From 1a48e8a03e7252d60ba5eeb329ef297a33003f04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Culley <paulr2787@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:44:32 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue where separator between top and bottom bar of View
 creeps up. (#1122)

Fixes #11973
---
 gramps/gui/viewmanager.py    |  3 ++-
 gramps/gui/views/pageview.py | 20 ++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py b/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py
index 545204a2f..6bce9ade2 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ class ViewManager(CLIManager):
         vbox.pack_end(self.statusbar, False, True, 0)
         vbox.pack_start(toolbar, False, True, 0)
         vbox.pack_end(self.hpane, True, True, 0)
-        vbox.show()
+        vbox.show_all()
 
         self.uistate = DisplayState(self.window, self.statusbar,
                                     self.uimanager, self)
@@ -835,6 +835,7 @@ class ViewManager(CLIManager):
         hbox.add(Gtk.Label(label=pdata.name))
         hbox.show_all()
         page_num = self.notebook.append_page(page.get_display(), hbox)
+        self.active_page.post_create()
         if not self.file_loaded:
             self.uimanager.set_actions_visible(self.actiongroup, False)
             self.uimanager.set_actions_visible(self.readonlygroup, False)
diff --git a/gramps/gui/views/pageview.py b/gramps/gui/views/pageview.py
index 7961ec56f..966a6ec0d 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/views/pageview.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/views/pageview.py
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ class PageView(DbGUIElement, metaclass=ABCMeta):
         self.sidebar = None
         self.bottombar = None
         self.widget = None
+        self.vpane = None
 
         DbGUIElement.__init__(self, dbstate.db)
 
@@ -154,18 +155,20 @@ class PageView(DbGUIElement, metaclass=ABCMeta):
                                      self.ident + "_bottombar",
                                      defaults[1])
         hpane = Gtk.Paned()
-        vpane = Gtk.Paned(orientation=Gtk.Orientation.VERTICAL)
-        hpane.pack1(vpane, resize=True, shrink=False)
+        self.vpane = Gtk.Paned(orientation=Gtk.Orientation.VERTICAL)
+        hpane.pack1(self.vpane, resize=True, shrink=False)
         hpane.pack2(self.sidebar, resize=False, shrink=False)
         hpane.show()
-        vpane.show()
+        self.vpane.show()
 
         self.widget = self.build_widget()
         self.widget.show_all()
         self.widget.set_name('view')
-        vpane.pack1(self.widget, resize=True, shrink=False)
-        vpane.pack2(self.bottombar, resize=False, shrink=True)
-        self._setup_slider_config(vpane, 'vpane.slider-position')
+        self.vpane.pack1(self.widget, resize=True, shrink=False)
+        self.vpane.pack2(self.bottombar, resize=False, shrink=True)
+        self.vpane.show_all()
+        self._config.register('vpane.slider-position', -1)
+        self.vpane.set_position(self._config.get('vpane.slider-position'))
 
         self.sidebar_toggled(self.sidebar.get_property('visible'))
         self.hpane_sig = hpane.connect("draw", self.set_page_slider)
@@ -343,6 +346,11 @@ class PageView(DbGUIElement, metaclass=ABCMeta):
         self.bottombar.set_inactive()
         self.active = False
 
+    def post_create(self):
+        if self.vpane:
+            self._setup_slider_config(self.vpane, 'vpane.slider-position')
+            self.vpane = None
+
     @abstractmethod
     def build_tree(self):
         """