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prahladyeri / VisualAlchemist

Open source database diagramming and automation tool
GNU General Public License v3.0
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UI Contribution #29

Closed rmalcomber closed 7 years ago

rmalcomber commented 8 years ago

Hey really like the project so far.

Have you got a plan for improving the UI or can I contribute to that? I saw there isn't a mention of it on the Readme.

prahladyeri commented 8 years ago

Yes please, let me know if you have any plans for UI improvements. What area of VA do you think could be improved?

rmalcomber commented 8 years ago

Here's a list of thing I think would be good improvements. If any need clarification let me know.

Table Highlighting Click or tab(see keyboard shortcuts) on tables to select a table allowing the user to do table manipulations.

Keyboard Shortcuts Adding keyboard shortcuts for adding tables, tabbing through current tables and table manipulations. Most developers hate going near the mouse.

Context Menu Right click menu for adding tables and table manipulation.

Table Manipulation Renaming tables and adding columns. Adding functionailty to change column name, type, primary or unique without loading the table editor (Still keeping the table editor).

Misc The 'Code' button to be a dropdown button, with the output formats as sub children, I think it would be quicker than having the extra modal pop up asking. <- this change might be voided if there are export options in future versions. Personally I think the relationship line should be square'd instead of a bézier curve.

Hope I've explained myself OK.