prompt-toolkit / prompt-toolkit/python-prompt-toolkit
Redraw at the bottom when bottom_toolbar is disabled
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Description
When I disable toolbar for prompt with Ctrl+B, it leaves an empty string. How to make prompt redraw itself at the bottom?
Start:

Ctrl+B - enabled toolbar:

Ctrl+B - toolbar disabled:

Expected:

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Research direction
Start with notfar.py and reproduce the Ctrl+B flow with bottom_toolbar enabled and disabled. Trace the prompt redraw path when the toolbar is disabled, then verify that the prompt is redrawn at the bottom as shown in the expected screenshot.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100