html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,issue,performed_via_github_app
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/991#issuecomment-767761155,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/991,767761155,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc2Nzc2MTE1NQ==,9599,2021-01-26T19:05:21Z,2021-01-26T19:06:36Z,OWNER,"Idea: implement this using the existing table view, with a custom template called `table-internal-bb0ec0-tables.html` - that's the custom template listed in the HTML comments at the bottom of https://latest.datasette.io/_internal/tables","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",714377268,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/991#issuecomment-712317638,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/991,712317638,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxMjMxNzYzOA==,9599,2020-10-19T17:30:56Z,2020-10-19T17:30:56Z,OWNER,https://biglocal.datasettes.com/ is one of my larger Datasettes in terms of number of databases.,"{""total_count"": 1, ""+1"": 1, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",714377268,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/991#issuecomment-710694711,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/991,710694711,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxMDY5NDcxMQ==,9599,2020-10-16T23:24:03Z,2020-10-16T23:24:03Z,OWNER,I'm really interested in exploring how this page could work with hundreds of database files attached and thousands of total tables.,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",714377268,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/991#issuecomment-710694607,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/991,710694607,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxMDY5NDYwNw==,9599,2020-10-16T23:23:34Z,2020-10-16T23:23:34Z,OWNER,Thinking more about pagination and search from #461: if the job of the homepage is to showcase the data that is available in the instance - data that is mostly in tables - maybe it's the tables themselves (and the ability to paginate and search through them) that becomes key to the design of the page.,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",714377268,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/991#issuecomment-710694144,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/991,710694144,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxMDY5NDE0NA==,9599,2020-10-16T23:21:41Z,2020-10-16T23:21:41Z,OWNER,Relevant: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/discussions/1021 asks about controlling the order of databases on that page that have been loaded using configuration directory mode.,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",714377268,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/991#issuecomment-705244583,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/991,705244583,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcwNTI0NDU4Mw==,9599,2020-10-07T23:24:56Z,2020-10-07T23:24:56Z,OWNER,"Sketched out an option:
```diff
diff --git a/datasette/templates/index.html b/datasette/templates/index.html
index c1adfc5..eab3053 100644
--- a/datasette/templates/index.html
+++ b/datasette/templates/index.html
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
 {% block body_class %}index{% endblock %}
 
 {% block content %}
+<style>
+.db-table {
+    padding-left: 2em;
+}
+.db-table h3 {
+    margin: 0 0 0.15em 0;
+}
+</style>
 <h1>{{ metadata.title or ""Datasette"" }}{% if private %} 🔒{% endif %}</h1>
 
 {% block description_source_license %}{% include ""_description_source_license.html"" %}{% endblock %}
@@ -21,8 +29,20 @@
             {{ ""{:,}"".format(database.views_count) }} view{% if database.views_count != 1 %}s{% endif %}
         {% endif %}
     </p>
-    <p>{% for table in database.tables_and_views_truncated %}<a href=""{{ database.path }}/{{ table.name|quote_plus 
-    }}""{% if table.count %} title=""{{ table.count }} rows""{% endif %}>{{ table.name }}</a>{% if table.private %} 🔒{% endif %}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}{% if database.tables_and_views_more %}, <a href=""{{ database.path }}"">...</a>{% endif %}</p>
+    {% for table in database.tables_and_views_truncated %}
+        {% if show_hidden or not table.hidden %}
+        <div class=""db-table"">
+            <h3><a href=""{{ database_url(database.name) }}/{{ table.name|quote_plus }}"">{{ table.name }}</a>{% if table.private %} 🔒{% endif %}{% if table.hidden %}<em> (hidden)</em>{% endif %}</h3>
+            <p><em>{% for column in table.columns[:9] %}{{ column }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}{% if table.columns|length > 9 %}...{% endif %}</em></p>
+            <p>{% if table.count is none %}Many rows{% else %}{{ ""{:,}"".format(table.count) }} row{% if table.count == 1 %}{% else %}s{% endif %}{% endif %}</p>
+        </div>
+        {% endif %}
+    {% endfor %}
+
+    {% if database.tables_and_views_more %}
+        <p><a href=""{{ database.path }}"">All {{ database.tables_count }} tables in {{ database.name }}</a></p>
+    {% endif %}
+
 {% endfor %}
 
 {% endblock %}
```

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9599/95398019-9c594480-08b9-11eb-90c9-f322d647ee3b.png)
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