Retain View & Globals

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#1

A couple of comments about DTPO 2 beta.

  1. I have checked the retain view box in prefs but that seems to apply only to my default database. When I switch to others in my Open Databases list I always have to drag and resize the groups column. I would like to retain the width of columns through every database listed in the Globals column so that I don’t always have to resize.

  2. I find the “Recent Databases” heading in the Globals column unnecessary and would like to get rid of it. I now work with all my databases open, ready to switch from one to another. If there isn’t a way already, I would like a checkbox to disable Recent Databases included as a preference asap. :slight_smile:

#2

I think you might be misunderstanding what “Retain view” does. And based on the documentation it only seems applicable when “Always open groups in a new window” is disabled even though it can be enabled when the latter still is.

#3

The problem seems to have magically solved itself. Possibly the changes you make to columns only take effect when you have closed and relaunched DTPO. Anyway, I got the result I wanted. However, I still don’t see a need for Recent Databases in Globals when I can get the same result via File>Open Recent. I would recommend a checkbox to turn this off in Prefs.

#4

Me too! Me too!

#5