Re: Number of selected characters.

Le 04/01/2011 16:27, Dave Page a écrit :
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Guillaume Lelarge
> <guillaume@lelarge.info> wrote:
>> Ch is not obvious either. But, what about Sel?
>
> It is obvious when it changes to a new value every time you move the
> cursor. Sl (or Sel) isn't - you don't see it change in normal
> operation.
>

We could hide it when there is no selection.

>>> - It's of extremely limited utility in my opinion.
>>>
>>
>> Doesn't seem like a good reason to me. Actually, I read this as "it has
>> a utility to some". So I don't see why we have to get rid of it. We
>> probably don't have the time to do it, but as somebody wrote it...
>
> We have always added features to pgAdmin on the basis that they
> provide widespread utility. We have refused countless feature requests
> for things that only one or two people have asked for.
>
>>> - It clutters the already busy status bar.
>>>
>>
>> It doesn't take a lot of space. I understand the status bar contains a
>> lot of stuff, but this is not much to add.
>
> I disagree. It may be small, but it makes it noticably harder to read
> that area of the UI at a glance.
>

Well, feel free to undo it if you really want that.


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