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Context-Sensitive Windows

  • October 23, 2019
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The new multi-pane layout of Discovery Hub is great, but it has a bit of a problem in that the windows aren't context sensitive in some cases - what happens in one window happens in all windows. 

An example of this is creating relations between tables.  Doing this with the same database open in two panes makes this process much easier and faster!  Except that creating a relation cause the UI to snap to the relations node of the table where the relation has been created.  It does this for all panes and windows that contain this table, even though you'd want it to only happen in the "destination" pane and nowhere else.  Honestly, as a more advanced user I find the "snapping" functionality to be frustrating.  But if it has to happen, making it happen in all windows and panes makes the new layout much less useful for tasks like creating relations..  

Another example is opening tables in new windows.  If you have multiple panes open, and open tables in a new window, if you close any of the panes, all of the open windows close.  It would be very helpful to close only the windows that were opened from the pane that's being closed.  

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Agreed on all counts.  Having the tree jump/snap and pop-up windows disappearing when I close a tab has been frustrating me.


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Radek,

Thank you for your response.  The problem I've been running into with the new tabs occurs when creating lookups.

If I am working in two business unit tabs, and I drag a field from the right tab to the left in order to add a lookup, the trees in both tabs jump down to the new lookup value.  This forces users to use pop-up windows when adding lookups, or they must scroll back to their table that was in focus on the right tab.  The right tab (source for the lookup) should ideally stay where it was.  

I'm also having a strange issue in one install where re-ordering a field in a tree causes the tree to jump all the way to the bottom.  This only happens on one install, so I need to upgrade and see if that fixes the issue.


  • Community Manager
  • February 26, 2021

Thanks for your suggestions!

It seems this has been resolved in version 19.11+