Re: pgAdmin 4 1.0-beta4 - Query Tool, Select file popup issues

Where is config_local.py located on OS X and Windows?

On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Mark Lascelles <mark(at)lascell(dot)es> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > If this is not the correct place for pgAdmin 4 feedback, please let me
> know.
> > I am trying to switch to pgAdmin 4, even though its beta, because
> pgAdmin 3
> > often crashes, and I lose work - I see that is a known issue, but am not
> > sure if a fix is in progress?
> >
> > Anyway, in pgAdmin 4, I have noticed the following when Opening a File in
> > Query Tool:
> >
> > - Clicking the icon to open the "Select file" popup is very slow (Windows
> > 10). >3 seconds for pgAdmin4 wheras <1 second for pgAdmin 3.
> >
> > - I am presented with a list of directories, but no idea which
> > drive/directory I'm already in (e.g. C:\) and no obvious way to switch
> to my
> > other drives where the files I want are located. I can't edit the file
> path
> > directly to change this. This makes pgAdmin 4 unworkable for me
> currently.
> > Beta 1 did allow directory changes.
> >
> > - Only the first 10 characters of filenames are shown even though there's
> > much more space available. This means I can't distinguish between a lot
> of
> > the files I need to.
> >
> > - When viewed as a tables, the order of directories seems random - not by
> > name, size or date, and ordering by those columns doesn't work
> >
> > I appreciate the preference for a consistent look and feel, but the
> native
> > Windows Open File dialog (as used in pgAdmin 3) seems quicker and more
> fully
> > featured e.g. I can rename and move files and directories within it.
> Perhaps
> > it doesn't work with the new web based paradigm though.
> >
> > I appreciate the work you are doing,
>
> Hi
>
> It uses it's own dialogue because it has to work with file storage
> either on the local machine in desktop mode, or on the server if
> running in server mode. You can control the root of the storage area
> by specifying a path in the config_local.py file - this is the
> default:
>
> ##########################################################################
> # Storage Manager storage url config settings
> # If user sets STORAGE_DIR to empty it will show all volumes if platform
> # is Windows, '/' if it is Linux, Mac or any other unix type system.
>
> # For example:
> # 1. STORAGE_DIR = get_drive("C") or get_drive() # return C:/ by default
> # where C can be any drive character such as "D", "E", "G" etc
> # 2. Set path manually like
> # STORAGE_DIR = "/path/to/directory/"
> ##########################################################################
> STORAGE_DIR = os.path.join(
> DATA_DIR,
> 'storage'
> )
>
> In desktop mode, you should have access to all filesystems.
>
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