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

I see. I actually appreciate that pgAdmin is in a web browser, just that it was frustrating that it opens in a new tab
insteadof 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 <avinkavish@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
launchingand waiting for the python server to be up when the window is opened, ensuring the port number is fixed or
matchesthe 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 <michelfeinstein@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think this would be a lot easier, as you are just basically wrapping a browser with a fixed URL address. 
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> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019, 01:39 Avin Kavish <avinkavish@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The people who want it don't want a browser window, they want an independent standalone application that is not
affectedby what they might do with the browser. 
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>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 10:08 AM Luther Goh Lu Feng <elfgoh@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>  Thanks for sharing the plans for electron.
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>>> In my feature suggestion for a new window, I am not referring to a new window using electron, but instead I meant a
newwindow in the existing web browser. 
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>>> I am unfamiliar with the effort needed for electron integration. But I suspect that opening a new window in an
existingweb browser should be much more easily achievable. 
>>>
>>> Wdyt?
>>>
>>> --Luther
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>>> On Friday, August 9, 2019, 12:31:56 PM GMT+8, Ashesh Vashi <ashesh.vashi@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
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>>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 9:57 AM Luther Goh Lu Feng <elfgoh@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,
makeit 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),
andit is a side line project, and getting delayed due to limited resources working on the pgAdmin 4. 
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>>> I would like to invite other python/electron developers to help us evolving the project in correct direction.
>>>
>>> -- Thanks, Ashesh
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>>>> As an aside, is there a generic command that does the default browser in a new window? I am using firefox now and
haveswitched to and fro from Chrome. It would be convenient if there is a single command that applies for both
browsers! 
>>>>  
>>>> --Luther
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>>>> On Friday, August 9, 2019, 12:17:57 PM GMT+8, Khushboo Vashi <khushboo.vashi@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
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>>>> Hi,
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>>>> On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 11:18 PM Luther Goh Lu Feng <elfgoh@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> The current default behaviour of pgAdmin4 is to load a webpage in a new default browser tab, on the extreme right
ofall tabs. I find that less than ideal in the scenario where I have a large number of tabs in firefox, eg, 50, and I
willbe 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
welcomedas the default behaviour 
>>>>>
>>>> pgAdmin configuration window provides the way to set the browser options. You can set the appropriate command for
yourbrowser 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. 
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>>>> I have attached the Chrome configuration for the new window for your reference.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Khushboo
>>>>>
>>>>> Wdyt?
>>>>>
>>>>> --Luther
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