MySQL Bugs: #49436: Dropdown in Properties tab of Sidebar has display problems and no contents

Bug #49436	Dropdown in Properties tab of Sidebar has display problems and no contents
Submitted:	3 Dec 2009 23:11	Modified:	13 Jun 2013 20:01
Reporter:	Kolbe Kegel	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench: Modeling	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.2.10 Beta	OS:	Linux (mysql-workbench-oss-5.2.10-1ubu804-amd64.deb)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
There is a dropdown at the top of the Properties tab of the Sidebar in MySQL Model view in Linux WB. I can't seem to get anything to show up in this Properties dropdown no matter what objects I select.

There is a display problem with the empty Properties dropdown in that some interface element behind it is visible when I attempt to view the contents of the empty dropdown.

For that matter, I can't get anything to show up at all in the display area of the Properties tab no matter what I select.

There is no Properties dropdown at all on Mac OS X WB.

How to repeat:
n/a

Suggested fix:
1) Remove the Properties tab entirely if it has no purpose
2) Remove the dropdown in the Properties tab if the Properties tab has some purpose but the dropdown does not
3) Give the dropdown in the Properties tab some contents if it should be possible to select items from the dropdown in some situation

OS X WB should have a dropdown in the Properties tab if that feature of Linux WB is made to behave properly.

properties dropdown display problem

Attachment: properties_dropdown.png (image/png, text), 22.91 KiB.

Evidently the Properties tab of the Sidebar is only relevant in the context of an EER Diagram.

Proposal for resolution of this bug:

1) Hide Properties tab when not viewing an EER Diagram (specifically, hide it when viewing a MySQL Model)
2) Fix the display issue when there are no elements in the dropdown

it should show the current selected object name or "multiple items" if there are more than one selected. (in the "multiple" case it is supposed to hold a list of selected items in the dropdown-list

Fixed as of the upcoming MySQL Workbench 6.0.2 public beta release, and here's the changelog entry:

On Linux and Microsoft Windows, the empty properties tab was removed from
the Model view interface.

Thank you for the bug report.