From: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
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To: | Adam Scott <adam(dot)c(dot)scott(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgadmin-hackers <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Patch: New field in frmMain statusbar |
Date: | 2015-09-14 08:57:08 |
Message-ID: | CA+OCxoxnayiMBczvgwCSvd8vLdJ6zjjAU+Sb68bE+h5JbYH5CA@mail.gmail.com |
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Thanks Adam.
What do others feel about this proposed patch? I can see how it might
be useful, however I'm also concerned about overloading the UI with
more info - and in over a decade I don't recall anyone ever asking for
this feature or complaining of the issue Adam describes (though, it is
clearly feasible).
On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 4:19 PM, Adam Scott <adam(dot)c(dot)scott(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> please consider this patch to frmMain.
>
> Situation: When a user has a large number of databases and connections,
> when they select a table or other object in the Object browser tree, they
> can lose track of which connection and database the object belongs too.
> This makes it really easy for the user to make a mistake and drop an object
> on the wrong connection (such as on a Production server instead of a
> Development server). Also as a user is browsing multiple databases and
> connections they can lose track of which object they are working on.
>
> Solution: This patch adds a new field in the status bar of the main window
> (frmMain), between the two other fields, keeping them the same. If there's
> a currently selected object the field will display it's connection and
> database. If there's no currently selected object, it will be blank.
>
> Here's the danger, if we display the wrong connection and database, the user
> could drop the wrong object. So it's imperative this never has a bug. This
> code change is so small with so little dependencies, it relies on already
> used code for such a long time that if it had a bug, then there are other
> bigger bugs in the code that would have already shown up.
>
> Regards,
> Adam C. Scott
>
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