Console tab names in Datagrip now unreadable in 2020.2
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I just upgraded my copy of DataGrip to 2020.2, and it appears as if the behavior for console tab names has changed. Previously, the tab would show me the full database@server name however now it's truncated in a completely useless way.
For example, I have several databases on several servers such as:
- my_database@customer1-production.region1.my_company.net
- my_database@customer1-staging.region1.my_company.net
- my_database@customer2-production.region2.my_company.net
- my_database@customer2-staging.region2.my_company.net
Now, all of my console tabs are truncated to [my_databa...ompany.net] which makes it impossible to tell which one I'm currently working on.
Is there any way to get back the old behavior?
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Hello! When making this change we never assumed that the ending of data sources can be the same. Is it an option for you just to remove `my_company.net` from names?
Sure, it’s possible but now I have to start getting clever with how I name my connections to make sure they’re uniquely identifiable within your character limit, and that they’re distinct enough so that I don’t accidentally mistake one for another in an emergency. I would much rather just have my clear unambiguous long server names back.
Unfortunately it seems like you’ve run into an instance of spacebar heating: https://xkcd.com/1172/
By the way, the good way to distinguish your data sources is coloring:
Yup, I already color each data source by customer however each customer has several different sites each with prod/staging environments, so colors only get me so far.
Please create a feature request here: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/DBE
We need to understand if there is a demand for old behavior to come back.
Done: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/DBE-11359
Many people seem perfectly happy with the behavior, so ideally this would be toggleable.
Upvoted. Meanwhile, is there a way to remove "console" from tab name? I have 7 tabs open and all of them are consoles, this word is absolutely redundant but takes up the precious space.
Agreed, although sometimes it inexplicably shows "console_2" instead. An icon would be just as helpful to disambiguate the rare cases when I'm e.g. editing a file with DataGrip.
Heaver can you make a comment in the issue above?
yup, done :)