GUI: resolved issue #358 (feature requests for search in the SearchListView), added a menu item that makes the search bar flicker with a red border three times

x64_dbg_gui/Project/Src/BasicView/SearchListView.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "SearchListView.h"
 #include "ui_SearchListView.h"
+#include "FlickerThread.h"
 
 SearchListView::SearchListView(QWidget* parent) :
     QWidget(parent),
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ SearchListView::SearchListView(QWidget* parent) :
     for(int i = 0; i < ui->mainSplitter->count(); i++)
         ui->mainSplitter->handle(i)->setEnabled(false);
 
+    // Setup search menu action
+    mSearchAction = new QAction("Search...", this);
+    connect(mSearchAction, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(searchSlot()));
+
     // Setup signals
     connect(mList, SIGNAL(keyPressedSignal(QKeyEvent*)), this, SLOT(listKeyPressed(QKeyEvent*)));
     connect(mList, SIGNAL(contextMenuSignal(QPoint)), this, SLOT(listContextMenu(QPoint)));
@@ -172,13 +177,12 @@ void SearchListView::listContextMenu(const QPoint & pos)
 {
     QMenu* wMenu = new QMenu(this);
     emit listContextMenuSignal(wMenu);
+    wMenu->addSeparator();
+    wMenu->addAction(mSearchAction);
     QMenu wCopyMenu("&Copy", this);
     mCurList->setupCopyMenu(&wCopyMenu);
     if(wCopyMenu.actions().length())
-    {
-        wMenu->addSeparator();
         wMenu->addMenu(&wCopyMenu);
-    }
     wMenu->exec(mCurList->mapToGlobal(pos));
 }
 
@@ -192,3 +196,10 @@ void SearchListView::on_checkBoxRegex_toggled(bool checked)
     Q_UNUSED(checked);
     searchTextChanged(ui->searchBox->text());
 }
+
+void SearchListView::searchSlot()
+{
+    FlickerThread* thread = new FlickerThread(ui->searchBox, this);
+    connect(thread, SIGNAL(setStyleSheet(QString)), ui->searchBox, SLOT(setStyleSheet(QString)));
+    thread->start();
+}

x64_dbg_gui/Project/Src/BasicView/SearchListView.h

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ private slots:
     void listKeyPressed(QKeyEvent* event);
     void listContextMenu(const QPoint & pos);
     void doubleClickedSlot();
+    void searchSlot();
     void on_checkBoxRegex_toggled(bool checked);
 
 signals:
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ private:
     Ui::SearchListView* ui;
     QVBoxLayout* mListLayout;
     QWidget* mListPlaceHolder;
-
+    QAction* mSearchAction;
 };
 
 #endif // SEARCHLISTVIEW_H

x64_dbg_gui/Project/Src/BasicView/SearchListView.ui

@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
-      <widget class="QLineEdit" name="searchBox"/>
+      <widget class="QLineEdit" name="searchBox">
+       <property name="placeholderText">
+        <string>Type here to filter results...</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBoxRegex">

x64_dbg_gui/Project/Src/Utils/FlickerThread.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#include "FlickerThread.h"
+#include <QStyle>
+#include <Windows.h>
+
+FlickerThread::FlickerThread(QWidget* widget, QObject* parent) : QThread(parent)
+{
+    mWidget = widget;
+}
+
+void FlickerThread::run()
+{
+    QString oldStyle = mWidget->styleSheet();
+    int delay = 300;
+    for(int i = 0; i < 3 ; i++)
+    {
+        emit setStyleSheet("QWidget { border: 2px solid red; }");
+        Sleep(delay);
+        emit setStyleSheet(oldStyle);
+        Sleep(delay);
+    }
+}

x64_dbg_gui/Project/Src/Utils/FlickerThread.h

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#ifndef FLICKERTHREAD_H
+#define FLICKERTHREAD_H
+
+#include <QThread>
+#include <QWidget>
+
+class FlickerThread : public QThread
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    explicit FlickerThread(QWidget* widget, QObject* parent = 0);
+
+signals:
+    void setStyleSheet(QString style);
+
+private:
+    void run();
+    QWidget* mWidget;
+};
+
+#endif // FLICKERTHREAD_H

x64_dbg_gui/Project/x64_dbg.pro

@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ SOURCES += \
     Src/Gui/SourceView.cpp \
     Src/Utils/ValidateExpressionThread.cpp \
     Src/Utils/MainWindowCloseThread.cpp \
-    Src/Gui/TimeWastedCounter.cpp
+    Src/Gui/TimeWastedCounter.cpp \
+    Src/Utils/FlickerThread.cpp
 
 
 HEADERS += \
@@ -166,7 +167,8 @@ HEADERS += \
     Src/Utils/StringUtil.h \
     Src/Utils/ValidateExpressionThread.h \
     Src/Utils/MainWindowCloseThread.h \
-    Src/Gui/TimeWastedCounter.h
+    Src/Gui/TimeWastedCounter.h \
+    Src/Utils/FlickerThread.h
 
 
 INCLUDEPATH += \