add highlight when actor reference is single clicked

Source/Editor/CustomEditors/Editors/FlaxObjectRefEditor.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using FlaxEditor.CustomEditors.Elements;
 using FlaxEditor.GUI;
 using FlaxEditor.GUI.Drag;
 using FlaxEditor.SceneGraph;
+using FlaxEditor.SceneGraph.GUI;
 using FlaxEditor.Scripting;
 using FlaxEngine;
 using FlaxEngine.GUI;
@@ -300,7 +301,30 @@ namespace FlaxEditor.CustomEditors.Editors
 
             // Picker dropdown menu
             if (_supportsPickDropDown && (isSelected ? button2Rect : button1Rect).Contains(ref location))
+            {
                 ShowDropDownMenu();
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (button == MouseButton.Left)
+            {
+
+                _isMouseDown = false;
+
+                if (Value is Actor a && !_hasValidDragOver)
+                {
+                    ActorTreeNode treeNode = Editor.Instance.Scene.GetActorNode(a).TreeNode;
+                    treeNode.ExpandAllParents();
+                    Editor.Instance.Windows.SceneWin.SceneTreePanel.ScrollViewTo(treeNode, true);
+                    treeNode.StartHighlight();
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                if (Value is Script s && !IsDragOver && !_hasValidDragOver)
+                {
+                    // TODO: Highlight scripts when Value is a script
+                }
+            }
 
             return base.OnMouseUp(location, button);
         }

Source/Editor/GUI/Tree/TreeNode.cs

@@ -23,10 +23,17 @@ namespace FlaxEditor.GUI.Tree
         /// </summary>
         public const float DefaultNodeOffsetY = 0;
 
+        private const float _targetHighlightScale = 1.25f;
+        private const float _highlightScaleAnimDuration = 0.85f;
+
         private Tree _tree;
 
         private bool _opened, _canChangeOrder;
         private float _animationProgress, _cachedHeight;
+        private bool _isHightlighted;
+        private float _targetHighlightTimeSec;
+        private float _currentHighlightTimeSec;
+        private float _highlightScale;
         private bool _mouseOverArrow, _mouseOverHeader;
         private float _xOffset, _textWidth;
         private float _headerHeight = 16.0f;
@@ -605,9 +612,44 @@ namespace FlaxEditor.GUI.Tree
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a box around the text to highlight the node.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="durationSec">The duration of the highlight in seconds.</param>
+        public void StartHighlight(float durationSec = 3)
+        {
+            _isHightlighted = true;
+            _targetHighlightTimeSec = durationSec;
+            _currentHighlightTimeSec = 0;
+            _highlightScale = 2f;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Stops any current highlight.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void StopHighlight()
+        {
+            _isHightlighted = false;
+            _targetHighlightTimeSec = 0;
+            _currentHighlightTimeSec = 0;
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override void Update(float deltaTime)
         {
+            // Highlight animations
+            if (_isHightlighted)
+            {
+                _currentHighlightTimeSec += deltaTime;
+
+                // In the first second, animate the highlight to shrink into it's resting position
+                if (_currentHighlightTimeSec < _highlightScaleAnimDuration)
+                    _highlightScale = Mathf.Lerp(_highlightScale, _targetHighlightScale, _currentHighlightTimeSec);
+
+                if (_currentHighlightTimeSec >= _targetHighlightTimeSec)
+                    _isHightlighted = false;
+            }
+
             // Drop/down animation
             if (_animationProgress < 1.0f)
             {
@@ -676,6 +718,18 @@ namespace FlaxEditor.GUI.Tree
                 textRect.Width -= 18.0f;
             }
 
+            float textWidth = TextFont.GetFont().MeasureText(_text).X;
+            Rectangle trueTextRect = textRect;
+            trueTextRect.Width = textWidth;
+            trueTextRect.Scale(_highlightScale);
+
+            if (_isHightlighted)
+            {
+                Color highlightBackgroundColor = Editor.Instance.Options.Options.Visual.HighlightColor;
+                highlightBackgroundColor = highlightBackgroundColor.AlphaMultiplied(0.3f);
+                Render2D.FillRectangle(trueTextRect, highlightBackgroundColor);
+            }
+
             // Draw text
             Color textColor = CacheTextColor();
             Render2D.DrawText(TextFont.GetFont(), _text, textRect, textColor, TextAlignment.Near, TextAlignment.Center);
@@ -730,6 +784,12 @@ namespace FlaxEditor.GUI.Tree
                 }
             }
 
+            if (_isHightlighted)
+            {
+                // Draw highlights
+                Render2D.DrawRectangle(trueTextRect, Editor.Instance.Options.Options.Visual.HighlightColor, 3);
+            }
+
             // Base
             if (_opened)
             {