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

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.

I would like to invite other python/electron developers to help us evolving
the project in correct direction.

-- Thanks, Ashesh

>
> 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!

> --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
> >
> > 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
> >
> 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.
>
> I have attached the Chrome configuration for the new window for your
> reference.
>
> Thanks,
> Khushboo
> >
> > Wdyt?
> >
> > --Luther
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