[Phpmyadmin-devel] Re: phpmyadmin 2.2.0 feedback

Marc Delisle DelislMa at CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca
Thu Sep 13 10:04:02 CEST 2001


Hi Rob,

I tried phpMyAdmin 2.2.0 in 800x600 and I could not reproduce your problem.
When editing data, I see the field names at the left side of the main frame.

Marc

Tobias Ratschiller a écrit :
> 
> Forward to the phpMyAdmin-dev mailing list.
> 
> -Tobias
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Galbraith" <rob at amazing-internet.com>
> To: <opensource at phpwizard.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 12:38 AM
> Subject: phpmyadmin 2.2.0 feedback
> 
> > Hi there!
> >
> > I think the new release of phpmyadmin is great, apart from the fact that
> my
> > laptop only runs at 800x600 and the new screen format with the extra type
> > column in the edit screen pushes the display way off to the right. This
> > means that if I edit data using phpmyadmin, I can't see what the field
> names
> > are.
> >
> > This is obviously a problem for me, and will be a major pain in the butt.
> Is
> > it possible in the next version to turn this feature off? I'm not sure why
> > it was added, because I know what the fields I created were, and don't
> > consider being reminded of them necessary. Anyway, basically I can't see
> > field names when I edit, which makes it silly to use for this purpose.
> >
> > My colleague thinks I'm in the minority on this, but what can I do? I've
> got
> > an 800x600 laptop, and I'm not going to upgrade for the sake of
> fieldnames.
> > Unfortunately my colleague isn't about to deinstall it, so I'm stuck with
> > it.
> >
> > I'm sorry if I sound a bit miffed. I think phpmyadmin is a great piece of
> > software, and I use it all the time! That's basically why I'm annoyed -
> > because it's now a lot trickier to use!
> >
> > Maybe there's an option somewhere to turn this off in the code for it?
> I've
> > not looked at the source code before, but I could probably switch it off
> > given a general direction.
> >
> > Can you help?
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Rob Galbraith.




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