View columns in table tree?

Is it possible to have the columns for a table listed in the tree of tables?

This is something MySQL Workbench and SQLyog does and is handy when you're working on a table or trigger and need to quickly see the column for a table.

OR perhaps theirs a good alternative? Currently I run a second instance so I can view the table structures as I'm writing a trigger. But it becomes awkward to switch between the two windows.

Columns are also listed on each "Query" tab, in the right tree box, when a table is selected.

The catch with that is that selecting a table will abort my trigger editing. So I can't view the columns for a table whilst editing a trigger at the same time.

I can switch to the query tab and run SHOW columns for the table I'm interested it, but it's not very convenient.

Yes, very right I guess. I thought you were working in a query tab.

In that case please note that in the trigger body, typing "new." or "old." will pop up the columns of the trigger-mapped table. Probably that helps?

Not so much in my case--just because the triggers are used to check values in other tables to ensure the operation is allowed before proceeding. But it's good to know and I appreciate you taking the time to respond.

What I just notice, also this works for other tables: Typing the table name and a dot - "sometable.".