[Phpmyadmin-devel] New feature: Load/save Query-By-Example

Marc Delisle marc at infomarc.info
Tue Mar 11 13:04:54 CET 2014


Hugues Peccatte a écrit :
> 2014-03-10 19:00 GMT+01:00 Hugues Peccatte <hugues.peccatte at gmail.com>:
> 
>> 2014-03-09 20:53 GMT+01:00 Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info>:
>>
>> Le 2014-03-09 11:52, Hugues Peccatte a écrit :
>>>>     How about adding a "Rename bookmark" button? Then, if I change the
>>> name
>>>>     and hit "Save bookmark", I get a copy (which is what I also expect
>>> from
>>>>     the UI).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Won't we have too much button here ?
>>>> If you think that the "Save button" shouldn't rename but save another
>>>> one, I could change the behavior.
>>>> But imagine that you just want to update a search without changing the
>>>> name (and without implementing the "Rename" button), then you should:
>>>> - load a search "MySearch"
>>>> - change the filters
>>>> - save the search with a new name "MyNewSearch"
>>>> - delete the old one "MySearch"
>>>> - load the new search "MyNewSearch"
>>>> - save the search with the old name "MySearch"
>>>> - delete the intermidiate search "MyNewSearch"
>>>>
>>>> Could I suggest to add a confirmation alert when trying to rename a
>>> search ?
>>>> "Do you really want to rename the bookmarked search <<MySearch>> as
>>>> <<MyNewSearch>>? To create a new one, please select <<New bookmark>>."
>>>> (Please correct if needed.)
>>>>
>>>> Another minor modifications could be to add a "as" between the select
>>>> input and the text input.
>>>> "Saved bookmarked search: <<New bookmark>> as <<SortByName>>"
>>>> "Saved bookmarked search: <<SortByName>> as <<SortByNameDesc>>"
>>> This will create a difficulty for translators, unless we implement a
>>> unique, bigger message containing as the parameters, the two controls.
>>>
>> You're right... I thought to this and I didn't know how to translate it in
>> French.
>>
>>
>>>> After your decision, I'll try to implement it. The choices:
>>>> - new button "Rename bookmark"
>>>> - new alert to warn the user (my favorite)
>>>> - add a minor text to be clearer
>>> Since we have the room for another button, my opinion is that we should
>>> implement it, instead of asking the user to experiment with the UI to
>>> find out how to do some operation.
>>>
>> Ok.
>> So I'll add a button. So we'll have:
>> - Create bookmark
>> - Update bookmark (visible only when a bookmark is selected)
>> - Delete bookmark  (visible only when a bookmark is selected - currently
>> always displayed)
>>
>> If we have an "inactive" display for buttons, instead of hidding them, I
>> could just use this display. Please tell me which one you prefer.
>> I used "Update" instead of "Rename" because the work to save both (the new
>> name and the new filters) is already done.
>>
>> And when changing the selected item to "New bookmark", I'll reload the
>> page and empty all the fields.
>>
>> Do you agree with all these changes? Is it closer than the behavior you
>> expect?
>>
>> Hugues.
>>
> 
> Do you also agree that with the 3 buttons, there is no need to have this
> following hint?
> "After saving or loading a bookmarked search, you can rename it and save
> the new criteria."
> 
> Thanks,
> Hugues.

Yes.


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