UX: Table description/comment is fetched but never displayed in the UI

Author: JeanPaiva42Created Sep 3, 2026Updated Sep 3, 2026
Labelsenhancement

Describe the issue Table-level descriptions/comments are fetched from the database in getTableProperties (e.g. PostgreSQL uses obj_description(), MySQL fetches table_comment) and the setTableDescription method is implemented for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server. However, the description is never rendered anywhere in the UI.

Column comments are correctly shown in the Structure view via TableSchema.vue, but there is no equivalent display for the table-level description.

Expected behavior The table description should be visible somewhere in the UI, most naturally in the table Properties tab or at the top of the Structure view.

Ideally it should also be editable from the UI (calling setTableDescription), since the backend already supports it for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server.

Additional context Reported via support. The data is already being fetched — this is purely a UI gap.

Source: beekeeper-studio/beekeeper-studio