Re: Dialog box obscures information

On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 10:01 -0400, Colin Beckingham wrote:
> Using wxw 2.9.3, latest 1.17 pgadmin:
>
> This is not an error, just a suggestion for improved interaction.
>
> When viewing data from a table or view, begin by selecting all data.
> Then click on the funnel icon to get the dialog that allows you to enter
> a sorting order or a filter. Pops up no problem.
>
> Now, the issue is that when it pops up it obscures important information
> that you might need for the sort or filter. It appears to very
> effectively cover not only the existing data (not much of an issue,
> since you are about to change that), but also a whole chunk of the field
> names which you will need for typing into the dialog box.
>
> Thinking that all you have to do is move the dialog box to reveal the
> field names, you find that dragging the dialog box drags the parent
> window with it. Objective defeated.
>
> Ok so you think, no problem, I will get the field names from the SQL
> pane on the main pgadmin window which contains the create ...
> instructions with the field names. But here, while the main window is
> selectable, the vertical and horizontal sliders are non-functional until
> the dialog box in the child is dismissed.
>
> So the only way so far is to cancel the dialog, gather all the info, and
> start the dialog over again.
>
> I guess there are a number of ways of dealing with this, including
> making the field names available inside the child's dialog box (provided
> in the sort dialog but not the filter). But the simplest would appear to
> be, if possible, make the dialog box draggable independently of the
> parent to reveal the field names and types.

Thanks Colin, I added this one to the list of 2.9 issues.

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