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From: Aditya Toshniwal <[email protected]>
To: pgAdmin Support <[email protected]>
Cc: pgadmin-hackers <[email protected]>
Cc: Dave Page <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Query tool data grid - Infinite scroll vs Pagination
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:46:34 +0530
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Hi Everyone,

Request you to share your opinion on this and respond on:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfJhNK8qXSe9mKcubZa8jjjYl0hiZVxhv6GGJo8WJcYc27ug/viewform?...

On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 1:36 PM Dave Page <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi
>
> On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 at 13:42, Aditya Toshniwal <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Hackers,
>>
>> Query tool data grid currently pulls the data on load basis in batches.
>> For example, it will initially load only 1000 rows and once a user scrolls
>> to the 1000th row, it will fetch the next batch of 1000.
>> Many users who want access in between rows or last row struggle to do it
>> as the user has to scroll and scroll. If someone grabs the scroller and
>> pulls it down still it will be a good UX and the scrollbar may jump. One
>> reported here - https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/1780
>> One more aspect to this is the in memory data of the query tool which
>> keep on increasing on each scroll, it affects the performance.
>>
>> I propose we should use pagination instead of infinite scroll with the
>> following advantages:
>> 1. Users can jump to any page they want.
>> 2. Users can change the page size on the grid directly.
>> 3. Memory will be used only for visible rows so performance improvement.
>> 4. Predictable UI, no jumping scrollbars.
>>
>> Let me know what you think.
>>
>
>
> I think there are definite benefits, but there is the downside of having
> to scroll and click to browse results. Personally I'm fine with that, but I
> think you should probably poll pgadmin-support for opinions from more users.
>
> --
> Dave Page
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>
>

-- 
Thanks,
Aditya Toshniwal
pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Software Architect | *enterprisedb.com*
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