Re: [pgAdmin4][Patch][RM_2482]: Query tool/ Edit grid panel should have meaningful title

I think you are thinking along the right lines. I guess the question is, if
the text is too long, will the name still be readable somehow.

Use case I am thinking of.

Given I have the 'same database' only with data sharded by region or
something, An instance for Sales in USA, EMEA, APJ, etc. Then it is likely
I might have the same queries to run on all of those servers.

Can I easily tell which server it is without necessarily clicking to the
open tab?

I like the way Brave Browser works, If you hover over the tab you can see
exactly what is being displayed. Maybe something similar (not that exactly
because it seems like a railroad spike when a tack would do).

If I am opening a saved query will the name of the saved file be shown?

This is great. I find the lack of meaningful names to be personally
annoying and users have commented on it too.

-- Rob

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Shirley Wang <swang(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:

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> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 11:29 AM Surinder Kumar <
> surinder(dot)kumar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 11:24 PM, Shirley Wang <swang(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:
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>>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 10:42 AM Surinder Kumar <
>>> surinder(dot)kumar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
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>>>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 10:08 PM, Shirley Wang <swang(at)pivotal(dot)io>
>>>> wrote:
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>>>>> Awesome!! This is super helpful :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this affect a new query window (currently the title is 'Query -
>>>>> untitled')?
>>>>>
>>>> ​Yes, in this case the title of query window will be Query - [db_name]
>>>> on [server_name]. It was showing 'Query - untitled' when opened from
>>>> context menu because no tree information was passed.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I know you enabled ellipses for names that are too long, but if it's a
>>> database name and server name in a tab, I think that all the tabs will have
>>> ellipses. Considering that, what if we just shorten it to the database
>>> name, especially since the blue bar where you type the SQL has the name of
>>> the server.
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>> ​Yes ellipses and tooltips are used if name is too long.
>> ​But what I think is the title has all useful information about the
>> database and server it is connected to, considering the case:
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>> 1) When multiple instances of query tool are opened in New Tab/Window. or
>> when a user has multiple screens.
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>> 2) If a user is parallely running multiple instance of query tool for
>> different databases of different servers. server name will help uniquely
>> identify the tab.
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> My concern is the character limit for tab names will always shorten what a
> user will see in the tab, unless the tab has no limit (which I do not think
> we should do). Database names might be extremely long.
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> For example, even if your database name is 'postgres', then there are 20
> characters before the server name making the tab really long. [Query -
> postgres on server_name]
> [image: Screen Shot 2017-06-14 at 10.22.51 AM.png]
> Unless they can see the server name quickly, I don't think we're solving
> for this use case.
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>> 3) The panel can be moved out of Panels tab by dragging out, so the panel
>> title must have server and database information.
>>
>> considering the above cases, I think the blue bar could be removed If
>> query tool title already have server and database information.
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> something like this?
> [image: Screen Shot 2017-06-14 at 10.28.21 AM.png]
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> Another option: Given that the lightening bolt is an indicator for
> queries, is there a need to keep Query in the name?
> [image: Screen Shot 2017-06-14 at 10.25.36 AM.png]
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