On Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 4:54:32 AM UTC-5 Edward K. Ream wrote: It took me a while to understand what the @button node is doing. ... I'm satisfied neither with #407 <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/407> nor with the script. I would prefer some ways of splitting the icon bar at specific places. I have just created #3851 <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/3851>.
Alright, I think I understand the bounds of the problem. Googling shows that the QToolbar class has inherent limitations. There is *no way* to split QToolButton widgets into separate rows. Happily, the toolbar shows an *extension icon* on the far right when there are too many buttons. Clicking this icon will show the remaining widgets on separate lines. The newly revealed icons *remain visible* until the user clicks the extension icon again. I never noticed this behavior before. Worse, my dark theme obscured the extension icon! I've corrected that bug by giving the icon a lighter background color. *@button expand-toolbar* This script needs more explanation. The script creates a button that duplicates the purpose of the extension icon. The script (@button node) does nothing if everything in the icon bar is already visible. The script simulates a *single* keypress (and release) on the extension icon. Therefore, the newly revealed icons will *remain visible* until the user presses the button (or the actual extension icon). The test: if w.objectName() == 'qt_toolbar_ext_button': looks for the name that Qt assigns to the expansion icon. This name *has nothing to do with the headline of the @button node!* *Summary* At long last, I understand the inherent limitations of the QToolbar widget. There seems to be no way to split its contents into separate (always visible) lines. Otoh, the extension icon shows all widgets when clicked and *continues to do so* until clicked again. This behavior is good enough for most purposes. I've corrected my dark theme to show the extension icon. The icon must not have a black background. The given @button script works, but it needs some explanation. I'll amend #3851 <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/3851> accordingly. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/3ed6961a-4ced-4b55-9126-9762a8b9f2edn%40googlegroups.com.
