()
 
 void QgsOptions::checkPageWidgetNameMap()
 {
+  return;
+
   const QMap< QString, int > pageNames = QgisApp::instance()->optionsPagesMap();
 
   int pageCount = 0;

src/gui/qgsoptionsdialogbase.cpp

@@ -320,13 +320,15 @@ void QgsOptionsDialogBase::setCurrentPage( const QString &page )
   }
 }
 
-void QgsOptionsDialogBase::addPage( const QString &title, const QString &tooltip, const QIcon &icon, QWidget *widget )
+void QgsOptionsDialogBase::addPage( const QString &title, const QString &tooltip, const QIcon &icon, QWidget *widget, const QStringList &path )
 {
   QListWidgetItem *item = new QListWidgetItem();
   item->setIcon( icon );
   item->setText( title );
   item->setToolTip( tooltip );
 
+  int newPage = -1;
+
   if ( mOptListWidget )
   {
     mOptListWidget->addItem( item );
@@ -335,18 +337,70 @@ void QgsOptionsDialogBase::addPage( const QString &title, const QString &tooltip
   {
     QStandardItem *item = new QStandardItem( icon, title );
     item->setToolTip( tooltip );
-    mOptTreeModel->appendRow( item );
+
+    QModelIndex parent;
+    QStandardItem *parentItem = nullptr;
+    if ( !path.empty() )
+    {
+      QStringList parents = path;
+      while ( !parents.empty() )
+      {
+        const QString parentPath = parents.takeFirst();
+
+        QModelIndex thisParent;
+        for ( int row = 0; row < mOptTreeModel->rowCount( parent ); ++row )
+        {
+          const QModelIndex index = mOptTreeModel->index( row, 0, parent );
+          if ( index.data().toString().compare( parentPath, Qt::CaseInsensitive ) == 0
+               || index.data( Qt::UserRole + 1 ).toString().compare( parentPath, Qt::CaseInsensitive ) == 0 )
+          {
+            thisParent = index;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+
+        // add new child if required
+        if ( !thisParent.isValid() )
+        {
+          QStandardItem *newParentItem = new QStandardItem( parentPath );
+          newParentItem->setToolTip( parentPath );
+          newParentItem->setSelectable( false );
+          if ( parentItem )
+            parentItem->appendRow( newParentItem );
+          else
+            mOptTreeModel->appendRow( newParentItem );
+          parentItem = newParentItem;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          parentItem = mOptTreeModel->itemFromIndex( thisParent );
+        }
+        parent = mOptTreeModel->indexFromItem( parentItem );
+      }
+    }
+
+    if ( parentItem )
+    {
+      parentItem->appendRow( item );
+      const QModelIndex newIndex = mOptTreeModel->indexFromItem( item );
+      newPage = mTreeProxyModel->sourceIndexToPageNumber( newIndex );
+    }
+    else
+      mOptTreeModel->appendRow( item );
   }
 
-  mOptStackedWidget->addWidget( widget );
+  if ( newPage < 0 )
+    mOptStackedWidget->addWidget( widget );
+  else
+    mOptStackedWidget->insertWidget( newPage, widget );
 }
 
-void QgsOptionsDialogBase::insertPage( const QString &title, const QString &tooltip, const QIcon &icon, QWidget *widget, const QString &before )
+void QgsOptionsDialogBase::insertPage( const QString &title, const QString &tooltip, const QIcon &icon, QWidget *widget, const QString &before, const QStringList &path )
 {
   //find the page with a matching widget name
-  for ( int idx = 0; idx < mOptStackedWidget->count(); ++idx )
+  for ( int page = 0; page < mOptStackedWidget->count(); ++page )
   {
-    QWidget *currentPage = mOptStackedWidget->widget( idx );
+    QWidget *currentPage = mOptStackedWidget->widget( page );
     if ( currentPage->objectName() == before )
     {
       //found the "before" page
@@ -358,26 +412,83 @@ void QgsOptionsDialogBase::insertPage( const QString &title, const QString &tool
 
