Suggestions for Fixed Users

[Guttorm]

I have around 150 entries in my Fixed Users list, and keep getting more, and it is a bit unwieldy.
Suggestions:

* Let the top level menu be more than 11 entries long
* Support multiple submenu levels
* Do something with the tiny edit field in the config. Currently I copy/paste to a text editor each time I do a change

Btw; I managed to corrupt the fixed users list when experimenting. 1st entry is a > submenu, and inside that I have several wrapped connection strings.
I copied the 1st one 10-20 times (but only 1st line of a multi-line wrap) and after submit I had lost everything after the 4th, and then I had: ƒPÀóêÀ
Tried to reproduce, but without luck

This makes me a bit nervous, and it would be nice if this was an external file I could backup (or check in?)

Edit: This was with 14.0.6.1988

 

[Marco Kalter]

The "Fixed users" only exist for backward compatibility. It is recommended that use use connection definitions instead (Configure > Connections).

 

[patch]

In my daily work I have to work with a lot of databases, all with the same usernames but sometimes just different passwords. It would be nice to be able to make a copy of a connection and/or a folder of connections. That way you just have to change the passwords instead of all the items. That is where the "Fixed users" come in handy. Easy configuration, use your favorite text editor to edit.
The connections definitions allow for export and import, but the file is complex for just easy editing (Number and Parent for instance).
I hope this can be enhanced.

 

[Guttorm]

Thanks Marco, Exactly what I needed
Not sure why that one had passed me by

One minor observation:

There is something strange with the click targets for parent entries.
This looks like a general thing in the v14 UI?
Left side of click target is not where the icon starts..
I can point several pixels into the "V" icon on the left-hand side without it turning blue. That also means nothing happens when I click..
Added a screenshot. To include mouse pointer I had to use "Steps Recorder" and then screenshot of that again, so it is a bit grainy.

 

[Marco Kalter]

That's odd. Perhaps you can check this with the Version 15 beta that was released yesterday?

 

[Guttorm]

I think I found the reason; I'm running windows with scale factor 125%.
When I go down to 100% the problem goes away.
Interestingly, 150% and 200% also works fine.