Re: Open preferences in new tab

On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM Aditya Toshniwal <
aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Usman,
>
> On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM Usman Khan <umk555(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Okay.
>>
>> In my opinion, filtering the items only in the left panel would be enough
>> - the user can browse through them one by one to find what he wants.
>>
>
> Then there is no point in implementing search. I believe search should
> work for labels and help messages.
>
If a user wants to update multiple fields for a particular option in the
left panel then searching one field and only listing that in the right
panel would not be enough. I think it would need further discussion then
for this implementation, is there any ticket created for this ? Can you
please share it?

> then if a user wants to
>

>> On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM Aditya Toshniwal <
>> aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Usman,
>>>
>>> I'm not entirely sure how it will work since there can be limitations.
>>> But what I'm trying to do is upon typing for search:
>>> 1. Only filtered items will be visible.
>>> 2. Left tree will show only those items which have the filtered items.
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM Usman Khan <umk555(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Aditya,
>>>>
>>>> This is a useful feature and much needed as well, Can you briefly
>>>> explain how the search would work, for example if someone search for a term
>>>> like 'maximum', will it highlight all matching options in the left panel or
>>>> would it jump to the first matched option?
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM Aditya Toshniwal <
>>>> aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Hackers,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am adding a search box to the preferences. I was also thinking of
>>>>> opening preferences in a tab instead of dialog. Advantages being - less
>>>>> scroll and more space, consistency with other features like user
>>>>> management, processes.
>>>>> Below is a rough design. Please let me know your thoughts.
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: image.png]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Aditya Toshniwal
>>>>> pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Staff SDE II | *enterprisedb.com*
>>>>> <https://www.enterprisedb.com/>
>>>>> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>> Aditya Toshniwal
>>> pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Staff SDE II | *enterprisedb.com*
>>> <https://www.enterprisedb.com/>
>>> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
>>>
>>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Aditya Toshniwal
> pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Staff SDE II | *enterprisedb.com*
> <https://www.enterprisedb.com/>
> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
>