How to hide the menu/tool bar of gvim?

Question

I don't have use for the menu and tools bars in gvim on Windows; Can I hide them?

This will give more space to the text area.

Answer 1

Use the guioptions setting (abbreviated as go).

:set guioptions -=m 

Removes the menu bar.

:set guioptions -=T

Removes the toolbar.

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Answer 2

you can hide it by typing these command in your .vimrc

set guioptions-=m  "menu bar
set guioptions-=T  "toolbar
set guioptions-=r  "scrollbar

Answer 3

I have the following code in my .vimrc : by default the bar is hidden, but if I want to display it I can use F11 to toggle between the two modes.

function! ToggleGUICruft()
  if &guioptions=='i'
    exec('set guioptions=imTrL')
  else
    exec('set guioptions=i')
  endif
endfunction

map <F11> <Esc>:call ToggleGUICruft()<cr>

" by default, hide gui menus
set guioptions=i

Removing mTrl hides the window menu bar, task bar and right scroll bar, it is kind of a Gvim fullscreen mode. See :help guioptions for more information and customization.

PS : it is important to keep i in your guioptions, otherwise the Vim Icon is not displayed in AltTAB and task bar.

Answer 4

You can select Edit -> Global settings -> Toggle toolbar. This hides toolbar until you restart VIM. Then, enter :set. Vim prompt you list of different options, find line containing guioptions. This is what you need to add to .vimrc file to sustain this appearance.

This method can be used if you don't know option name but know how to change it through main menu.