Re: pgAdmin 4 1.0-beta4 - Query Tool, Select file popup issues

On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Anthony DeBarros <adebarros(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
> > Where is config_local.py located on OS X and Windows?
>
> In the web/ directory of the installation. In a Mac app bundle you'll
> find that in Contents/Resources (right-click the bundle, and select
> Show Package Contents).
>
> You shouldn't need to modify the setting on a desktop installation -
> but having said that, I don't actually see drives listed on my Windows
> installation, only the folders at C:\. Ashesh; is there a Windows
> issue here?

​I checked the code and found that​ this
> is a regression of RM1397. ​I will fix i
> ​t​
> and send a patch.

> On Mac, there are no drives of course so it works fine here.
>
> > On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Mark Lascelles <mark(at)lascell(dot)es>
> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > If this is not the correct place for pgAdmin 4 feedback, please let me
> >> > know.
> >> > I am trying to switch to pgAdmin 4, even though its beta, because
> >> > pgAdmin 3
> >> > often crashes, and I lose work - I see that is a known issue, but am
> not
> >> > sure if a fix is in progress?
> >> >
> >> > Anyway, in pgAdmin 4, I have noticed the following when Opening a File
> >> > in
> >> > Query Tool:
> >> >
> >> > - Clicking the icon to open the "Select file" popup is very slow
> >> > (Windows
> >> > 10). >3 seconds for pgAdmin4 wheras <1 second for pgAdmin 3.
> >> >
> >> > - I am presented with a list of directories, but no idea which
> >> > drive/directory I'm already in (e.g. C:\) and no obvious way to switch
> >> > to my
> >> > other drives where the files I want are located. I can't edit the file
> >> > path
> >> > directly to change this. This makes pgAdmin 4 unworkable for me
> >> > currently.
> >> > Beta 1 did allow directory changes.
> >> >
> >> > - Only the first 10 characters of filenames are shown even though
> >> > there's
> >> > much more space available. This means I can't distinguish between a
> lot
> >> > of
> >> > the files I need to.
> >> >
> >> > - When viewed as a tables, the order of directories seems random - not
> >> > by
> >> > name, size or date, and ordering by those columns doesn't work
> >> >
> >> > I appreciate the preference for a consistent look and feel, but the
> >> > native
> >> > Windows Open File dialog (as used in pgAdmin 3) seems quicker and more
> >> > fully
> >> > featured e.g. I can rename and move files and directories within it.
> >> > Perhaps
> >> > it doesn't work with the new web based paradigm though.
> >> >
> >> > I appreciate the work you are doing,
> >>
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> It uses it's own dialogue because it has to work with file storage
> >> either on the local machine in desktop mode, or on the server if
> >> running in server mode. You can control the root of the storage area
> >> by specifying a path in the config_local.py file - this is the
> >> default:
> >>
> >> ############################################################
> ##############
> >> # Storage Manager storage url config settings
> >> # If user sets STORAGE_DIR to empty it will show all volumes if platform
> >> # is Windows, '/' if it is Linux, Mac or any other unix type system.
> >>
> >> # For example:
> >> # 1. STORAGE_DIR = get_drive("C") or get_drive() # return C:/ by default
> >> # where C can be any drive character such as "D", "E", "G" etc
> >> # 2. Set path manually like
> >> # STORAGE_DIR = "/path/to/directory/"
> >> ############################################################
> ##############
> >> STORAGE_DIR = os.path.join(
> >> DATA_DIR,
> >> 'storage'
> >> )
> >>
> >> In desktop mode, you should have access to all filesystems.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Dave Page
> >> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
> >> Twitter: @pgsnake
> >>
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> >>
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>
>
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