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Bug 91447

Summary:	[Presentations] Add possibility to remove toolbar from Eclipse UI
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Max Gilead <max.gilead>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Paul Webster <pwebster>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P4	CC:	billy.biggs, eclipse, jeffmcaffer
Version:	3.1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:

Description Max Gilead

2005-04-14 15:27:14 EDT

I propose to add configuration option to remove toolbar from Eclipse UI. As it
is now, it takes a lot of space, which can be painful when working on smaller
screens, on which icons don't fit into one line making only problem worse. And
even on larger screens removing it would free some space for editors :-)

Comment 1 Kim Horne

2005-04-17 19:26:04 EDT

We actually have the ability to do this already - the intro component does it when it's made fullscreen.  
Mvm, should we expose this?

Comment 2 Michael Van Meekeren

2005-04-18 09:26:30 EDT

It's something we'd have to consider for 3.2 as we are in a state where we
should not be adding new features like this anymore.  A good suggestion however.
 Would you see this as a simple menu item on the toolbar saying "Hide Toolbars"
or something?

Comment 3 Kim Horne

2005-04-18 09:38:40 EDT

Adding Jeff as I recall him being interested in this as well.

A button to do it would be cool.  On OS X there is already a convention for this - a button to do this 
exists in the shell trim area although I don't know if SWT has exposed it.

Comment 4 Jean-Michel Lemieux

2005-04-18 09:53:45 EDT

This is a common request from RCP developers as well. They want to and "Hide
Toolbars" and "Hide Status Line" to their apps. It possible to implement using
WorkbenchWindowAdvisor.createContents() and adding the controls to the workbench
page in a FormLayout. Then adding actions to remove the pieces you want. 

If you add this to the Workbench, please make the actions available to RCP
developers.

Comment 5 Jeff McAffer

2005-04-18 10:32:27 EDT

Thanks Kim!  I am indeed interested in this both for my own IDE configuration 
and for RCP developers.

Note that tied into this is likely the ability to not have the perspective 
switcher area showing.  I know you can collapse it to the right but many RCP 
apps (and my IDE configuration) don't have multiple perspectives per window.  
Perhaps this is keyed by the current preference for one perspective per window?

Comment 6 Paul Webster

2006-09-28 10:50:40 EDT

Kim, didn't you just do this in 3.3?

PW

Comment 7 Kim Horne

2006-09-28 11:03:59 EDT

Why yes, yes I did.