- added a Toggle Notebook button named 'NB' in the QMenBar which toggle the notebook

FlatCAMApp.py

@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
         self.ui.menuview_toggle_fscreen.triggered.connect(self.on_fullscreen)
         self.ui.menuview_toggle_parea.triggered.connect(self.on_toggle_plotarea)
         self.ui.menuview_toggle_notebook.triggered.connect(self.on_toggle_notebook)
-
+        self.ui.menu_toggle_nb.triggered.connect(self.on_toggle_notebook)
         self.ui.menuview_toggle_grid.triggered.connect(self.on_toggle_grid)
         self.ui.menuview_toggle_axis.triggered.connect(self.on_toggle_axis)
         self.ui.menuview_toggle_workspace.triggered.connect(self.on_workspace_menu)
@@ -5753,8 +5753,10 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
     def on_toggle_notebook(self):
         if self.ui.splitter.sizes()[0] == 0:
             self.ui.splitter.setSizes([1, 1])
+            self.ui.menu_toggle_nb.setChecked(True)
         else:
             self.ui.splitter.setSizes([0, 1])
+            self.ui.menu_toggle_nb.setChecked(False)
 
     def on_toggle_axis(self):
         self.report_usage("on_toggle_axis()")

README.md

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ CAD program, and create G-Code for Isolation routing.
 - fixed exit FullScreen with Escape key
 - added a new menu category in the MenuBar named 'Objects'. It will hold the objects found in the Project tab. Useful when working in FullScreen
 - disabeld a log.debug in ObjectColection.get_by_name()
+- added a Toggle Notebook button named 'NB' in the QMenBar which toggle the notebook
 
 3.10.2019
 

flatcamGUI/FlatCAMGUI.py

@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ class FlatCAMGUI(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         # ######### ##
         self.menu = self.menuBar()
 
+        # self.menu_toggle_nb = QtWidgets.QAction(QtGui.QIcon('share/notebook32.png'), "NB")
+        self.menu_toggle_nb = QtWidgets.QAction("NB")
+
+        self.menu_toggle_nb.setCheckable(True)
+        self.menu.addAction(self.menu_toggle_nb)
+
         # ########################################################################
         # ########################## File # ######################################
         # ########################################################################