Is there any way to disable grouping databases in phpMyAdmin?

Solution 1:

I know this is something old -- so I'm posting here just in case someone stumbles in the same question.

In the latest versions of phpMyAdmin the setting to flip is NavigationTreeEnableGrouping, i.e. in config.inc.php set:

$cfg['NavigationTreeEnableGrouping'] = false;

p.s. on localhost, config.inc.php is placed in /phpmyadminX.XX/ folder

Or, for a "current session only", you can do it from phpmyadmin STARTPAGE: click settings -> navigation panel -> uncheck "group items in tree"

Solution 2:

You can disable grouping by setting LeftFrameDBTree to false:

$cfg['LeftFrameDBTree'] = false;

UPDATE: the option was renamed to NavigationTreeEnableGrouping in phpMyAdmin 4.0.0.0 (2013-05-03).