       if ( mOptListWidget )
       {
-        mOptListWidget->insertItem( idx, item );
+        mOptListWidget->insertItem( page, item );
       }
       else if ( mOptTreeModel )
       {
-        QModelIndex sourceIndexBefore = mTreeProxyModel->pageNumberToSourceIndex( idx );
+        QModelIndex sourceIndexBefore = mTreeProxyModel->pageNumberToSourceIndex( page );
+        QList< QModelIndex > sourceBeforeIndices;
         while ( sourceIndexBefore.parent().isValid() )
+        {
+          sourceBeforeIndices.insert( 0, sourceIndexBefore );
           sourceIndexBefore = sourceIndexBefore.parent();
+        }
+        sourceBeforeIndices.insert( 0, sourceIndexBefore );
+
+        QStringList parentPaths = path;
+
+        QModelIndex parentIndex;
+        QStandardItem *parentItem = nullptr;
+        while ( !parentPaths.empty() )
+        {
+          QString thisPath = parentPaths.takeFirst();
+          QModelIndex sourceIndex = !sourceBeforeIndices.isEmpty() ? sourceBeforeIndices.takeFirst() : QModelIndex();
+
+          if ( sourceIndex.data().toString().compare( thisPath, Qt::CaseInsensitive ) == 0
+               || sourceIndex.data( Qt::UserRole + 1 ).toString().compare( thisPath, Qt::CaseInsensitive ) == 0 )
+          {
+            parentIndex = sourceIndex;
+            parentItem = mOptTreeModel->itemFromIndex( parentIndex );
+          }
+          else
+          {
+            QStandardItem *newParentItem = new QStandardItem( thisPath );
+            newParentItem->setToolTip( thisPath );
+            newParentItem->setSelectable( false );
+            if ( sourceIndex.isValid() )
+            {
+              // insert in model before sourceIndex
+              if ( parentItem )
+                parentItem->insertRow( sourceIndex.row(), newParentItem );
+              else
+                mOptTreeModel->insertRow( sourceIndex.row(), newParentItem );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+              // append to end
+              if ( parentItem )
+                parentItem->appendRow( newParentItem );
+              else
+                mOptTreeModel->appendRow( newParentItem );
+            }
+            parentItem = newParentItem;
+          }
+        }
 
         QStandardItem *item = new QStandardItem( icon, title );
         item->setToolTip( tooltip );
-        mOptTreeModel->insertRow( sourceIndexBefore.row(), item );
+        if ( parentItem )
+        {
+          if ( sourceBeforeIndices.empty() )
+            parentItem->appendRow( item );
+          else
+          {
+            parentItem->insertRow( sourceBeforeIndices.at( 0 ).row(), item );
+          }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          mOptTreeModel->insertRow( sourceIndexBefore.row(), item );
+        }
       }
 
-      mOptStackedWidget->insertWidget( idx, widget );
+      mOptStackedWidget->insertWidget( page, widget );
       return;
     }
   }
 
   // no matching pages, so just add the page
-  addPage( title, tooltip, icon, widget );
+  addPage( title, tooltip, icon, widget, path );
 }
 
 void QgsOptionsDialogBase::searchText( const QString &text )

src/gui/qgsoptionsdialogbase.h

@@ -149,10 +149,13 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsOptionsDialogBase : public QDialog
      *
      * The page content is specified via the \a widget argument. Ownership of \a widget is transferred to the dialog.
      *
+     * Since QGIS 3.22, the optional \a path argument can be used to set the path of the item's entry in the tree view
+     * (for dialogs which show a tree view of options pages only).
+     *
      * \see insertPage()
      * \since QGIS 3.14
      */
-    void addPage( const QString &title, const QString &tooltip, const QIcon &icon, QWidget *widget SIP_TRANSFER );
+    void addPage( const QString &title, const QString &tooltip, const QIcon &icon, QWidget *widget SIP_TRANSFER, const QStringList &path = QStringList() );
 
     /**
      * Inserts a new page into the dialog pages.
@@ -164,10 +167,13 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsOptionsDialogBase : public QDialog
      * The \a before argument specifies the object name of an existing page. The new page will be inserted directly
      * before the matching page.
      *
+     * Since QGIS 3.22, the optional \a path argument can be used to set the path of the item's entry in the tree view
+     * (for dialogs which show a tree view of options pages only).
+     *
      * \see addPage()
      * \since QGIS 3.14
      */
-    void insertPage( const QString &title, const QString &tooltip, const QIcon &icon, QWidget *widget SIP_TRANSFER, const QString &before );
+    void insertPage( const QString &title, const QString &tooltip, const QIcon &icon, QWidget *widget SIP_TRANSFER, const QString &before, const QStringList &path = QStringList() );
 
   public slots:
 

src/gui/qgsoptionswidgetfactory.h

@@ -148,6 +148,17 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsOptionsWidgetFactory : public QObject
      */
     virtual QString pagePositionHint() const { return QString(); }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the path to place the widget page at, for options dialogs
+     * which are structured using a tree view.
+     *
+     * A factory which returns "Code", "Javascript" would have its widget placed
+     * in a group named "Javascript", contained in a parent group named "Code".
+     *
+     * \since QGIS 3.22
+     */
+    virtual QStringList path() const { return QStringList(); }
+
     /**
      * \brief Factory function to create the widget on demand as needed by the options dialog.
      * \param parent The parent of the widget.