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

okay, my point is that an answer was given to Luther which I believe helped
him solve his problem :) Just trying to save you the energy of looking into
this in detail, that is all :) Sometimes I shorten what I'm thinking to a
few words and it leaves it open to interpretation.

On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 11:50 AM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:

> Right - I’m just point out that you may be able to add a command line
> option to tell your browser to use a new window.
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> On 9 Aug 2019, at 06:52, Avin Kavish <avinkavish(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> @Luther Goh Lu Feng <elfgoh(at)yahoo(dot)com> Electron launch option is going
> to be optional as far as I'm aware
>
> @Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> I think Khushboo linked a screenshot with
> the settings
>
> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 11:14 AM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
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>> I’m on my phone so can’t provide details, but some browsers offer command
>> line options you can use in the config dialog to use a new window. In some,
>> you may need to settle for an alternate profile.
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>> --
>> Dave Page
>> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>> Twitter: @pgsnake
>>
>> EnterpriseDB UK:http://www.enterprisedb.com
>> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>>
>> On 9 Aug 2019, at 06:00, Luther Goh Lu Feng <elfgoh(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
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>> I see. I actually appreciate that pgAdmin is in a web browser, just that
>> it was frustrating that it opens in a new tab instead of a window. But I
>> guess it is impossible to make all users happy so I will rest my case for
>> now.
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>> In any case, a brief look at the code[1] seems to suggest that it may not
>> be trivial to implement my request.
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>> Thanks for the feedback anyway! 🙇🏻‍♂️
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>> --Luther
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>> On Friday, August 9, 2019, 12:55:08 PM GMT+8, Avin Kavish <
>> avinkavish(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>> yep, exactly. The code for that is already in the repository. But there
>> are a few considerations to be made such as launching and waiting for the
>> python server to be up when the window is opened, ensuring the port number
>> is fixed or matches the one used by the server and some sort of secret key
>> exchange and context menus.
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>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 10:13 AM Michel Feinstein <
>> michelfeinstein(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>> I think this would be a lot easier, as you are just basically wrapping a
>> browser with a fixed URL address.
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>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019, 01:39 Avin Kavish <avinkavish(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 10:08 AM Luther Goh Lu Feng <elfgoh(at)yahoo(dot)com>
>> wrote:
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>> 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:
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>> 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
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>> 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:
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>> 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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