New DataGrid patch: Ctrl+Right broken, heavy red cell highlight, sort resets column, slow cell-to-cell moves over SSH

[lmalma]

Follow-up to the rebuilt DataGrid patch posted in #795 (#795 (comment)). Since that issue is already closed, I'm opening a separate one.

Scrolling performance is better with the patch, but the new DataGrid introduced the following problems:

1. Ctrl + Right Arrow no longer jumps to the last column

It used to move the selection to the cell of the last column in the current row. With the new DataGrid it doesn't do that anymore.

2. Moving from cell to cell is slow over SSH when the row details sidebar is visible

The cell-to-cell navigation itself lags — moving the selection with the arrow keys or clicking another cell. Each move takes noticeably longer than in the previous releases when the row details sidebar is visible on an SSH connection. with the sidebar hidden the same connection is fine, and on a local (direct) connection it's fine with the sidebar open too.

3. The selected cell highlight is far too heavy

The selected cell is now drawn with a thick red outline — much too much emphasis compared to before.

4. What are the circles on the selected cell?

There are small round dots on two opposite corners of the selected cell (top and bottom). What are they for? Screenshot of a selected cell attached below.

5. Sorting a column resets the horizontal position

When I click a column header to sort ASC/DESC, the row I was on is kept, but the column is not — the grid jumps back to the first column instead of staying on the column I was working in.

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Environment: Windows 11 Pro, build 26200. Patch build from the link in #795.

[sonswift]

Hi @lmalma, thank you for the detailed feedback.

The next build containing the fixes for issues 1 and 5 will be made available to you soon.

1. Ctrl + Arrow navigation: We have addressed this in the upcoming build. Ctrl + Left/Right will jump to the first/last column while keeping the current row, and Ctrl + Up/Down will jump to the first/last row while keeping the current column. When multiple cells are selected, navigation will use the last selected cell as the starting point.

2. Slow cell-to-cell navigation when Row Details is visible: We have already improved this in the latest production version, 26.9.5. Could you please confirm whether the version you tested was 26.9.5? If not, please update and let us know whether the issue is still reproducible.

3. Selected cell border: The current border style is aligned with the selection design used on the other TablePlus platforms. We will keep the current design for now, but may reconsider it based on further feedback.

4. Circles on the selected cells: These are selection handles for the new Selected Cells feature in DataGrid V4. They indicate the endpoints of the selected cell range and can be dragged to resize the selection. The selected range can then be used for actions such as copying and pasting multiple cells.

5. Horizontal position after sorting: We have addressed this in the upcoming build. The grid will restore both the selected row and column after sorting, keeping you on the column you were working with.

Thanks again for helping us improve the new DataGrid.

[lmalma]

2. Slow cell-to-cell navigation, Yes I tried the latest version 26.9.5.