- changed the status bar label to have an icon instead of text

- added a label in status bar that will toggle the Preferences tab
- made some changes such that that the label in status bar for toggling the Preferences Tab will be updated in various cases of closing the tab

AppGUI/MainGUI.py

@@ -1103,11 +1103,22 @@ class MainGUI(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         self.status_toolbar.addWidget(self.axis_status_label)
         self.status_toolbar.addWidget(QtWidgets.QLabel(" "))
 
+        self.pref_status_label = FCLabel()
+        self.pref_status_label.setToolTip(_("Preferences"))
+        self.pref_status_label.setPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(self.app.resource_location + '/settings18.png'))
+        self.status_toolbar.addWidget(self.pref_status_label)
+
         self.shell_status_label = FCLabel()
         self.shell_status_label.setToolTip(_("Command Line"))
         self.shell_status_label.setPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(self.app.resource_location + '/shell20.png'))
         self.status_toolbar.addWidget(self.shell_status_label)
 
+        self.hud_label = FCLabel()
+        self.hud_label.setToolTip(_("HUD (Heads up display)"))
+        self.hud_label.setPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(self.app.resource_location + '/hud16.png'))
+        self.status_toolbar.addWidget(self.hud_label)
+
+
         self.ois_grid = OptionalInputSection(self.grid_gap_link_cb, [self.grid_gap_y_entry], logic=False)
 
         self.corner_snap_btn = self.status_toolbar.addAction(
@@ -1538,11 +1549,6 @@ class MainGUI(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         self.status_toolbar.setMaximumHeight(24)
         self.infobar.addWidget(self.status_toolbar)
 
-        self.hud_label = FCLabel("H")
-        self.hud_label.setToolTip(_("HUD (Heads up display)"))
-        self.hud_label.setMargin(2)
-        self.infobar.addWidget(self.hud_label)
-
         self.wplace_label = FCLabel("A4")
         self.wplace_label.setToolTip(_("Draw a delimiting rectangle on canvas.\n"
                                        "The purpose is to illustrate the limits for our work.")