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DBeaver Adds Nod to the Christmas Season

In an apparent acknowledgment of the Christmas season, the makers of DBeaver have added a little Easter egg (no conflation of holidays intended) to the check boxes in the user interface.  At least for the time being check boxes are rendered as presents in the macOS and Windows versions of the database client.  (It's not obvious why the Linux variant doesn't support the icons.) DBeaver is a cross platform, open source database manager client, with versions available for each of macOS, linux-based systems, and Windows.  The developer offers a commercial version that supports features like NoSQL databases, Office integration, and execution plan diagrams. Comparison chart UPDATE (01/27/2022):  It was originally stated that the Linux version of the application doesn't support the styled check boxes.  Since the original publishing it was recalled that there is a setting to indicate the manner in which boolean values (check boxes) are represented.  (Preferences | Editors | Boo