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SchemaView dialogs keep inactive tabs mounted with display: none. Every DataGridView collection grid is always virtualised via @tanstack/react-virtual, with measureElement doing a synchronous getBoundingClientRect() on every row through a fresh ref callback. Whilst a tab is hidden its scroll viewport measures 0, so the virtualizer's ResizeObserver sees a 0-to-real-height jump when the tab is shown again and treats it as a resize, re-measuring every row from scratch — slow for large grids, and pure overhead for small ones that had no offscreen window to skip in the first place.

Fixes #10143.

Fix

Added a virtualiseThreshold (overridable via viewHelperProps.virtualiseThreshold, matching the existing virtualiseOverscan). Grids at or under the threshold skip virtualisation entirely: no measureElement ref, rows render via a plain .map() in normal document flow, and a new pgrt-row--static class overrides the row's usual position: absolute. Hide/show for these grids is now a pure CSS toggle with nothing for the virtualizer to remeasure. Grids above the threshold are unchanged.

The default threshold scales with visible column count (min(400, max(25, round(700 / cols)))) rather than being a flat row count, since render cost tracks total cells (rows × cols), not rows alone. That formula and its bounds are adapted from @VIBVEL47's independent fix for the same issue in #10146 — credit there, folded in here to keep one PR moving rather than two duplicates. Thank you for the fix, @VIBVEL47.

Test plan

  • Added two tests in SchemaDialogView.spec.js: a small grid renders all rows statically (pgrt-row--static, no transform); a large grid (well above the threshold's clamp) still windows via the virtualizer.
  • Boundary test: a grid of exactly the threshold (pinned via viewHelperProps.virtualiseThreshold) stays static; getVirtualiseThreshold.spec.js covers the column scaling, both bounds and the no-columns case.
  • yarn run test:js-file SchemaDialogView — 22/22 passed.
  • yarn run test:js-file SchemaView — 26/26 passed.
  • eslint clean on all changed files.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance

    • Smaller data grids now display rows in a standard page layout, improving rendering for small datasets.
    • Larger grids continue to support virtualized scrolling.
    • The point at which virtualization is used adjusts based on the number of visible columns, while allowing a configured threshold.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved row positioning and rendering consistency in smaller data grids.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for static rendering of small grids, virtualization of large grids, and behavior at the threshold boundary.

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DataGridView now virtualizes rows only when the row count exceeds a threshold. The threshold uses a configured value when available or scales with the visible column count. Smaller grids render all rows in normal document flow.

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Data grid rendering

Layer / File(s) Summary
Threshold-based rendering path
web/pgadmin/static/js/SchemaView/DataGridView/grid.jsx, web/pgadmin/static/js/components/PgReactTableStyled.jsx
The grid calculates a threshold and selects static rendering for smaller grids. Static rows skip virtualizer measurement and positioning. Larger grids retain virtualized rendering.
Rendering behavior validation
web/regression/javascript/SchemaView/getVirtualiseThreshold.spec.js, web/regression/javascript/SchemaView/SchemaDialogView.spec.js
Tests cover threshold scaling and bounds, default values, static rendering at and below the threshold, and virtualization above it.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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The grid change renders small tables without virtualization while retaining it for larger tables. No actionable PR-introduced issue remains after normal checks.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy the coding objectives in issue #10143. DataGridView uses shouldVirtualise only when rows.length > virtualiseThreshold. Small grids render all rows without row refs, transform…
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web/regression/javascript/SchemaView/SchemaDialogView.spec.js (1)

176-209: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cover the threshold boundary and override.

The tests validate only a two-row default grid and a 150-row grid. They do not validate that exactly 100 rows use static flow or that viewHelperProps.virtualiseThreshold overrides the default. A >= boundary regression or an ignored override can pass these tests.

Add one test for 100 rows and one test with a small override value.

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In `@web/regression/javascript/SchemaView/SchemaDialogView.spec.js` around lines
176 - 209, Add regression coverage in the SchemaDialogView tests for the
virtualisation threshold: verify exactly 100 rows use static flow, and add a
separate case configuring a small viewHelperProps.virtualiseThreshold to verify
a grid above that override is virtualised. Reuse the existing row-class and
mounted-row assertions, and keep the current small/default and large-grid tests
unchanged.
web/pgadmin/tools/maintenance/tests/test_maintenance_create_job_unit_test.py (1)

646-646: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add coverage for concurrent schema reindexing.

The updated cases cover concurrent DATABASE, TABLE, and INDEX commands, but not the SCHEMA branch in command.sql. Add a scenario with schema='my_schema' and reindex_concurrently=True to verify the target-specific SQL before the handler sends it to psql --command. PostgreSQL documents REINDEX SCHEMA CONCURRENTLY with this ordering. (postgresql.org)

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In `@web/pgadmin/tools/maintenance/tests/test_maintenance_create_job_unit_test.py`
at line 646, Add a unit-test case alongside the existing concurrent DATABASE,
TABLE, and INDEX cases in the maintenance job tests, using schema='my_schema'
and reindex_concurrently=True. Assert that the generated command contains the
correctly ordered REINDEX SCHEMA CONCURRENTLY target-specific SQL before it is
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In `@web/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/roles/__init__.py`:
- Around line 1041-1047: In the membership-only permission check, preserve the
original submitted request keys before _validate_rolemembers mutates
self.request, then compare that saved key set against {'rolmembers'} instead of
the mutated request. Keep the existing forbidden response and membership-only
behavior unchanged.

