Bug #48912 | Connecting to a database from the home screen blocks workbench's UI | ||
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Submitted: | 19 Nov 2009 16:00 | Modified: | 3 Jun 2011 2:30 |
Reporter: | Craig Fowler | Email Updates: | |
Status: | Closed | Impact on me: | |
Category: | MySQL Workbench | Severity: | S4 (Feature request) |
Version: | 5.2.8 | OS: | Linux (Debian Squeeze x86/Ubuntu 9.04 .deb package) |
Assigned to: | CPU Architecture: | Any | |
Tags: | Connection, ssh, UI |
[19 Nov 2009 16:00]
Craig Fowler
[19 Jul 2010 10:41]
Craig Fowler
I've tried this on WB 5.2 GA Linux/32-bit and I see that there is now a "Connecting, please wait" message that displays while connecting. This is a pretty good workaround. Perhaps in the future it might be nice if the ssh connection could be forked away to another thread, so that other workbench functionality is still available whilst the user is waiting for the connection (perhaps display a message in the status bar like "Connecting to hostname ..." with a little spinner so that the user knows that they are waiting for the connection. Also, perhaps the new tab could be opened but its content replaced with "still connecting to the server"? Again, it would let the user know that WB is still connecting but not stop them from continuing their work? Anyway - the immediate problem of this bug (WB's UI is blocked without any message) is resolved by the dialog that appears in 5.2GA so I am happy for this bug to be closed.
[3 Jun 2011 2:30]
Paul DuBois
Noted in 5.2.34 changelog. Opening a connection from the list of recently used connections caused the user interface to become unresponsive while wanting for the connection to open. Now a "Connecting, please wait" message appears and there is a Cancel button to enable the connection request to be canceled.