Bug #33920 Database combo box should support auto-complete

• Submitted: 18 Jan 2008 15:56
• Modified: 1 Mar 2008 0:20
• Reporter: Jim Winstead
• Status: Patch pending
• Category: Connector/ODBC
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: 5.1
• OS: Microsoft Windows
• Assigned to: Lawrin Novitsky
• Target Version: 5.1
• Tags: GUI, user experience, setup
• Triage: D5 (Feature request)

[18 Jan 2008 15:56] Jim Winstead

Description:
Database selection should auto-complete.

How to repeat:
Try to set up a DSN on a server with a lot of databases -- there's no quick way to
navigate the list even if you know what database you are interested in.

Suggested fix:
Add auto-complete. Rather than narrowing the list of choices, I would suggest that the
auto-complete simple position the selection within the drop-down.

[27 Jan 2008 21:51] Lawrin Novitsky

Possible variant

Attachment: pre-bug33920.diff (application/octet-stream, text), 688 bytes.

[27 Jan 2008 22:00] Lawrin Novitsky

This patch changes behavior of database combobox to "droppped list". That basically means
that user can only select database from the list. It supports search on user's input
(actually currently it does to then list is shown).
I actually think it's bad solution and we shouldn't impose constraint on user to have
database created prior to DSN. But it's simplest possible solution, so I have decided to
offer it. Maybe I'm wrong and it's acceptable.
I will post something that I really think it should look like tomorrow

[1 Mar 2008 0:15] Lawrin Novitsky

Real patch. took a bit longer =)

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