vimprobable-users

[Vimprobable-users] [Feature-Request] auto-hide statusbar

[captaincurrie <cap...@gm...>]

Hello,

Having the statusbar auto-hide when not 
being used would be awesome.

I use a tililing window manager (dwm), and 
the status bar is ugly when you have two windows 
open in the stack

Anyways, i have 

 set statusbar = false

in my ~/.config/vimprobablerc. But that only 
removes it at startup and until i've used it. 
Having it auto hide would be wonderful. 

Re: [Vimprobable-users] [Feature-Request] auto-hide statusbar

[Hannes S. <ha...@yl...>]

Hi!

captaincurrie <cap...@gm...> wrote:
> i have 
> 
>  set statusbar = false
> 
> in my ~/.config/vimprobablerc. But that only 
> removes it at startup and until i've used it. 

I'm not quite sure whether I understand your intention fully. The
status bar (the black bar where the URL and the loading progress are
shown) appears again automatically? When? Under which circumstances? Is
it possible you're talking about the input bar (the bottom bar where
commands are typed)?

Hannes

Re: [Vimprobable-users] [Feature-Request] auto-hide statusbar

[captaincurrie <cap...@gm...>]

Hannes Schüller <hannes@...> writes:

> 
> Hi!
> 
> captaincurrie <captaincurrie@...> wrote:
> > i have 
> > 
> >  set statusbar = false
> > 
> > in my ~/.config/vimprobablerc. But that only 
> > removes it at startup and until i've used it. 
> 
> I'm not quite sure whether I understand your intention fully. The
> status bar (the black bar where the URL and the loading progress are
> shown) appears again automatically? When? Under which circumstances? Is
> it possible you're talking about the input bar (the bottom bar where
> commands are typed)?
> 
> Hannes
> 
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Hey,

Sorry about that Hannes, i did mean the input bar. 

But now that you mention it, the status bar does show up 
after i press <Tab> to  open the 'completion menu' and close it. 
Is that intentional?

Basically, even thou both bars can be set to 'false', 
they show up when 'used' and then
stay up. Is that intentional? 

Personally i would prefer that they both auto-hide when not in use.

Re: [Vimprobable-users] [Feature-Request] auto-hide statusbar

[Hannes S. <ha...@yl...>]

captaincurrie <cap...@gm...> wrote:
> But now that you mention it, the status bar does show up 
> after i press <Tab> to  open the 'completion menu' and close it. 
> Is that intentional?

I would say that's a bug. I will look into it.

> Basically, even thou both bars can be set to 'false', 
> they show up when 'used' and then
> stay up. Is that intentional? 

For the input bar, that's currently intended. Whenever this question
came up, I tried to discuss the underlying question of policy. I.e.
when to "auto-hide" the bar. Basically, I see two options:

- "Auto-hide" it when it is empty anyway. I.e. check whether there is
  any string in the container, enable if so and disable otherwise.

- *Force* the bar to be empty unless it is currently typed in and thus
  hide it all the time it's "not being used".

The second option seemed to be the preferred one in some previous patch
attempts. I still don't have a great feeling about it as this disables
all browser feedback to the user (first and foremost: error messages
will not be shown). Though I'm open to let myself be convinced why this
would be a good idea.

Hannes

Re: [Vimprobable-users] [Feature-Request] auto-hide statusbar

[Hannes S. <ha...@yl...>]

captaincurrie <cap...@gm...> wrote:
> But now that you mention it, the status bar does show up 
> after i press <Tab> to  open the 'completion menu' and close it. 
> Is that intentional?

For this issue, could you try the attached patch and see if it has any
other unwanted side-effects?

Hannes

Re: [Vimprobable-users] [Feature-Request] auto-hide statusbar

[captaincurrie <cap...@gm...>]

Hannes Schüller <hannes@...> writes:

> 
> captaincurrie <captaincurrie@...> wrote:
> > But now that you mention it, the status bar does show up 
> > after i press <Tab> to  open the 'completion menu' and close it. 
> > Is that intentional?
> 
> For this issue, could you try the attached patch and see if it has any
> other unwanted side-effects?
> 
> Hannes
> 
> Attachment (statusbar_completion.patch): text/x-patch, 614 bytes

Hey Hannes,

So far works GREAT!!!! I havn't seen my statusbar since. 
Good ridence!