Re: Disabled or Not applicable Tabs design

On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 at 11:40, Aditya Toshniwal <
aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Zaid,
>
> Changing tab design will need changes in the complete application. It also
> needs to be discussed with everyone before changing it.
> Anyway, it should not be part of the task I'm working on. You can open a
> separate thread for discussions.
>

Agreed.

I do think the greyed option is the best way forward, even if there are
potential improvements we could make to the design app-wide.

>
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM Zaid Shabbir <zaidshabbir(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Some other samples for the tabular window.
>>
>> [image: Screenshot 2025-02-21 at 4.29.30 PM.png]
>>
>> Aditiya it's just a suggestion, you can use the most suitable layout and
>> colors.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Zaid Shabbir
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM Aditya Toshniwal <
>> aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Zaid,
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM Zaid Shabbir <zaidshabbir(at)gmail(dot)com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Aditya,
>>>>
>>>> The above design looks good to me. We could improve visibility by
>>>> adding vertical and horizontal lines in a combination of blue, gray, and
>>>> black. Blue represents the current active tab, gray indicates a disabled
>>>> tab, and black signifies available clickable options.
>>>>
>>>> e.g.
>>>>
>>>> [image: Sample.png]
>>>>
>>> That doesn't match the pgAdmin design. The colors which you mentioned
>>> are already being used.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Zaid Shabbir
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM Aditya Toshniwal <
>>>> aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Hackers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Updated design:
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: image.png]
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM Aditya Toshniwal <
>>>>> aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Dave,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 at 09:38, Aditya Toshniwal <
>>>>>>> aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Hackers,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've been working on a new feature to restore a plain SQL using the
>>>>>>>> pgAdmin restore dialog. Internally, it will select pg_restore or psql based
>>>>>>>> on the format.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Now, when restoring plain format the tabs like Data Options,
>>>>>>>> Query Options are not applicable. So instead of going and disabling all the
>>>>>>>> fields under these tabs, I think we can simply disable the complete tab.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've come up with the following UI design for the disabled tabs.
>>>>>>>> The tabs will enable/disable based on the format selected.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please share your feedback on this.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [image: image.png]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Normally when something is disabled, it is simply greyed out and
>>>>>>> made to not respond to input. Why not do the same here instead of designing
>>>>>>> a new way of indicating disabled state?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I thought of adding an icon for better accessibility. Greying is
>>>>>> pretty straightforward.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Dave Page
>>>>>>> pgAdmin: https://www.pgadmin.org
>>>>>>> PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org
>>>>>>> pgEdge: https://www.pgedge.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Aditya Toshniwal
>>>>>> pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Staff SDE II | *enterprisedb.com*
>>>>>> <https://www.enterprisedb.com/>
>>>>>> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Aditya Toshniwal
>>>>> pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Staff SDE II | *enterprisedb.com*
>>>>> <https://www.enterprisedb.com/>
>>>>> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>> Aditya Toshniwal
>>> pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Staff SDE II | *enterprisedb.com*
>>> <https://www.enterprisedb.com/>
>>> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
>>>
>>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Aditya Toshniwal
> pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Staff SDE II | *enterprisedb.com*
> <https://www.enterprisedb.com/>
> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
>

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