Re: Toolbar redraw causes unwanted selection

[storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)]

JD Smith <jdsmith@as.arizona.edu> writes:

> On Dec 19, 2006, at 9:09 AM, Kim F. Storm wrote:
>
>> JD Smith <jdsmith@as.arizona.edu> writes:
>>
>>> On Dec 19, 2006, at 3:02 AM, Kim F. Storm wrote:
>>>>> As someone who often switches rapidly between row and 1-row toolbar
>>>>> windows (a C buffer and an IDLWAVE buffer, for instance), I can
>>>>> confirm that the constant resizing is a bit annoying -- though much
>>>>> less than the original unintended selection.
>>
>> Have you added more icons to the IDLWAVE tool-bar ?
>> The default tool-bar doesn't need extra lines ...
>
> None have been added in several years.  Perhaps you have the default
> Emacs editing toolbar icons disabled?  Normally, IDLWAVE's icons are
> appended to these (since they are valid in an idlwave-mode buffer),
> causing the toolbar resize for normal frame widths and font sizes.
> Is it possible this is the only mode which appends enough to the
> normal editing set to wrap?  I find it hard to believe.

I just did M-x idlwave-mode in an empty buffer.  If that's not enough
to make the extra icons appear, that's why I didn't see them.

>>>> So why don't you turn it off then?
>>>
>>> That's what I end up doing.  Many users prefer the toolbar (which has
>>> some conveniences), and don't know how to turn it off.  And I might
>>> actually use it more if not for these twin inconveniences.
>>
>> I meant turn off just auto-resize-tool-bars ...
>
> Aha, I see.  But then I'd have to go around with a 2 row toolbar all
> the time, even when it was mostly blank.

Well, you can make a command which toggle between 1 and 2 toolbar rows.

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