phpMyAdmin setup

Customize startup page

Use icons on main page
Show create database form
Suggest new database name Suggest a database name on the "Create Database" form (if possible) or keep the text field empty
Show statistics Allow to display database and table statistics (eg. space usage)
Show detailed MySQL server information
Show phpinfo() link Shows link to phpinfo() output
Show password change form Please note that enabling this has no effect with config authentication mode because the password is hard coded in the configuration file; this does not limit the ability to execute the same command directly

Customize browse mode

Iconic navigation bar Use only icons, only text or both	YesNoBoth
Allow to display all the rows Whether a user should be displayed a "show all (rows)" button
Maximum number of rows to display Number of rows displayed when browsing a result set. If the result set contains more rows, "Previous" and "Next" links will be shown.
Default sorting order SMART - i.e. descending order for columns of type TIME, DATE, DATETIME and TIMESTAMP, ascending order otherwise	ASCDESCSMART
Highlight pointer Highlight row pointed by the mouse cursor
Row marker Highlight selected rows
Save all edited cells at once
Show display direction Defines whether or not type display direction option is shown when browsing a table
Repeat headers Repeat the headers every X cells, 0 deactivates this feature
Limit column characters Maximum number of characters shown in any non-numeric column on browse view
Where to show the table row links These are Edit, Copy and Delete links	NowhereLeftRightBoth
Default display direction	horizontalverticalhorizontalflipped
Remember table's sorting When browsing tables, the sorting of each table is remembered

Customize edit mode

Protect binary columns Disallow BLOB and BINARY columns from editing	nobloball
Show function fields Display the function fields in edit/insert mode
Show field types Defines whether or not type fields should be initially displayed in edit/insert mode
CHAR columns editing Defines which type of editing controls should be used for CHAR and VARCHAR columns; input - allows limiting of input length, textarea - allows newlines in columns	inputtextarea
Minimum size for input field Defines the minimum size for input fields generated for CHAR and VARCHAR columns
Maximum size for input field Defines the maximum size for input fields generated for CHAR and VARCHAR columns
CHAR textarea columns Number of columns for CHAR/VARCHAR textareas
CHAR textarea rows Number of rows for CHAR/VARCHAR textareas
Textarea columns Textarea size (columns) in edit mode, this value will be emphasized for SQL query textareas (*2) and for query window (*1.25)
Textarea rows Textarea size (rows) in edit mode, this value will be emphasized for SQL query textareas (*2) and for query window (*1.25)
Bigger textarea for LONGTEXT Double size of textarea for LONGTEXT columns
Number of inserted rows How many rows can be inserted at one time
Foreign key dropdown order Sort order for items in a foreign-key dropdown box; content is the referenced data, id is the key value	content-id id-content
Foreign key limit A dropdown will be used if fewer items are present

Choose how you want tabs to work

Light tabs Use less graphically intense tabs
Iconic table operations Use only icons, only text or both	YesNoBoth
Default server tab Tab that is displayed when entering a server	main.phpserver_databases.phpserver_status.phpserver_variables.phpserver_privileges.php
Default database tab Tab that is displayed when entering a database	db_structure.phpdb_sql.phpdb_search.phpdb_operations.php
Default table tab Tab that is displayed when entering a table	tbl_structure.phptbl_sql.phptbl_select.phptbl_change.phpsql.php
Default query window tab Tab displayed when opening a new query window	sqlfileshistoryfull