Re: Opening pgAdmin 4 in a new browser window as an alternative user flow

The people who want it don't want a browser window, they want an
independent standalone application that is not affected by what they might
do with the browser.

On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 10:08 AM Luther Goh Lu Feng <elfgoh(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing the plans for electron.
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> In my feature suggestion for a new window, I am not referring to a new
> window using electron, but instead I meant a new window in the existing web
> browser.
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> I am unfamiliar with the effort needed for electron integration. But I
> suspect that opening a new window in an existing web browser should be much
> more easily achievable.
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> Wdyt?
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> --Luther
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> On Friday, August 9, 2019, 12:31:56 PM GMT+8, Ashesh Vashi <
> ashesh(dot)vashi(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 9:57 AM Luther Goh Lu Feng <elfgoh(at)yahoo(dot)com>
> wrote:
> > Thanks for the suggestion!. That is very useful, and would work for me
> as a personal custom configuration.
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> > However, I have read some complaints in the mailing list about how
> pgAdmin 4 opens a web page in a new tab, unlike pgAdmin3. I do wonder if
> changing the default behaviour to open in a new window would possibly
> address those complaints, make it more similar to pgAdmin 3
> We would love to have a separate window for pgAdmin 4, hence - we're
> already working on the POC (using electron), and it is a side line project,
> and getting delayed due to limited resources working on the pgAdmin 4.
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> I would like to invite other python/electron developers to help us
> evolving the project in correct direction.
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> -- Thanks, Ashesh
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> > As an aside, is there a generic command that does the default browser in
> a new window? I am using firefox now and have switched to and fro from
> Chrome. It would be convenient if there is a single command that applies
> for both browsers!
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> > --Luther
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> > On Friday, August 9, 2019, 12:17:57 PM GMT+8, Khushboo Vashi <
> khushboo(dot)vashi(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
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> > Hi,
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> > On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 11:18 PM Luther Goh Lu Feng <elfgoh(at)yahoo(dot)com>
> wrote:
> >> The current default behaviour of pgAdmin4 is to load a webpage in a new
> default browser tab, on the extreme right of all tabs. I find that less
> than ideal in the scenario where I have a large number of tabs in firefox,
> eg, 50, and I will be abruptly brought to that tab when pgAdmin 4 loads
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> >> I would like to suggest an alternative user flow, where the pgAdmin
> loads in a new window. This could be an option, that could be toggled on
> and off with a checkbox. I would even go as far to suspect that this may be
> more welcomed as the default behaviour
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> > pgAdmin configuration window provides the way to set the browser
> options. You can set the appropriate command for your browser to always
> open pgAdmin in the new window.
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> > Right click on the pgAdmin 4 taskbar icon (elephant icon) > Select
> Configure > Set the command for the "Browser Command" option.
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> > I have attached the Chrome configuration for the new window for your
> reference.
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> > Thanks,
> > Khushboo
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> >> Wdyt?
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> >> --Luther
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