How to change maximum viewable tables from 250 to anything in PhpMyadmin

Question

I wanted to increase my list of tables to 5000 in phpmyadmin. 
Reference from doc:

 $cfg['MaxNavigationItems']
 Type:  integer
 Default value: 250

I tried to set it in the back end to no avail under:

settings>navigation panel>Maximum items in branch

How can I do this?

Answer 1

To do this just add the code:

 $cfg['MaxTableList'] = 5000; 

To the file config.inc.php. This will do what you wanted.

I hope this helps you.