Is it possible for a ST plugin to add an icon/button to the UI (e.g. at the end of the tab bar) to perform custom action (e.g. hide/show menubar or sidebar)?
Can a plugin add a UI button to the tab bar?
deathaxe
#2
Sublime Text doesn’t have a tab bar. New top-level main menu items can be added by Main.sublime-menu files.
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joaocandre
#3
What would one call the tab ‘area’ then? Or more to the point, is there any part of the UI where one can add a custom button/shortcut, besides the system menu?
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gbird
#4
FWIW, you might find it unnecessary to edit the UI after you work with ST for a while. You quickly find that the Command Pallete (CMD/CTRL + SHIFT + P) becomes the one-stop shop for everything. The fuzzy search feature makes it a breeze to find what you are looking for quickly, without lifting your fingers from the keyboard.
I almost never use the main menu systems or the mouse anymore, so GUI controls become a little redundant.
You can add items to the Command Pallete via a .sublime-commands file, where you can pass in the commands and arguments
Command Palette | Sublime Text Community Documentation
I’ve authored a number of ST plugins for myself. I always preface the caption with the same starting text, so that they aggregate together in the Command Pallete, eg:
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joaocandre
#5
Yeah I’ve used ST for a while now and also rarely ever require the mouse/menus to do anything.
That being said,n I’m trying to use it on a tablet, and want to accommodate for circumstances where a separate keyboard is not readily available.
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