Fix jumping to message highlight to be consistent with UIKit

[nuno-vieira]

🔗 Issue Links

Found while testing the new release: GetStream/stream-chat-swift#3869

🎯 Goal

Make the colour and jumping to the message similar to the UIKit one.

🎨 Showcase

Simulator.Screen.Recording.-.iPhone.17.Pro.-.2025-11-05.at.16.05.41.mov

🧪 Manual Testing Notes

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☑️ Contributor Checklist

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• This change should be manually QAed
• Changelog is updated with client-facing changes
• Changelog is updated with new localization keys
• New code is covered by unit tests
• Documentation has been updated in the docs-content repo

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Public Interface

 public struct MessageListConfig  
-   
+   public let highlightMessageWhenJumping: Bool
- 
+   
-   public init(messageListType: MessageListType = .messaging,typingIndicatorPlacement: TypingIndicatorPlacement = .bottomOverlay,groupMessages: Bool = true,messageDisplayOptions: MessageDisplayOptions = MessageDisplayOptions(),messagePaddings: MessagePaddings = MessagePaddings(),dateIndicatorPlacement: DateIndicatorPlacement = .overlay,pageSize: Int = 25,messagePopoverEnabled: Bool = true,doubleTapOverlayEnabled: Bool = false,becomesFirstResponderOnOpen: Bool = false,resignsFirstResponderOnScrollDown: Bool = true,updateChannelsFromMessageList: Bool = false,maxTimeIntervalBetweenMessagesInGroup: TimeInterval = 60,cacheSizeOnChatDismiss: Int = 1024 * 1024 * 100,iPadSplitViewEnabled: Bool = true,scrollingAnchor: UnitPoint = .center,showNewMessagesSeparator: Bool = true,handleTabBarVisibility: Bool = true,messageListAlignment: MessageListAlignment = .standard,uniqueReactionsEnabled: Bool = false,localLinkDetectionEnabled: Bool = true,isMessageEditedLabelEnabled: Bool = true,markdownSupportEnabled: Bool = true,userBlockingEnabled: Bool = false,bouncedMessagesAlertActionsEnabled: Bool = true,skipEditedMessageLabel: @escaping (ChatMessage) -> Bool = { _ in false },draftMessagesEnabled: Bool = false,downloadFileAttachmentsEnabled: Bool = false,hidesCommandsOverlayOnMessageListTap: Bool = true,hidesAttachmentsPickersOnMessageListTap: Bool = true)
+ 
+   public init(messageListType: MessageListType = .messaging,typingIndicatorPlacement: TypingIndicatorPlacement = .bottomOverlay,groupMessages: Bool = true,messageDisplayOptions: MessageDisplayOptions = MessageDisplayOptions(),messagePaddings: MessagePaddings = MessagePaddings(),dateIndicatorPlacement: DateIndicatorPlacement = .overlay,pageSize: Int = 25,messagePopoverEnabled: Bool = true,doubleTapOverlayEnabled: Bool = false,becomesFirstResponderOnOpen: Bool = false,resignsFirstResponderOnScrollDown: Bool = true,updateChannelsFromMessageList: Bool = false,maxTimeIntervalBetweenMessagesInGroup: TimeInterval = 60,cacheSizeOnChatDismiss: Int = 1024 * 1024 * 100,iPadSplitViewEnabled: Bool = true,scrollingAnchor: UnitPoint = .center,showNewMessagesSeparator: Bool = true,highlightMessageWhenJumping: Bool = true,handleTabBarVisibility: Bool = true,messageListAlignment: MessageListAlignment = .standard,uniqueReactionsEnabled: Bool = false,localLinkDetectionEnabled: Bool = true,isMessageEditedLabelEnabled: Bool = true,markdownSupportEnabled: Bool = true,userBlockingEnabled: Bool = false,bouncedMessagesAlertActionsEnabled: Bool = true,skipEditedMessageLabel: @escaping (ChatMessage) -> Bool = { _ in false },draftMessagesEnabled: Bool = false,downloadFileAttachmentsEnabled: Bool = false,hidesCommandsOverlayOnMessageListTap: Bool = true,hidesAttachmentsPickersOnMessageListTap: Bool = true)

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SDK Size

title	develop	branch	diff	status
StreamChatSwiftUI	9.63 MB	9.63 MB	0 KB	🟢

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StreamChatSwiftUI XCSize

Object	Diff (bytes)
ColorPalette.o	-408
ChatChannelViewModel.o	+308
MessageListConfig.o	+104
MessageContainerView.o	+84

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Quality Gate passed

Issues
1 New issue
0 Accepted issues

Measures
0 Security Hotspots
66.7% Coverage on New Code
0.0% Duplication on New Code

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