Now that I review this, I'm confused. The "New Player" dialog is common between the Players tab and Database tab, because it is for adding a new player to the database (and optionally to the tournament at the same time). So when you press the "New Player" button on either the Player or Database tab, you get the same dialog which has the "Immediately redisplay this dialog" checkbox.
So, are you asking for the same checkbox on the edit a player on the Database tab? And, if so, what does it show upon re-opening? The "next" player (as sorted on the screen)?
OK I think you have got me here. I have not put this in the right words or explained it correctly and rereading it i can understand your thinking.
Being able to display the DB as a spreadsheet would make editing a BIG database a lot easier. you could move between cells easier, cut and paste, drag and drop as you can in microsoft excell.
I think that Magic was right by saying if you bring up the "edit database player" It would be best served by having a drop down box to select the name of the next player you would like to edit.
Whether or not you would need an "edit Database player" button on the left hand side, this maybe a bit redundant as its just as easy to double click on any players name to open.
WHY would any one want this?
I would like a way to edit a players database because when you add a new player to a tournament, you often, on the day of a tournament, don't have the time to enter all the details into the DB straight away and then you have to do this later. usually when your at home. This why i first mentioned the Spreadsheet view.
My database is only about 160 players, and I recently had to update/enter phone numbers, emails, and notes etc. When doing this, after each players database file was altered, i had to close the "edit Database player"window down and then reopen it again by going to the next player.
Hope this explains my thinking a bit better than the first time and that it makes a bit more sense.