Re: Minor UI issues for Server Properties dialog box

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PgAdmin Support <pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Minor UI issues for Server Properties dialog box
Date: 2011-01-19 23:18:26
Message-ID: AANLkTimXjoBfcc-8+Q2qyXQPKyQE_a1rys6G+=mU+7Z8@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Guillaume Lelarge
<guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info> wrote:
> Le 19/01/2011 23:51, Guillaume Lelarge a écrit :
>> Le 19/01/2011 23:42, Dave Page a écrit :
>>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Guillaume Lelarge
>>> <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info> wrote:
>>>> Le 16/01/2011 09:32, Dave Page a écrit :
>>>>> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Guillaume Lelarge
>>>>> <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info> wrote:
>>>>>> Le 15/01/2011 23:58, Josh Berkus a écrit :
>>>>>>> Nothing showstopping, but:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1) After you make changes in the Server Properties dialog, it gives you
>>>>>>> the fairly useless message that "Some changes will not take effect until
>>>>>>> the next time pgAdmin connects to the server".  The reason this message
>>>>>>> is useless (and annoying) is that pgAdmin prevents you from changing
>>>>>>> those fields unless you are disconnected from the server in the first place.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, I don't like it either. Need to be fixed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually, it is correct; you can tweak the DB Restriction, but it
>>>>> needs a full refresh to take effect. That said, it is inconsistent
>>>>> from other settings.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I commited a patch that simply displays the message only when the user
>>>> is connected to the server.
>>>>
>>>> Now, what I would like to know is if the other settings should stay
>>>> disabled? why only some of them are disabled (or enabled)? shouldn't we
>>>> just make them all enabled?
>>>
>>> I'd be inclined to make them all disabled.
>>>
>>
>> When one is connected, right? (if not, we couldn't do much after
>> creating it :) ). Which means we would get rid of the message, as a user
>> won't be able to change server's settings once connected to it. Makes
>> sense to me. Working on it.
>>
>
> Got a patch, but I'm wondering if this is 1.12 material? or is it 1.14
> only? actually, Josh's bug is fixed, so this could be 1.14 only. Any
> opinions on this matter?

1.14.

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