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1. Rightclick "Databases" node and choose "New Connection...". 2. In "New Connection" dialog type necessary parameters and click "OK". Result: IDE tries to connect to DB, but for user progress isn't clear. Some progress bar can help with this.
Another item for the "Fix New Connection Dialog" task...
Reassigned to new owner.
Adding a progressbar in the dialog is useless, as it could only pulse (java.sql.Driver#connect is atomic). Currently the dialog switches to an uneditble state and show a message on success/error. I think this is ok. If it is needed to display a message, that a connection attempt is made is needed, please reopen - this should be only a few lines of code.