Re: Opening pgAdmin 4 in a new browser window as an alternative user flow

[Luther Goh Lu Feng]

 > Electron launch option is going to be optional as far as I'm aware
That's great to know! 🙇🏻‍♂️

    On Friday, August 9, 2019, 1:52:31 PM GMT+8, Avin Kavish 
<avinkav...@gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 @Luther Goh Lu Feng  Electron launch option is going to be optional as far as 
I'm aware

@Dave Page I think Khushboo linked a screenshot with the settings

On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 11:14 AM Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> wrote:

I’m on my phone so can’t provide details, but some browsers offer command line 
options you can use in the config dialog to use a new window. In some, you may 
need to settle for an alternate profile.

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On 9 Aug 2019, at 06:00, Luther Goh Lu Feng <elf...@yahoo.com> wrote:


I see. I actually appreciate that pgAdmin is in a web browser, just that it was 
frustrating that it opens in a new tab instead of a window. But I guess it is 
impossible to make all users happy so I will rest my case for now.

In any case, a brief look at the code[1] seems to suggest that it may not be 
trivial to implement my request.

Thanks for the feedback anyway! 🙇🏻‍♂️

--Luther



On Friday, August 9, 2019, 12:55:08 PM GMT+8, Avin Kavish 
<avinkav...@gmail.com> wrote: 





yep, exactly. The code for that is already in the repository. But there are a 
few considerations to be made such as launching and waiting for the python 
server to be up when the window is opened, ensuring the port number is fixed or 
matches the one used by the server and some sort of secret key exchange and 
context menus.

On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 10:13 AM Michel Feinstein <michelfeinst...@gmail.com> 
wrote:

I think this would be a lot easier, as you are just basically wrapping a 
browser with a fixed URL address. 





On Fri, Aug 9, 2019, 01:39 Avin Kavish <avinkav...@gmail.com> wrote:



The people who want it don't want a browser window, they want an independent 
standalone application that is not affected by what they might do with the 
browser.









On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 10:08 AM Luther Goh Lu Feng <elf...@yahoo.com> wrote:





 Thanks for sharing the plans for electron. 













In my feature suggestion for a new window, I am not referring to a new window 
using electron, but instead I meant a new window in the existing web browser.













I am unfamiliar with the effort needed for electron integration. But I suspect 
that opening a new window in an existing web browser should be much more easily 
achievable.













Wdyt?













--Luther


































On Friday, August 9, 2019, 12:31:56 PM GMT+8, Ashesh Vashi 
<ashesh.va...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: 
















































On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 9:57 AM Luther Goh Lu Feng <elf...@yahoo.com> wrote:







Thanks for the suggestion!. That is very useful, and would work for me as a 
personal custom configuration. 

















However, I have read some complaints in the mailing list about how pgAdmin 4 
opens a web page in a new tab, unlike pgAdmin3. I do wonder if changing the 
default behaviour to open in a new window would possibly address those 
complaints, make it more similar to pgAdmin 3







We would love to have a separate window for pgAdmin 4, hence - we're already 
working on the POC (using electron), and it is a side line project, and getting 
delayed due to limited resources working on the pgAdmin 4.













I would like to invite other python/electron developers to help us evolving the 
project in correct direction.













-- Thanks, Ashesh







  

















As an aside, is there a generic command that does the default browser in a new 
window? I am using firefox now and have switched to and fro from Chrome. It 
would be convenient if there is a single command that applies for both 
browsers! 








  








--Luther


























On Friday, August 9, 2019, 12:17:57 PM GMT+8, Khushboo Vashi 
<khushboo.va...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: 





















































Hi,

















On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 11:18 PM Luther Goh Lu Feng <elf...@yahoo.com> wrote:









The current default behaviour of pgAdmin4 is to load a webpage in a new default 
browser tab, on the extreme right of all tabs. I find that less than ideal in 
the scenario where I have a large number of tabs in firefox, eg, 50, and I will 
be abruptly brought to that tab when pgAdmin 4 loads





















I would like to suggest an alternative user flow, where the pgAdmin loads in a 
new window. This could be an option, that could be toggled on and off with a 
checkbox. I would even go as far to suspect that this may be more welcomed as 
the default behaviour




















pgAdmin configuration window provides the way to set the browser options. You 
can set the appropriate command for your browser to always open pgAdmin in the 
new window.

















Right click on the pgAdmin 4 taskbar icon (elephant icon) > Select Configure > 
Set the command for the "Browser Command" option.

















I have attached the Chrome configuration for the new window for your reference.

















Thanks,








Khushboo




















Wdyt?





















--Luther