Too much repetition in tab name

[xpusostomos]

When creating Aliases, I tend to name them including the database name, and user login name, because... well... what else would I name them?

So I might name an alias:
localhost foo as foo

But then when I connect using that alias, the tab becomes called:
localhost foo as foo (foo) as foo. That's a bit too foobar for me!

It seems to me there are 2 rational options:
Either:
(a) You let the user name the alias, and respect it in the tab bar title without adding to it.
or
(b) If you think dbname and user name is critical for display, ok, then also append it to the user alias in the Aliases sidebar, ... in which case I won't put that in my alias name.

Either way, I'll see the information only once, not twice.
And since I'm using the option to name the X-window after this string, this is bothering me double.

I believe you can make a TreeTable in Java Swing, so one option would be the alias list has columns database and user. You could also add columns host name, and then I don't think I'd even feel the need to name my aliases at all. That could get overly complicated though.

[fml2]

Could a custom string with placeholders be a solution to this? I.e. we could have a setting for the window / tab title which could have a "well known" placeholders that would be replaced upon connection.

E.g. {db-host}, {user-name}, {alias-name} etc.

There would be a default title of course.

[t603]

Could a custom string with placeholders be a solution to this? I.e. we could have a setting for the window / tab title which could have a "well known" placeholders that would be replaced upon connection.

E.g. {db-host}, {user-name}, {alias-name} etc.

There would be a default title of course.

There is already such functionality for the main window title in Global Preferences, see attached screenshot. So [xpusostomos] is asking for similar functionality for Tabs, I guess

[gerdwagner]

You may try out the following: menu File --> Global Preferences --> tab General --> on the left hand side about in the middle there's a check box "Use short Session tab title ...".

[xpusostomos]

Ah... I guess use short session title is the answer. I don't get why this isn't the default, if people find that differentiation interesting, they would already have it in the alias. And if they don't find it interesting, why would they want to see it in the tab?