[Phpmyadmin-devel] Is vertical mode useful?

[Marc Delisle]

Michal Čihař a écrit :
> Hi
> 
> Dne Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:13:24 -0400
> Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info> napsal(a):
> 
>>> 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...
> 
> Indeed, but the changing it at 3 columns is pretty confusing,
> especially when you add fourth column.
> 
> I think the way it is done in Adminer can be good inspiration:
> 
> http://adminer.sourceforge.net/adminer.php?username=&db=a264133_8j3ib554&create=
> 
> - Default values not show unless specially asked for
> - Collation and Attributes share same column because they apply to
>   different column types
> - It also does not allow to define additional indexes while creating
>   table

I haven't checked how they do it, but they don't need (like we do) to 
show these:
  - MIME type
  - Browser transformation
  - Transformation options


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Marc Delisle
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