Morning all,
isn’t it funny how we all have our likes and dislikes for something as
“simple” as a schema browser?
I was a tree fan for many years. Scroll forever? Not me, I just type the
initial letters!
Then I had a problem, can’t remember what it was without looking it up
and it far too early, that only affected tree view. So I tried the drop
down. I’ve stuck with it for some time now - much more than the 30 days
I promised to trial it for anyway. It works, but I’m still a tree fan.
A colleague here uses a 15" LCD monitor and has his SB arranged with
multi-line tabs. All tabs are enabled as well, so on his screen, I see
about 70% of the screen is tabs and the remainder is the actual data. He
loves it, I hate it!
When I used Delphi, and this option is available in Toad, the single
line of tabs drove me nuts. The tab I wanted was always so far away it
was in the next room! I can’t remember what add on I eventually used but
it gave me multi line tabs which had the advantage of showing all tabs
on screen at the same time, but reduced my workspace. I will never
ever use single line tabs in Toad - I’m a DBA and I have the DBA
module. My databases are well stocked in “objects” so I need all the
tabs visible. Multi-line tabs allow this but reduce actual data space,
single line tabs increase data space but reduce usability.
Tree view, yes you do scroll but it’s still the best, the drop down is
probably the best mix/compromise between data space and usability.
Anyway, having said/typed all that, lets do something constructive for a
change!
What would be the most efficient way to display the SB window? My
suggestion is thought control. No tabs, no drop down, no tree, just the
object(s) you want sitting by itself/themselves in a large but mainly
empty window!
Not sure if there is such a component in the latest Delphi but you never
know!
Cheers,
Norm. [TeamT]
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