sqlitebrowser / sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser

Unicode text display mode for database cells

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Description

Describe the new feature

Edit database cell window insists on binary mode for BLOB field with Unicode (UTF-8, for example).
Dropdown list has Text mode, but this is good only for ASCII (or ANSI).
It would be nice to see readable text; therefore at least UTF-8 mode could be added. Though UTF-16 LE, UTF-16 BE and UTF-32 might be considered too.

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Research direction

The issue points to the Edit database cell window and its existing Text/Binary dropdown; begin by locating that UI and the BLOB display or decoding path. Confirm the behavior with a UTF-8 BLOB, with completion requiring a readable UTF-8 mode and consideration of UTF-16 and UTF-32 modes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, sqlite
Domain
databases, desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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