GNU bug report logs - #73671
30.0.60; Make window-tool-bar-mode not show modifier-bar-mode

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Message #14 received at 73671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 73671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, j <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73671: 30.0.60; Make window-tool-bar-mode not show
 modifier-bar-mode
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:56:50 +0300

> From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
> Cc: Anush V <j <at> gnu.org>,  73671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 08:01:36 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> From: Anush V <j <at> gnu.org>
> >> Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2024 16:06:03 -0400
> >> 
> >> I just discovered the 'global-window-tool-bar-mode'. This allows us to
> >> have a frame-wide 'tool-bar-mode' and buffer-specific tool bars.
> >> 
> >> This is nice, except when combined with 'modifier-bar-mode', in that scenario,
> >> the modifier bar is shown on all windows along with frame-wide toolbar.  Is
> >> there a way to make the modifier-bar appear only in the frame-wide toolbar?
> >
> > The doc string says modifier-bar-mode is a global minor mode, so I
> > guess not.  Po Lu, any suggestions?
> 
> I'm reasonably certain that this is simply a bug, since I never intended
> that the modifier bar should be displayed in tool bars created by
> global-window-tool-bar-mode.

OK, but when you fix this, please make sure that the modifier bar
could be left displayed even if the tool bar isn't, at least as a user
option, since I can envision perfectly valid use cases where users
might want to have the modifier bar on display, but not the tool bar.

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