A request was raised suggesting all the little toggle buttons from the mini toolbar be moved to optional buttons for the new customisable toolbar. What do you think?
Mini Toolbar - Merge with Main?
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simon
PN DeveloperPosted 10 months ago # -
simon
PN DeveloperAt the bottom of each editor window is a small-in-height toolbar with toggles for colouring, word wrap, special characters and line numbers. That's the mini toolbar. An alternative option would be to put those buttons on the status bar.
Posted 10 months ago # -
NickDMax
MemberActually I like the buttons right where they are... It might be cool to have the buttons as options for a custom toolbar, but I really like them available right there on the current document. Now if you loose the MDI windows then I would say then that the toolbar is the way to go.
Posted 10 months ago # -
jumpfroggy
MemberI wish there was another option, allowing the mini toolbar to be hidden. If they're going to be visible, I like them on the mini toolbar. But right now there's no way to hide them at all, and I don't use them (I don't use any toolbars, actually). So I vote for D) Keep them in the mini toolbar, add option to hide mini toolbar.
Posted 10 months ago # -
simon
PN DeveloperYou see, I'm never convinced that polls in text editor development are worthwhile, as the correct answer is always: d) all the above. :)
Posted 10 months ago # -
simon
PN Developer@maXmo The mini toolbar was originally inspired by HomeSite (a very long time ago) where they actually had one down the left-hand side of the edit window. It was a really useful per-document indication of the view options that were enabled, and provided easy toggling of those options for the mouse user. The main toolbar is by necessity modal (i.e. it can only show you details for the currently selected edit window).
Interestingly some people have suggested removing the main status bar and having a per-window status bar instead. The end result would look pretty much the same for single document users, but would provide a much more useful experience for those that edit multiple documents at a time in a split view. This would also perhaps make the mini toolbar more useful as it would be part of this status bar.
Posted 9 months ago # -
simon
PN DeveloperI've checked in changes for the next release that allow you to disable the mini toolbar, and also allow you to place all of the icons on the main toolbar should you want.
Posted 9 months ago #
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