In `@web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg3/connection.py`:
- Around line 1177-1187: Update the AsyncDictServerCursor branch in execute_void
so the temporary plain cursor is assigned to self.__async_cursor and any prior
async error is cleared before polling; also configure the temporary cursor as
producing no result set. In web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg3/connection.py
lines 1177-1187, make the cursor and error-state changes. In
web/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg3/tests/test_execute_void_server_cursor.py lines
72-85, configure the plain cursor as no-result, call poll() after
execute_void(), and assert columns, rows, and errors are not restored from the
prior server cursor.

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`@web/pgadmin/tools/maintenance/tests/test_maintenance_create_job_unit_test.py`:
- Line 646: Add a unit-test case alongside the existing concurrent DATABASE,
TABLE, and INDEX cases in the maintenance job tests, using schema='my_schema'
and reindex_concurrently=True. Assert that the generated command contains the
correctly ordered REINDEX SCHEMA CONCURRENTLY target-specific SQL before it is
passed to psql --command.

In `@web/regression/javascript/SchemaView/SchemaDialogView.spec.js`:
- Around line 176-209: Add regression coverage in the SchemaDialogView tests for
the virtualisation threshold: verify exactly 100 rows use static flow, and add a
separate case configuring a small viewHelperProps.virtualiseThreshold to verify
a grid above that override is virtualised. Reuse the existing row-class and
mounted-row assertions, and keep the current small/default and large-grid tests
unchanged.
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Rebased this branch onto current upstream/master and dropped 5 commits that had ridden along from other in-progress work but were never part of this PR's actual change: #10214 (Helm existingSecret fix), #10251 (REINDEX CONCURRENTLY fix), #9450 (role-membership ADMIN OPTION feature), #10309 (username-import fix, already merged upstream), and #8991 (server-cursor fix). The branch now carries exactly one commit: the DataGridView re-measure fix (#10143).

As a result, the diff no longer touches roles/__init__.py or psycopg3/connection.py, so I've resolved the two open CodeRabbit threads on those files since neither concerns code this PR still touches.

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Fixed the run-javascript-tests (windows-latest) failure.

The 'virtualises a large grid' test mounted 450 rows so that it would clear the default threshold whatever the visible column count turned out to be, which took about sixteen seconds on Linux and tipped over Jest's eighteen second budget on the Windows runners. The aborted render then left act() warnings behind that failed the next test in the file too, which is why two tests went red rather than one.

The grid only needs enough rows to clear whatever threshold is in force, so the test now pins the threshold low through viewHelperProps and mounts sixty rows, exercising the same windowing in about five seconds. Rather than lose the coverage of the scaling itself, the formula is now getVirtualiseThreshold() in its own right, with tests covering the scaling, both bounds and the no-columns-yet case; those run in a fraction of a second. Full spec file and eslint both pass locally.

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Rebased onto current upstream/master and picked up the remaining nitpicks from CodeRabbit's review of 20 August:

  • Threshold boundary and override (SchemaDialogView.spec.js): the override was already covered by the windowing test, which pins viewHelperProps.virtualiseThreshold low; 05583e2 adds the boundary, a grid of exactly the threshold that must stay static (checked that it fails if the comparison is changed to >=).
  • Concurrent schema reindexing (test_maintenance_create_job_unit_test.py): no longer applies, since that file belonged to one of the unrelated commits dropped from this branch in the earlier rebase.

Render cost tracks total cells (rows * cols), not row count alone, so a
flat row threshold under-virtualises wide grids. Scale the default
threshold by visible column count instead, clamped to [25, 400].

Formula and bounds adapted from VIBVEL47's independent fix for the same
issue in pgadmin-org#10146.
'virtualises a large grid, mounting only a window of rows' mounted 450
rows so as to clear the default threshold whatever the visible column
count happened to be, which took around sixteen seconds on Linux and
tipped over Jest's eighteen second budget on the Windows runners,
failing the job and dragging the following test down with it through
the act() warnings the aborted render left behind.

The grid only needs enough rows to clear whatever threshold is in force,
so the test now pins the threshold low through viewHelperProps and
mounts sixty rows, which exercises the same windowing in about five
seconds. The scaling of the default threshold is no longer incidental
coverage of a slow DOM test: the formula is now getVirtualiseThreshold()
in its own right, with tests covering the scaling, both bounds and the
no-columns-yet case, and runs in a fraction of a second.
Virtualisation starts only above the threshold, so pin that boundary
with a grid of exactly as many rows as the threshold, which must still
render every row in static flow. Raised in CodeRabbit's review.
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