Azurestorageexplorer: Cannot undo in Cosmos DB query editor

[thomaslevesque]

Storage Explorer Version: 1.4.1
Platform/OS Version: Windows 10 x64
Architecture: ia32
Regression From: Maybe 1.4.0, I'm not sure. But I'm pretty sure it used to work at some point; I would have noticed if it didn't.

Steps to Reproduce:

Open a query tab on a CosmosDB collection
Type some text
Try to undo with Ctrl-Z

Expected Experience:

Should undo the last keystroke(s)

Actual Experience:

Nothing happens

Note: my keyboard has an AZERTY layout, in case it matters.

[thomaslevesque]

Any news on this? The issue is still there in 1.5.0.

[thomaslevesque]

Still there in 1.6.0. This should be a high priority issue...

[ziyel]

@thomaslevesque. Thanks for the feedback and sorry for the late response.
We have prioritized this and plan to fix in version 1.7.0.

[thomaslevesque]

Thanks @ziyel!

[thomaslevesque]

Hi @ziyel,

We have prioritized this and plan to fix in version 1.7.0.

I just installed 1.7.0, the problem doesn't appear to be fixed :(

[thomaslevesque]

1.9.0, still not fixed. Am I the only one using Azure Storage Explorer to query Cosmos DB?

[southpolesteve]

@thomaslevesque Does it work for you in the Azure Portal or https://cosmos.azure.com/

[thomaslevesque]

@southpolesteve yes it does. Both web versions work fine, the problem is only in Azure Storage Explorer.

[ishimmings]

Any news on this? Really annoying not being able to do basic undo/redo.

[thomaslevesque]

Is anyone looking into this? It's been more than a year...

And now there's also #2357. Frankly, Azure Storage Explorer is becoming almost unusable for Cosmos DB work, and it's the only desktop client for Cosmos DB as far as I know (since there hasn't been any progress towards supporting it in Azure Data Studio).

[thomaslevesque]

FWIW, I'm giving up on Azure Storage Explorer for working with Cosmos DB. If you don't intend to make Cosmos DB features work correctly, just remove support for Cosmos DB, because in its current state, it's barely usable.

[andreacassioli]

Any progress? Is it a very complex revolutionary functionality?? At least giving a feed back would be nice...

[southpolesteve]

@andreacassioli I have no updates or ETA. My recommendation is to use https://cosmos.azure.com/ (Which also powers the Azure Portal). Undo works there. Additionally, it has many other new query features like DISTINCT, LIMIT/OFFSET, and GROUP BY.

[andreacassioli]

@southpolesteve So what is the purpose of the explorer? I mean, we are taking about basic undo....

Anyway the portal is not much better (I cannot even see all my subscriptions...) and only the explorer in portal.azure.com seems to be OK.

There is a merit in a stand-alone client when a portal is somehow slow, cumbersome and you work on a smaller screen.

[thomaslevesque]

Like I said before, if the Cosmos DB features in Azure Storage Explorer are not going to be maintained, they might as well be removed entirely, because currently they're basically useless.

[gorillapower]

Were also dying for an undo in the Storage Explorer as well as being able to collapse JSON.