[Phpmyadmin-devel] Is vertical mode useful?

[Marc Delisle]

Michal Čihař a écrit :
> Hi
> 
> Dne Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:16:50 -0400
> Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info> napsal(a):
> 
>> I know that vertical mode has been available for ages in phpMyAdmin but 
>> I'm wondering if it's useful.
>>
>> Maybe this could be asked in the user survey but I would like opinions 
>> from this list, soon.
>>
>> The reason is that supporting this mode for all new features increases 
>> code complexity; I am in favor of removing this feature.
> 
> You mean in browsing? I think it can be removed, I've never used it.

Sorry, only talking about browsing here

> 
> PS: I think editing table structure should have also only one mode and
> not vertical and horizontal like we have right now...

For table structure, using just horizontal proved problematic (required 
much scrolling) but maybe this can be improved in another clever way.

Horizontal or vertical modes are problematic when there are more than 3 
columns...


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