"Connect..." connection context action not always available

[Hilarion]

I could not find this bug report in the forum but I'm sure the bug was also in previous PL/SQL Developer versions.

It you right-click a connection in "Connections" window, there are two options available: "Connect..." and "Connect as main...". For some reason the first option is disabled for connections that are stored with password (for me it's most of connections on the list).

It's quite annoying. What I have to do in such cases is to use "Connect as main..." and then change main connection back to what it was.
It has a little drawback of switching connection for all opened unpinned windows twice (which may be time-consuming) and also loosing connection selection for windows that were using not-main connection but were unpinned.

 

[Marco Kalter]

What exactly do you want to accomplish when you connect when the password is known?

 

[Hilarion]

What exactly do you want to accomplish when you connect when the password is known?

Exactly the same as for the connections that do not have the password stored - have the connection open as not the main connection (the only difference would be that the logon window would not show up).
As I described, the result can be achieved by connecting to such connection as main and then switching back to what was main connection before.
This allows me (among others) to see the connection in "Recent" connections list on already open windows (without having to turn on the "Store history" option, which I do not want).
The "Recent" list is not exactly what I want (it also shows connections that I closed) - in another thread I suggested adding "Connected" list.

Of course I do understand that "Connect..." option should be disabled (regardless of the password being stored or not) if there's no main connection established as PL/SQL Developer requires that there's always a main connection (with the only exception when there's no connection at all).

Edit:
I just found another way of achieving what I want with less side-effects than previously described one. I can right-click a connection and choose "New" and eg. "SQL Window". This will make a connection that is not main as I want. The only drawback being an empty SQL Window which I usually do not need and have to close.
Still I'd like to have "Connect..." option working. I do not see any reason for it being disabled regardless of the password being there or not.