Anvil browser IDE on multiple monitors

[nathanguyette]

Think how sick this would be:

1. You open the Anvil IDE, copy the url and paste it in a separate tab.
2. Move the new tab as a window to a second monitor.
3. Close all other windows except the toolbox on the second monitor.
4. (By blackmagic, browser extension?) you can still drag and drop items between the browser windows.

Idk, just dreaming here.

[rickhurlbatt]

I love the idea of having data tables on a separate screen.
This approach does the trick for the data base (thanks to @uat) but this feature would also achieve this.

@uat

I pursue a structure something like this:

Main client-side app

Server-side app (with client-side Python modules that call server functions, therefore also a dependency. This allows for caching and keeps things clean).

App for custom components (dependency)

App for feature 1 (dependency)

App for feature 2 (dependency)

…

App for styling (no Python code, but with css-files brought into the other apps via Native Libraries)

App for db (a no-code app, only showing the db – shared with the other apps)

The “app for db” is really just to be able to have data tables open on a separate screen, so that I can see what’s going on in the db during testing (remember to refresh, e.g. by switch to another table and back to see any change between runs). In general, I find it easier to navigate my project when I can have each sub app open in a separate browser tab (or sometimes in VS Code, if only Python code).

Obviously you can extend the browser window across multiple screens but it is just not the same!

Great idea.

[nathanguyette]

Yes, it may be possible to do something like this where data that can’t be dragged and dropped could be put into multiple tabs. I’m not sure how interacting with the windows would work in terms of drag and drop.

Starting with a separate data tables tab, and then moving from there would at least be a tractable problem I would think.