MySQL Bugs: #89047: Visual explain tooltip cropped

Bug #89047	Visual explain tooltip cropped
Submitted:	23 Dec 2017 20:01	Modified:	31 May 2018 15:36
Reporter:	Matias Fernandez	Email Updates:
Status:	Won't Fix	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench: SQL Editor	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	6.3.10 and 8.0.11RC	OS:	MacOS (macOS 10.13.x High Sierra x86_64)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	explain, WBBugReporter

Description:
I installed MySQL workbench and tried to use the visual explain tool but the tooltip that appears over each step of each "box" is being cropped. That means that I cannot see the information that visual explain provides to understand the query plan.

Here is a screenshot of the issue: http://take.ms/j7Tnv

How to repeat:
1. Open MySQL Workbench
2. Connect to a DB
3. Write a query that queries just one table
4. Select the query
5. Click on the button that runs a query explain
6. Hover the box representing the table being scanned
7. The tooltip that appears is cropped, so you cannot see all the information

Thank you for the bug report.

I tested this in 8.0.11RC version and it's still happening. This is marked as non-critical and I understand that is not critical, but not being able to see the tooltips make this tool completely useless in Mac OSX. Because there isn't another way to see the information and recommendations that are being displayed in the tooltips.

Is there any plan on fixing this?

This continues to be an issue on macOS 13.2, MySQL Workbench 8.0.31.

At times I’ve had to find an old Windows PC to run Workbench so I could see the tooltips. The `EXPLAIN FORMAT=JSON` helps but is not a complete replacement for visual explain.

Posted by developer:

This issue applies to the legacy MySQL Workbench 8.x implementation that is no longer supported or maintained.
MySQL Workbench 26.7 is a complete rewrite using a new technology stack and does not use the affected legacy implementation.
Therefore, this issue is not applicable to the current MySQL Workbench product and as such is closed.