Bug #46806 EER - tables are automatically resized
Submitted: 19 Aug 2009 10:06 Modified: 30 Nov 2009 16:20
Reporter: Leif Inge Sandberg Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Workbench Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.1.17 r4302, 5.1.18 OS:Windows (Vista Business)
Assigned to: Alfredo Kojima CPU Architecture:Any

[19 Aug 2009 10:06] Leif Inge Sandberg 
Description:
My EER diagram shows 24 tables. After upgrading Workbench from 5.0 to 5.1.17 the tables were automatically resized, and some were too small to show all columns. I increased the heights and repositioned the tables, saved, closed Workbench. Next time I opened the db model, some tables were too small again.

I'm happy with the nice changes in Wb 5.1.17, but this auto-resizing is pretty annoying. I see no pattern; some tables with two columns are resized, while other tables with two columns aren't. Same for tables with 10+ columns; some are resized, others aren't.

How to repeat:
1. Increase height of a table so that all columns are visible
2. Save model
3. Restart Workbench
4. Load the db model

Some tables are now resized on the EER diagram and too small to show all columns.

Suggested fix:
Do not auto-resize the tables :-)
[19 Aug 2009 10:07] Leif Inge Sandberg 
Workbench Options

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[19 Aug 2009 11:22] MySQL Verification Team 
Thank you for the bug report.
[20 Aug 2009 9:54] Johannes Taxacher 
a workaround would be to set the "manual sizing"-property for those tables to false (which automatically enlarges table-figures to show all (or max display set in preferences) columns, which is stored/restored correctly
[20 Aug 2009 10:22] Leif Inge Sandberg 
Yes, this works. In the EER diagram tab I press Ctrl+A, then Ctrl+click on all non-table objects, then the table property manualSizing is available and I can select False for all tables.

Great workaround tip, thanks!
[14 Sep 2009 14:47] Johannes Taxacher 
Bug #47236 has been marked as duplicate of this one
[16 Sep 2009 9:47] Valeriy Kravchuk 
Bug #47359 was marked as a duplicate of this one.
[16 Sep 2009 10:29] Valeriy Kravchuk 
Bug #47362 was marked as a duplicate of this one.
[30 Nov 2009 13:22] Johannes Taxacher 
this issue is not repatable in 5.2 anymore. fixed in 5.2.8
[30 Nov 2009 16:20] Tony Bedford 
An entry has been added to the 5.2.8 changelog:

In the EER Diagram view, the auto-resizing of tables did not work correctly, tables were too small to allow all columns to be visible.