Re: [pgAdmin4][RM#3155] Allow user to lock the Layout

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From: Dave Page <[email protected]>
To: Murtuza Zabuawala <[email protected]>
Cc: pgadmin-hackers <[email protected]>
Cc: Akshay Joshi <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [pgAdmin4][RM#3155] Allow user to lock the Layout
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 08:47:48 +0100
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Akshay, could you review/commit this please?

Please also update the release_notes_3_1.rst file when you commit
user-visible changes, to make it easier to build the release notes.

Thanks.

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 8:45 AM, Murtuza Zabuawala <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> Please find the updated patch, Now we are able to lock wcFrame and wcPanel
> both.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Murtuza Zabuawala
> EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 6:32 PM, Robert Eckhardt <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 11:31 PM, Khushboo Vashi <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 8:09 PM, Dave Page <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 12:54 PM, Murtuza Zabuawala <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 5:00 PM, Dave Page <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Murtuza Zabuawala <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 2:47 PM, Dave Page <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 7:20 AM, Murtuza Zabuawala <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Dave,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 9:03 PM, Dave Page <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 12:56 PM, Murtuza Zabuawala <
>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Joao for reviewing.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> PFA updated patch.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 1:11 AM, Joao De Almeida Pereira <
>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 10:07 AM Murtuza Zabuawala <
>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please find updated patch,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now layout will be locked after user updates its preferences, w
>>>>>>>>>>>>> e have used 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> templated variable in the javascript file
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  because we do not have preference module or preference cache
>>>>>>>>>>>>> available when the page loads and panels gets rendered,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  also
>>>>>>>>>>>>> made changes in JS tests as per Joao's review comments.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Looks like everything is working when we change the lock.
>>>>>>>>>>>> As a personal preferences I would prefer to see this in at
>>>>>>>>>>>> least 2 commits, one that is related to the preference issue and another
>>>>>>>>>>>> one that is related to this story.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> All the tests are working, but he linter is failing:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> /tmp/build/4a5630c2/pivotal-rm-3155/web /tmp/build/4a5630c2
>>>>>>>>>>>>  <https://gpdb-dev.bosh.pivotalci.info/teams/main/pipelines/pgadmin-feature-branches/jobs/pivotal-rm-3...;
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./pgadmin/misc/__init__.py:78: [E303] too many blank lines (2)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  <https://gpdb-dev.bosh.pivotalci.info/teams/main/pipelines/pgadmin-feature-branches/jobs/pivotal-rm-3...;
>>>>>>>>>>>> 1       E303 too many blank lines (2)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  <https://gpdb-dev.bosh.pivotalci.info/teams/main/pipelines/pgadmin-feature-branches/jobs/pivotal-rm-3...;
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 1
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Fixed
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> @Dave/Pivotal team,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The given patch is working fine for all the Tabs/Panels (all
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the panels from main window as well as from Query tool and Debugger) but
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm facing an issue while handling the Browser tree section, It is a wcDocer
>>>>>>>>>>>>> frame <http://docker.api.webcabin.org/module-wcFrame.html;
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and not a wcDocker panel
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <http://docker.api.webcabin.org/module-wcPanel.html;. Like
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wcDocker panel, wcDocker frame do not provide any API so that a developer
>>>>>>>>>>>>> can prevent drag-drop functionality on it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It's not working fine for me. For example, if I put the SQL Panel
>>>>>>>>>> on it's own below the properties/stats panels (so it looks like pgAdmin 3
>>>>>>>>>> used to by default), and then lock the layout, I can un-dock the SQL panel
>>>>>>>>>> into a dialogue, but then cannot re-dock it. I can do weird things with the
>>>>>>>>>> browser tree as well, probably because it's a frame as you say.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That is expected behaviour because once you drag the panel out
>>>>>>>>> of the group of Panels then it becomes individual Frame, That is what the
>>>>>>>>> author of the wcDocker replied on my question,
>>>>>>>>> *"A panel must either be initialized as movable or non-movable
>>>>>>>>> from the beginning and never changed because it generates a different
>>>>>>>>> arrangement of elements depending. This feature should only ever be used
>>>>>>>>> within the onCreate method of the panel. I should probably have been more
>>>>>>>>> clear about this limitation in the documentation."*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So does it become a panel again if a second panel is added to the
>>>>>>>> new tab group?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No, it stays Frame.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As far as I understand Panel needs a Frame to render itself if it is
>>>>>>> not attached to the main docker instance.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There must be some way we can lock a tab that's not part of a group.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At a moment there is no way of 
>>>>>>> locking frames out of the box :(
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hmm, so the question becomes: do we include the lock feature, but
>>>>>> rename it to "Lock Tabs" or something similar, or leave it out altogether?
>>>>>> It clearly doesn't do everything we want right now.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I would say lets include the feature by adding warning note that this
>>>>> feature works with default layout only, And I don't think most user will
>>>>> try to drag drop Browser panel 
>>>>> anyway, meanwhile I'll check what changes are required in main source
>>>>> code to make the Frame lock.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Anyone else have any thoughts on this? Personally I don't like
>>>> including half-baked features.
>>>>
>>>> +1, but we need to find out the way as this feature is requested by
>>> many users.
>>>
>>
>> 100% agree. I can convince my self that this feature request has to do
>> with locking panels into a certain layout. I can also convince myself that
>> the same request is simple because users are frustrated with the fact that
>> the tabs and panes move around and they find that behavior annoying.
>>
>> -- Rob
>>
>>
>>> --
>>>> Dave Page
>>>> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>>>> Twitter: @pgsnake
>>>>
>>>> EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
>>>> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>


-- 
Dave Page
Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
Twitter: @pgsnake

EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
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