[Issue] Toolbars keep re-appearing even if turned off

[ClaireR]

I have carefully put together a custom toolbar with all the buttons I need. However I don't seem to be able to stop the Standard toolbar from popping up automatically, for example when I past a graphic. This displaces the formatting toolbar. When I then place my cursor in text, the standard toolbar disappears and the formatting toolbar re-appears. This is driving me to distraction. Can I prevent this from happening so that I just have the toolbars I've decided I want, rather than what someone else thought I might want?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Claire

[ClaireR]

Well yes but that just closes the tool bar. It doesn't stop it popping up again next time. I'm using OpenOffice 2.3.0 in case that's germane to the question.

[Bill]

The Standard toolbar is not supposed to be a context-sensitive toolbar. On my system (OOo 2.3.1 on Windows ME), I have to save, close and reopen the document after turning off the Standard toolbar to stop it from reappearing.

[acknak]

Unfortunately, when a toolbar is docked, there's no easy way to find out which toolbar it is--so it's very easy to get mixed-up when configuring them. You can undock it and check it's title, then re-dock it; that's about the only thing I know of to do.

For kicks, I just tried de-activating all the toolbars, and they all shut off as requested, as long as I used the View > Toolbars menu while the toolbar's context was active (if it is context-sensitive).

The only toolbar that I had any trouble with is the Form Controls toolbar. That one seems to have a different set of rules that I don't understand.

[Hagar Delest]

I've followed the Bhikkhu Pesala's instructions and it does work for me (I just tried with the tables and pictures toolbars). Even if I close completely OOo, the next time I open a document with a table and put my cursor inside, I don't get the toolbar. Using OOo 2.3.1 on Ubuntu. Could try on a W2k system if needed but I'm pretty sure the result will be the same.

BTW, I guess that by Standard you mean :
- either the standard toolbar related to the context, i.e. the context toolbar in fact
- or the Standard toolbar is pushed by the context toolbar.

[Bill]

I've followed the Bhikkhu Pesala's instructions and it does work for me (I just tried with the tables and pictures toolbars). Even if I close completely OOo, the next time I open a document with a table and put my cursor inside, I don't get the toolbar. Using OOo 2.3.1 on Ubuntu. Could try on a W2k system if needed but I'm pretty sure the result will be the same.

BTW, I guess that by Standard you mean :
- either the standard toolbar related to the context, i.e. the context toolbar in fact
- or the Standard toolbar is pushed by the context toolbar.

Did you try this with the Standard or the Formatting toolbar instead of the Table and Picture toolbar? Context-sensitive toolbars don't reappear after they have been closed. The Standard and Formatting toolbars do reappear when inserting a picture, table, frame, etc. or when opening a new document or a new window.

[Hagar Delest]

After scanning the forum, I indeed found the bug described here : Re: Disable automatic toolbar show-up.

I confirm, same behavior on my Ubuntu box. The standard toolbar seems to disappear only at third time the user unchecks it.

[Bill]

Bug report submitted:

Standard and Formatting toolbars reopen after being closed