Forum Discussion
Tabbed Navigation and Properties Pane
- Yes, but the way SQL Server Management Studio handles the panes allows you to do a mouse over on the tab and it deploys the pane. It is ready for use it when you need it and it is gone when you don't. More intuitive.
DesVesper Unfortunately, SSMS is not part of the Office environment and vice versa. The teams responsible for the Office interface are independent of the teams responsible for the SQL Server/SSMS/Visual Studio interface. I'm sure there is some communication between them, of course, but they are, ultimately, two different sets of products owned and managed by two different groups of people. While it would be nice to have an expansive set of options for every Microsoft product so that one could be made more similar to another, it's not likely to happen.
That said, I echo your appreciation for the greater flexibility of the dockable and moveable panes over the single fixed position of the Access Navigation Pane.
Out of curiosity, has anyone ever tried to rearrange Outlook along this same lines?
- As a developer myself, the panes are already 1/2 way there. They can be separated from the work surface and can collapse. The only thing that would have to be changed is how they work with the interface and how they are deployed. I realize the resolution in this message is over simplified and the work necessary to make that happen would be challenging for the team. Microsoft for many years has not made much for changes with Access and was about to write it off until the public voiced it's opinion. I have been building Access applications since it's release in the early 90's, when we were using Access with VB. Access is a good application and clients large and small love it. I think with its popularity it would be worth the effort for the product.
