Re: [Design Update] Visual design of query editor and results table

From: Robert Eckhardt <reckhardt(at)pivotal(dot)io>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Cc: Shirley Wang <swang(at)pivotal(dot)io>, Murtuza Zabuawala <murtuza(dot)zabuawala(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Anthony DeBarros <adebarros(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgadmin-hackers <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [Design Update] Visual design of query editor and results table
Date: 2017-04-06 14:41:27
Message-ID: CAAtBm9WU2Pc8nO2oJGjZ_9-YTLSXCbXrVi0FY+-vyhJQ2MVHOA@mail.gmail.com
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> > 3. right-justified numbers come from precedents like excel or other
> > spreadsheet type tools and muddles the distinction between editable and
> > un-editable tables (at least data output in from query results is
> > un-editable, I know right clicking on a table in the browser to "view ...
> > data/rows" outputs an editable table)
>
> When we first released pgAdmin 4 we forgot to right-justify numbers.
> Users complained. Lots. They need to stay right justified.
>

Right justifying makes it substantially easier to understand magnitude and
makes it easier to get decimal alignment.

-- Rob

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