Re: Opening pgAdmin 4 in a new browser window as an alternativeuser flow - Mailing list pgadmin-support

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 <elfgoh@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 <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 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 <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. 

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 affected by what they might do with the browser.

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

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, 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.vashi@enterprisedb.com> wrote:

Hi,

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 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