About

This plug-in automatically hides the eclipse toolbar on start up.

It is surprising there is no way to turn the eclipse toolbar off permanently. In 3.2 they added the "Hide Toolbar" option on right click, but the toolbar creeps right back in on a restart. I have personally never found much uses of the toolbar and I'd like more screen space.

This plug-in automatically hides the toolbar on start up. Basically just emulates clicking "Hide Toolbar" for you.

Installation

(It looks like my update site doesn't work well with Galileo. In the mean time, please use the the plain old jar as a drop-in)

Update Site

http://kizzx2.com/eclipse/hide-toolbar/updates

(Please use dropin)

(For newbies: You don't actually visit the Update Site in your browser. In eclipse, choose Help > Software Updates > Add site)

Archived Update Site

Some people may have Internet access restricted. In that case you can download the Archived Update Site from the Downloads section. In Eclipse, go to Software Updates... > Add site... > Local...

Plain Old Jar

You can download the JAR file and put it in your eclipse/dropins

Usage

Start eclipse
Wait for everything to load
There is no step 3

Thanks

eclipse-fullscreen for inspiration. That is a great plug-in. Sometimes we just want to hide the toolbar but retain other views (i.e. not fullscreen); that is where eclipse-hide-toolbar comes in to play.

Help Wanted

I have only learned about eclipse plug-ins a couple of days before rolling out this plug-in, which isn't perfect (see issue #3). If you know of a better way to hide the Toolbar, please be sure to let me know! Just a pointer or two and I'll implement it!

Donations

(Shameless fund raising) If you liked this plug-in, please consider donating to show your support and appreciation! :)