Gui: implement mechanism to set a custom icon name or tooltip of a preferences group

src/Gui/DlgPreferencesImp.cpp

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ const int DlgPreferencesImp::GroupNameRole = Qt::UserRole;
 /* TRANSLATOR Gui::Dialog::DlgPreferencesImp */
 
 std::list<DlgPreferencesImp::TGroupPages> DlgPreferencesImp::_pages;
+std::map<std::string, DlgPreferencesImp::Group> DlgPreferencesImp::_groupMap;
+
 DlgPreferencesImp* DlgPreferencesImp::_activeDialog = nullptr;
 
 /**
@@ -116,6 +118,10 @@ QTabWidget* DlgPreferencesImp::createTabForGroup(const std::string &groupName)
 {
     QString groupNameQString = QString::fromStdString(groupName);
 
+    std::string fileName = groupName;
+    QString tooltip;
+    getGroupData(groupName, fileName, tooltip);
+
     QTabWidget* tabWidget = new QTabWidget;
     ui->tabWidgetStack->addWidget(tabWidget);
     tabWidget->setProperty("GroupName", QVariant(groupNameQString));
@@ -123,15 +129,8 @@ QTabWidget* DlgPreferencesImp::createTabForGroup(const std::string &groupName)
     QListWidgetItem* item = new QListWidgetItem(ui->listBox);
     item->setData(GroupNameRole, QVariant(groupNameQString));
     item->setText(QObject::tr(groupNameQString.toLatin1()));
-    // for Part/PD we need another tooltip since this group is for 2 WBs
-    if (groupName.compare("Part/Part Design") == 0)
-        item->setToolTip(QObject::tr(QString::fromStdString("Part and Part Design workbench").toLatin1()));
-    else
-        item->setToolTip(QObject::tr(groupNameQString.toLatin1()));
-    std::string fileName = groupName;
-    // for Part/PD the filename cannot be groupName since this group is for 2 WBs
-    if (groupName.compare("Part/Part Design") == 0)
-        fileName = "Part design";
+    item->setToolTip(tooltip);
+
     for (auto &ch : fileName) {
         if (ch == ' ')
             ch = '_';
@@ -238,6 +237,36 @@ void DlgPreferencesImp::removePage(const std::string& className, const std::stri
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Sets a custom icon name or tool tip for a given group.
+ */
+void DlgPreferencesImp::setGroupData(const std::string& name, const std::string& icon, const QString& tip)
+{
+    Group group;
+    group.iconName = icon;
+    group.tooltip = tip;
+    _groupMap[name] = group;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Gets the icon name or tool tip for a given group. If no custom name or tool tip is given
+ * they are determined from the group name.
+ */
+void DlgPreferencesImp::getGroupData(const std::string& group, std::string& icon, QString& tip)
+{
+    auto it = _groupMap.find(group);
+    if (it != _groupMap.end()) {
+        icon = it->second.iconName;
+        tip = it->second.tooltip;
+    }
+
+    if (icon.empty())
+        icon = group;
+
+    if (tip.isEmpty())
+        tip = QObject::tr(group.c_str());
+}
+
 /**
  * Activates the page at position \a index of the group with name \a group.
  */

src/Gui/DlgPreferencesImp.h

@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ class GuiExport DlgPreferencesImp : public QDialog
 public:
     static void addPage(const std::string& className, const std::string& group);
     static void removePage(const std::string& className, const std::string& group);
+    static void setGroupData(const std::string& group, const std::string& icon, const QString& tip);
+    static void getGroupData(const std::string& group, std::string& icon, QString& tip);
     static void reloadSettings();
 
     DlgPreferencesImp(QWidget* parent = nullptr, Qt::WindowFlags fl = Qt::WindowFlags());
@@ -148,6 +150,11 @@ private:
 private:
     typedef std::pair<std::string, std::list<std::string>> TGroupPages;
     static std::list<TGroupPages> _pages; /**< Name of all registered preference pages */
+    struct Group {
+        std::string iconName;
+        QString tooltip;
+    };
+    static std::map<std::string, Group> _groupMap;
     std::unique_ptr<Ui_DlgPreferences> ui;
     bool invalidParameter;
     bool canEmbedScrollArea;

src/Mod/Part/Gui/AppPartGui.cpp

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <Base/PyObjectBase.h>
 #include <Gui/Application.h>
 #include <Gui/BitmapFactory.h>
+#include <Gui/DlgPreferencesImp.h>
 #include <Gui/WidgetFactory.h>
 #include <Gui/Language/Translator.h>
 
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ PyMOD_INIT_FUNC(PartGui)
     }
 
     // register preferences pages
+    Gui::Dialog::DlgPreferencesImp::setGroupData("Part/Part Design", "Part design", QObject::tr("Part and Part Design workbench"));
     (void)new Gui::PrefPageProducer<PartGui::DlgSettingsGeneral>(QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("QObject", "Part/Part Design"));
     (void)new Gui::PrefPageProducer<PartGui::DlgSettings3DViewPart>(QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("QObject", "Part/Part Design"));
     (void)new Gui::PrefPageProducer<PartGui::DlgSettingsObjectColor>(QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("QObject", "Part/Part Design"));