Bug #53025 Variable Descriptions are NOT fully visible if longer than one line
Submitted: 21 Apr 2010 13:28 Modified: 28 Apr 2010 13:19
Reporter: Paul Rudge Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Workbench: Administration Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.2.19 Beta OS:Any (XP SP3, Mac OS X)
Assigned to: Alfredo Kojima CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: lines, variables

[21 Apr 2010 13:28] Paul Rudge
Description:
In the Variables TAB, the description does NOT show more than 1 line.

If the columns are moved, data display becomes distorted since you can adjust at will.

How to repeat:
Open the Admin tab to monitor an Instance.

Select the Variables Tab

Goto to System variables and select to search ALL

Start to type in the search criteria as it auto fills.

sql

The top variable is 'sql_auto_is_null'

Notice that the description line has dots, which are the tops of text in the following row.

Suggested fix:
Set a MINIMUM width for each column to avoid misinterpretng the truncated variable names and values.

SUGGESTION: If a variable is double-clicked, an editing windows opens, showing the full description and allowing 'live' editing of the variables where appopriate.

This may also auto-update the .ini file.

Where necessary, remind the user if restarting instance is necessary.
[21 Apr 2010 13:46] Valeriy Kravchuk
Thank you for the problem report. Verified just as described.
[27 Apr 2010 4:14] Alfredo Kojima
Increased default widths for columns
[27 Apr 2010 19:56] Johannes Taxacher
fix confirmed in repository
[28 Apr 2010 13:19] Tony Bedford
An entry has been added to the 5.2.20 changelog:

In the Variables tab of the Administrator, variables with long descriptions were not displayed correctly, they appeared wrapped to a new line, and clipped by the height of the Description row.