Bug 140299 - Show all objects in one view
Summary: Show all objects in one view
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Base (show other bugs)
Version:
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Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2021-02-09 17:04 UTC by michael
Modified: 2021-07-14 10:10 UTC (History)
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Description michael 2021-02-09 17:04:11 UTC
Currently the main Base window has a pane on the left in which I can select the type of object I am interested in: tables, queries, forms or reports.

When I am designing a query which relies on multiple tables and possibly other queries and I am not sure of the exact identifier, I have to click around a lot. It would be more convenient to have everything in one spot.

Suggestion:

* Get rid of the Database pane (in which the user selects the object type to display)
* Give the main (Tables/Queries/Forms/Reports) pane a multi-level structure, much like what is already done for tables when using an external DB. Top level is the object type, below that is the list/tree for the respective object type. When the user is currently not interested in tables, they can just collapse the Tables node and will only have the heading.
* Do the same for the Tasks pane: top level are objects, second level are the available tasks for each object type.
Comment 1 Robert Großkopf 2021-07-14 10:10:10 UTC
Think it is a good enhancement request.

When looking on the left pane "Database" of the Base-window there only appear "Tables" "Queries", "Forms" and "Reports". Most of the pane is empty. 

With a tree-view you would be able to see all the tables, queries …

I have set this one to NEW and the earliest effected version to "Inherited From OOo". Such a function has never been implemented for editing a database.