#843 Add new host connections to tree instead of opening new instance of window

[Anonymous]

Originally created by: cale.or...@gehmail.com

What is the problem that needs to be solved (required)?
If you want to connect to multiple hosts, you need to open a bunch of
instances of heidisql.

What is the idea in abstract terms (optional)?
When you connect to any additional hosts, add a branch at the bottom of
the tree for each connection.

For example, if you were connected to 3 hosts, the tree would look like
this:

user@host1
-database1
--table1
--table2
--table3
+database2
+database3

user@host2
+database1
+database2
--table1
--table2
+database3

Example workflow using the new feature (optional)?

What is a practical way to implement this idea (optional)?

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: rosenfie...@gmail.com

> What is the problem [...]
> If you want to connect to multiple hosts,
> you need to open a bunch of instances of heidisql.

That's not a good problem definition.  Multiple windows are not in itself a problem.

To elaborate, the windowing system can handle multiple windows just fine, so can the
operating system, so there's no technical issue.  The user can quite easily switch
between them using either mouse or keyboard, so there's no usability or
accessibility issue either.

(Technicality: not a bunch but exactly one window per host.)

Status: Invalid

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: cale.or...@gehmail.com

I wasn't saying it was cutting down on windows resources or something.  I'm just
saying its real annoying to have to have 5 windows open in my taskbar if I want to
be connected to 5 different hosts at the same time.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: cale.or...@gehmail.com

If new connections where added to the tree automatically, the user could also
manually open another instance of heidisql if he'd like this new connection to be in
a new window.  So this way the user could choose either way depending on what kind
of mood he's in :)

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: rosenfie...@gmail.com

Ah, so the taskbar icon count is the problem.  That's what we need to know ;-).

Doing like Google Chrome would be really nice, one tab per open connection in the
application title bar.

It takes some developer ressources to do that though, that are not currently
available.

If you browse past discussions, you'll find that the suggested solution (more than
one host in the tree) is not going to happen.

Status: Duplicate