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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.
  • 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

    • Improved data grid rendering by displaying smaller datasets in a simpler, non-virtualized layout.
    • Large datasets continue to use virtualization for efficient scrolling.
    • Virtualization now adapts based on grid size and visible columns.
  • Bug Fixes

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

    • Added coverage for static rendering of small grids and virtualization of large grids.

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DataGridView now virtualizes rows only when the row count exceeds a configurable threshold. Smaller grids render all rows in normal document flow with static positioning, while larger grids retain virtualized measurement and positioning.

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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 derives a virtualization threshold from configuration or visible column count. Small grids use static rows without measurement, transforms, or virtualizer sizing. Large grids retain virtualization.
Rendering behavior validation
web/regression/javascript/SchemaView/SchemaDialogView.spec.js
Tests verify that small grids render all rows with static styling and that 450-row grids render only a subset without static styling.

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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
passed to psql --command.

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Inline comments:
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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Nitpick comments:
In
`@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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dpage force-pushed the fix/10143-datagridview-remeasure branch from 3b04d60 to b976b97 Compare August 25, 2026 08:57
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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.

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.
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