From: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
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To: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
Cc: | pgadmin-hackers <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Numeric alignment in query grid |
Date: | 2012-06-27 15:07:30 |
Message-ID: | CABUevEyQuLt4BTwSTb93vYA7fxVrQo+zyY=1vTazRS68xogNuQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> Something that's annoyed me for a long time is that all fields are
>>>> left-aligned in the query grid. It's a lot easier to read numeric
>>>> fields when they are right-justified.
>>>>
>>>> Attached patch right-justifies fields that are numeric.
>>>>
>>>> Two questions:
>>>>
>>>> 1) does this seem like a reasonable way of doing it?
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>>
>>>> 2) do we want to always do this (like this patch), or do we need to
>>>> create a setting for it?
>>>
>>> I don't think there's a great need for a setting, though, we do have
>>> lots of room for them now, so maybe it wouldn't hurt to avoid annoying
>>> users that like the old way.
>>
>> We have room, but adding settings for the sake of settings doesn't
>> exactly contribute to usability...
>
> It does if there's a valid use case for either behaviour.
Yes, but then it's not for the sake of settings, then it's for the
sake of it being a reasonable usecase. I'm not convinced there is
one...
>> How about we do it without the setting, and then we can add the
>> setting if somebody complains? ;)
>>
>> (Oh, and I don't suppose i can sneak this into 1.16, can I? :P)
>
> Err, no. Sorry.
:)
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