Scroll to newly added feature in the attribute table view

Refs #37847

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

@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ Returns the selected features in the attribute table in table sorted order.
 %End
 
 
+    void scrollToFeature( const QgsFeatureId &fid, int column = -1 );
+%Docstring
+Scroll to a feature with a given ``fid``.
+
+Optionally a ``column`` can be specified, which will also bring that column into view.
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.16
+%End
+
+
   protected:
 
     virtual void mousePressEvent( QMouseEvent *event );

src/app/qgsattributetabledialog.cpp

@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ void QgsAttributeTableDialog::mActionAddFeatureViaAttributeTable_triggered()
   {
     masterModel->reload( masterModel->index( 0, 0 ), masterModel->index( masterModel->rowCount() - 1, masterModel->columnCount() - 1 ) );
     mMainView->setCurrentEditSelection( QgsFeatureIds() << action.feature().id() );
+    mMainView->tableView()->scrollToFeature( action.feature().id(), 0 );
   }
 }
 
@@ -648,6 +649,7 @@ void QgsAttributeTableDialog::mActionAddFeatureViaAttributeForm_triggered()
   {
     masterModel->reload( masterModel->index( 0, 0 ), masterModel->index( masterModel->rowCount() - 1, masterModel->columnCount() - 1 ) );
     mMainView->setCurrentEditSelection( QgsFeatureIds() << action.feature().id() );
+    mMainView->tableView()->scrollToFeature( action.feature().id(), 0 );
   }
 }
 

src/gui/attributetable/qgsattributetableview.cpp

@@ -497,3 +497,20 @@ void QgsAttributeTableView::recreateActionWidgets()
   }
   mActionWidgets.clear();
 }
+
+void QgsAttributeTableView::scrollToFeature( const QgsFeatureId &fid, int col )
+{
+  QModelIndex index = mFilterModel->fidToIndex( fid );
+
+  if ( !index.isValid() )
+    return;
+
+  scrollTo( index );
+
+  QModelIndex selectionIndex = index.sibling( index.row(), col );
+
+  if ( !selectionIndex.isValid() )
+    return;
+
+  selectionModel()->setCurrentIndex( index, QItemSelectionModel::SelectCurrent );
+}

src/gui/attributetable/qgsattributetableview.h

@@ -89,6 +89,16 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsAttributeTableView : public QTableView
     QList<QgsFeatureId> selectedFeaturesIds() const;
 
 
+    /**
+     * Scroll to a feature with a given \a fid.
+
+      Optionally a \a column can be specified, which will also bring that column into view.
+
+     * \since QGIS 3.16
+     */
+    void scrollToFeature( const QgsFeatureId &fid, int column = -1 );
+
+
   protected:
 
     /**