Re: Disabled or Not applicable Tabs design

Hi Hackers,

Updated design:

[image: image.png]

On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM Aditya Toshniwal <
aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 at 09:38, Aditya Toshniwal <
>> aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Hackers,
>>>
>>> I've been working on a new feature to restore a plain SQL using the
>>> pgAdmin restore dialog. Internally, it will select pg_restore or psql based
>>> on the format.
>>>
>>> Now, when restoring plain format the tabs like Data Options,
>>> Query Options are not applicable. So instead of going and disabling all the
>>> fields under these tabs, I think we can simply disable the complete tab.
>>>
>>> I've come up with the following UI design for the disabled tabs. The
>>> tabs will enable/disable based on the format selected.
>>>
>>> Please share your feedback on this.
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: image.png]
>>>
>>
>> Normally when something is disabled, it is simply greyed out and made to
>> not respond to input. Why not do the same here instead of designing a new
>> way of indicating disabled state?
>>
> I thought of adding an icon for better accessibility. Greying is pretty
> straightforward.
>
>>
>> --
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>>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Aditya Toshniwal
> pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Staff SDE II | *enterprisedb.com*
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>

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Thanks,
Aditya Toshniwal
pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Staff SDE II | *enterprisedb.com*
<https://www.enterprisedb.com/>
"Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"