MySQL Bugs: #86543: Characters cut off in result grid

Bug #86543	Characters cut off in result grid
Submitted:	1 Jun 2017 14:34	Modified:	1 Jun 2017 17:15
Reporter:	Alan Curry	Email Updates:
Status:	Duplicate	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	6.3.9	OS:	Windows (7)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
After upgrading to 6.3.9, the result grid appearance changed. The row height is smaller, and lowercase letters are not readable because their descenders are cut off.

I've tried changing fonts int he preferences dialog, and the row height scales proportionally, always cutting off the descenders.

How to repeat:
Try this query:

select 'ogpq' x1, 'ij' x2, 'vy' x3;

In the result grid, each group of letters is hard to distinguish. 'g' and 'p' and 'q' look like slightly distorted 'o'. 'i' and 'j' differ only by a serif. 'y' looks exactly like 'v'.

Suggested fix:
Revert the change that made the row height too small to contain the letters.

Thank you for the bug report. Please attach (Files tab) a screenshot of the issue?. Thanks.

screenshot of cut-off letters

Attachment: nodescenders.png (image/png, text), 48.69 KiB.

Thank you for the feedback. Duplicate of https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=84999.

I've added a screenshot. Would have done this to start with but I didn't see any way to attach files in the initial bug report form.

Thank you for the feedback.

This issue has been bugging me for some time: Having MySQL Workbench cut off the descenders of lower-case characters (and upper-case Q looking like O).  It really can cause problems in recognizing the data values, leading to errors.

I found a work-around.  I really, really, really want this bug to be fixed, so I hesitate to even post the work-around.  On the other hand, the bug has been there for a while now, and I haven't seen any indication that it is viewed as something important to fix.  (Which it is!)

But in the interim, I don't want to leave others facing the same problems I 
did.

So here's the work-around: just click the "Wrap Cell Content" icon (right-most icon at the top of the grid area).

I'd like this bug fixed also.  Another work-around is to use a different font. 
 The Consolas font seems to work well.