Sqlyog 4.10 Interface Faults

[Tudsta]

The following are only interface faults and do not cause any problems with SQLyog. But for GUI sakes, I feel these issues impact the SQLyog experience and should therefore be addressed, no matter how minor.

Reorder Columns

The “Reorder…” button should just be “Reorder”. A new window does not open when you click the button, therefore it should not have “…”

Also, can this window be resizable or made bigger? It can be more tedious than it should be when reordering tables with numerous columns.

Renaming a Connection

Rename a connection and in the Saved Connections drop down there becomes an item: (Select an existing connection…). Is this necessary? It seems to only appear when you rename a connection.

If you rename a connection with: eg. “!MeFirst” to cause it to become at the top of the list, the (Select an existing connection…) becomes the second item in the dropdown.

Export SQL Syntax

Is there a reason for two spaces after PRIMARY KEY?

(Also displays in table Objects tab.)

[peterlaursen]

Reorder Columns

The “Reorder…” button should just be “Reorder”. A new window does not open when you click the button, therefore it should not have “…”

>>> I disagree. and a new window DOES open here!

Also, can this window be resizable or made bigger? It can be more tedious than it should be when reordering tables with numerous columns.

>>> I agree. Ritesh knows very well that I think that most dialogue boxes in SQLyog are too small. Especillay when you have very long names and dozens of colums.

Renaming a Connection

Rename a connection and in the Saved Connections drop down there becomes an item: (Select an existing connection…). Is this necessary? It seems to only appear when you rename a connection.

If you rename a connection with: eg. “!MeFirst” to cause it to become at the top of the list, the (Select an existing connection…) becomes the second item in the dropdown.

>>> I am not sure that I understand this! you can rename a connection by pressing the “…”-button next the the drop-down that displays the name.

Export SQL Syntax

Is there a reason for two spaces after PRIMARY KEY?

(Also displays in table Objects tab.)

>> I guess that is what SQLyog recieves from MySQL. You can have thousands of spaces and linefeeds if you want 😀

[Tudsta]

>>> I disagree. and a new window DOES open here!

Yes, a confirmation alert box. However, the Reorder… button processes the action, much the way an OK button works. There is no way to cancel beyond that point. Making the “…” unintuitive.

>>> I am not sure that I understand this! you can rename a connection by pressing the “…”-button next the the drop-down that displays the name.

Please re-read my original post. Try this:

– Rename an existing connection (Yes, press the “…” button)

– Enter a new name and click OK (Try: “! abc”)

– Click the drop down

– (Select an existing connection…) is now in the drop down – was not there before.

Yes this is very minor and causes no problems. But for interface experience and trust in the GUI, such a technical issue should not occur.

[peterlaursen]

two things then …

1) I thought you were talking about the “reorder colums” in the table context-menu. This should stay “reorder colums” an not only “reorder”. I don't mind the 3 dots in the dialogue box myself … (here they go again 😛 )

2) The problem is I believe that “!” is alphabetically before “normal alphanumerics” (numbers and letters) and also before “(“. Well yes, that is a small code bug!

[Ritesh]

We basically sort the connection names in the combo box. Thus a name starting with ! is coming at the top.

I guess this is a bug and we will fix it in v4.2.

[peterlaursen]

@ritesh

I don't think you got the point ?!

Quote:

(Select an existing connection…) is now in the drop down – was not there before.

there is not connection named “(Select an existing conection)” 😮

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