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From:	"Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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The sidebar to the right is sometimes very useful although then not used it eat quite a lot of space. In view menu the two at top or the hotkeys "vs", "va".

I actually think the sidebar might be a better option than a loose window but it might be worth thinking about then it should be visible.



> Hi,
> 
> I recently started using a compiled gEDA version instead of the
> (1.8.2?) packaged in ubuntu. I have a bit of a bone to pick with the
> new user interface.
> 
> The new panels on the bottom and on the right are wholly unnecessary.
> For the majority of the time they eat up screen space and are
> distracting, and to me personally very annoying. These are the things
> that are there - always :
> 
> 1. Status, which until now I've only looked at once every 15-20 times
> I open gschem, and usually just closed the window.
> 2. Find text - does this really have to always be there and visible? A
> find tool is useful for some, I'm sure. Personally never really used
> it. Certainly not enough for it to be a permanent user of the entire
> bottom fourth of my screen.
> 3. Object - Usually the whole panel is disabled. Most of the controls
> on it don't apply to most things one typically uses on gEDA.
> 4. Text - Really?
> 5. Options - The menus and keybindings are plenty.
> 
> Can I please have my screen edges back? I'm not saying remove them
> entirely. Obviously someone cares about them enough to have put in a
> whole lot of effort to make them front and center, but can we please
> atleast have them as something that can be suppressed in some kind of
> preferences or so? I've been trying to find such an option, but have
> not have any success so far. The best solution I've found so far is to
> drag the border out to the edge, but this doesn't survive exit and
> makes the tool unavailable entirely (text edit no longer works on
> double click).
> 
> Thanks
> Regards
> -- 
> 
> Chintalagiri Shashank


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