[bugfix] Prevent expansion of WMS connection layers when restoring the browser

This was causing unwanted connections to WMS when QGIS starts.

python/core/qgsdataitem.sip

@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ Create new data item.
       NoCapabilities,
       SetCrs,
       Fertile,
-      Fast
+      Fast,
+      Collapse
     };
     typedef QFlags<QgsDataItem::Capability> Capabilities;
 

python/gui/qgsbrowsertreeview.sip

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ class QgsBrowserTreeView : QTreeView
     QgsBrowserTreeView( QWidget *parent /TransferThis/ = 0 );
 
     virtual void setModel( QAbstractItemModel *model );
+    void setBrowserModel( QgsBrowserModel *model );
+    QgsBrowserModel *browserModel( );
+%Docstring
+ :rtype: QgsBrowserModel
+%End
     virtual void showEvent( QShowEvent *e );
     virtual void hideEvent( QHideEvent *e );
 

src/core/qgsdataitem.h

@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsDataItem : public QObject
       NoCapabilities    = 0,
       SetCrs            = 1 << 0, //!< Can set CRS on layer or group of layers
       Fertile           = 1 << 1, //!< Can create children. Even items without this capability may have children, but cannot create them, it means that children are created by item ancestors.
-      Fast           = 1 << 2  //!< CreateChildren() is fast enough to be run in main thread when refreshing items, most root items (wms,wfs,wcs,postgres...) are considered fast because they are reading data only from QgsSettings
+      Fast              = 1 << 2, //!< CreateChildren() is fast enough to be run in main thread when refreshing items, most root items (wms,wfs,wcs,postgres...) are considered fast because they are reading data only from QgsSettings
+      Collapse          = 1 << 3  //!< The collapse/expand status for this items children should be ignored in order to avoid undesired network connections (wms etc.)
     };
     Q_DECLARE_FLAGS( Capabilities, Capability )
 

src/gui/qgsbrowserdockwidget.cpp

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ void QgsBrowserDockWidget::showEvent( QShowEvent *e )
     mProxyModel = new QgsBrowserTreeFilterProxyModel( this );
     mProxyModel->setBrowserModel( mModel );
     mBrowserView->setSettingsSection( objectName().toLower() ); // to distinguish 2 instances ow browser
+    mBrowserView->setBrowserModel( mModel );
     mBrowserView->setModel( mProxyModel );
     // provide a horizontal scroll bar instead of using ellipse (...) for longer items
     mBrowserView->setTextElideMode( Qt::ElideNone );

src/gui/qgsbrowserdockwidget_p.h

@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ class QgsBrowserTreeFilterProxyModel : public QSortFilterProxyModel
     explicit QgsBrowserTreeFilterProxyModel( QObject *parent );
     //! Set the browser model
     void setBrowserModel( QgsBrowserModel *model );
+    //! Get the browser model
+    QgsBrowserModel *browserModel( ) { return mModel; }
     //! Set the filter syntax
     void setFilterSyntax( const QString &syntax );
     //! Set the filter

src/gui/qgsbrowsertreeview.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 QgsBrowserTreeView::QgsBrowserTreeView( QWidget *parent )
   : QTreeView( parent )
   , mSettingsSection( QStringLiteral( "browser" ) )
+  , mBrowserModel( nullptr )
 {
 }
 
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ void QgsBrowserTreeView::setModel( QAbstractItemModel *model )
   restoreState();
 }
 
+void QgsBrowserTreeView::setBrowserModel( QgsBrowserModel *model )
+{
+  mBrowserModel = model;
+}
+
 void QgsBrowserTreeView::showEvent( QShowEvent *e )
 {
   Q_UNUSED( e );
@@ -72,7 +78,24 @@ void QgsBrowserTreeView::restoreState()
     {
       QModelIndex expandIndex = QgsBrowserModel::findPath( model(), path, Qt::MatchStartsWith );
       if ( expandIndex.isValid() )
+      {
+        QModelIndex modelIndex = browserModel()->findPath( path, Qt::MatchExactly );
+        if ( modelIndex.isValid() )
+        {
+          QgsDataItem *ptr = browserModel()->dataItem( modelIndex );
+          if ( ptr && ( ptr->capabilities2() & QgsDataItem::Capability::Collapse ) )
+          {
+            QgsDebugMsgLevel( "do not expand index for path " + path, 4 );
+            QModelIndex parentIndex = model()->parent( expandIndex );
+            if ( parentIndex.isValid() )
+              expandIndexSet.insert( parentIndex );
+          }
+          else
+          {
             expandIndexSet.insert( expandIndex );
+          }
+        }
+      }
       else
       {
         QgsDebugMsgLevel( "index for path " + path + " not found", 4 );

src/gui/qgsbrowsertreeview.h

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include "qgis.h"
 #include "qgis_gui.h"
 
-//class QgsBrowserModel;
+class QgsBrowserModel;
 
 /** \ingroup gui
  * The QgsBrowserTreeView class extends QTreeView with save/restore tree state functionality.
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsBrowserTreeView : public QTreeView
     QgsBrowserTreeView( QWidget *parent SIP_TRANSFERTHIS = 0 );
 
     virtual void setModel( QAbstractItemModel *model ) override;
+    void setBrowserModel( QgsBrowserModel *model );
+    QgsBrowserModel *browserModel( ) { return mBrowserModel; }
     virtual void showEvent( QShowEvent *e ) override;
     virtual void hideEvent( QHideEvent *e ) override;
 
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsBrowserTreeView : public QTreeView
 
     // returns true if expanded from root to item
     bool treeExpanded( const QModelIndex &index );
+    QgsBrowserModel *mBrowserModel;
 };
 
 #endif // QGSBROWSERTREEVIEW_H

src/providers/wms/qgswmsdataitems.cpp

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ QgsWMSConnectionItem::QgsWMSConnectionItem( QgsDataItem *parent, QString name, Q
   , mCapabilitiesDownload( nullptr )
 {
   mIconName = QStringLiteral( "mIconConnect.png" );
+  mCapabilities |= Collapse;
   mCapabilitiesDownload = new QgsWmsCapabilitiesDownload( false );
 }