[Phpmyadmin-devel] Improved index editor

[Rouslan Placella]

On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 15:20 -0500, Marc Delisle wrote:
> Rouslan Placella a écrit :
> > On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 12:22 -0500, Marc Delisle wrote:
> >> Rouslan Placella a écrit :
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I did some work on the "table properties" page and, in particular, on
> >>> the index editor. As a result, I now have a branch with several
> >>> improvements and fixes. I would like to merge with master within the
> >>> next few days, unless there are some objections.
> >>>
> >>> Fixes:
> >>> * Fix for indexes list that did not respect $cfg['InitialSlidersState']
> >>> * Removed some redundant data from AJAX replies
> >>> * "Add columns" action only worked when the English language was used
> >>>
> >>> Features:
> >>> * AJAXified the "create index" action (not sure why this wasn't done)
> >>> * Tidied up the layout at the bottom of the table structure page with
> >>> some fieldsets
> >>>
> >>> * Index editor:
> >>> Some issues with the old implementation of the index editor are:
> >>> It was using up way too much horizontal space (900px), by tidying up the
> >>> layout of the editor, I brought this down to 450px. I converted the
> >>> "primary key warning" into a tooltip to gain a bit of vertical space.
> >>> Then there was an issue when a user requested to add a column to the
> >>> index editor: the browser fired an HTTP request of the form to the
> >>> server, just to get the same form back with an extra empty field. Of
> >>> course, this action can be done on the client side by just cloning a row
> >>> from the table.
> >>>
> >>> Anyway, there are some low-quality screenshots attached. You can also
> >>> pull from the "indexes" branch of
> >>> git://repo.or.cz/phpmyadmin/roccivic.git
> >>>
> >>> And, your feedback is very welcome :)
> >> Hi Rouslan,
> >> this is a welcome improvement to the structure page and index editor. 
> >> However there is one case that needs handling. If the creation of a 
> >> unique index generates a duplicate key error, the user is not warned and 
> >> the "Add index" panel remains there.
> > 
> > That was actually an unrelated bug, introduced with the sticky menu bar.
> > I fixed that in master.
> 
> Great; please look at this screenshot for a weird display in IE 8 / 
> Windows XP.

I can't reproduce this issue in IE 8 / Windows 7. Could you look into
it? Maybe it's the browser cache?

Rouslan