This is indeed a problem with OS X and, for me, is a much more common problem with pgadmin3 than with any other application. However, I personally no longer seem to have this problem.
I'm not a developer of pgadmin, hopefully one will chime in. From my limited knowledge and fuzzy memory, here are two things to try:
1) find your pgadmin preferences file and delete it. It contains the connection information to your databases, so you might want to copy that information to the new one that gets created. Note that I don't think uninstalling now and reinstalling pgadmin will reset your preference file.
2) changing screen resolution to fix it each time it happens. This is easier and more reliable than unplugging the monitor.
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John Abraham
Sent from my iPhone, please excuse any typos.
Hello,
apologies if I'm not getting the UI terms right. However, I am able to reproduce this fairly consistently.
machine: MacbookPro11,2
OSX: OS X 10.10.2 (14C109)
kernel: Darwin 14.1.0
pgAdmin3: 1.20.0
(not complied from source, installed from dmg file linked on
pgadmin.org)
Steps to reproduce:
1. have multiple monitors attached prior to launching pgAdmin3. (in my case two external dispalys in addition ), non-mirrored mode.
2. launch pgadmin3
3. connect to a database.
4. click SQL query button: ("execute arbitrary sql queries" is the tool tip)
5. the query window will launch in a 'broken' manner. The query window launches in some full screen mode that isn't the standard full screen mode, e.g. it can't be exited in the same fashion and keeps the top bar visible. however the red orange green buttons and associcated program bar are missing.
disconnecting and reconnecting the external displays fixes the issue until reboot.
unsure if this is an OSX quirk or something related to pgAdmin3.
thanks,
-Mark