holy moly, thanks druban and prkos, both those solutions are just great!

It seems that i can choose different things to show or hide in fullscreen versus normal mode, so i can change back and forth on those two. If I'd noticed that before, there would be no need for this thread

I've seen that, no help. Doesn't Inkscape provide a tool that would enable peeps to write their own shortcut? Usually, everything is customizable in Linux(es).

No, that's the Snap controls bar that goes to the right. I'm only having trouble with the Tool Controls bar.

No! Not the toolbar. The tool controls bar! Like when you select a rectangle, the tool control bar contains its width, height, x and y positions etc.

No, i know i can i hide it using the menu. But the point was that i need it often, so going to the menu is kindof a hassle, that's why i want a shortcut key if there is one. Icon sizes also have nothing to do with it, the icons aren't any bigger now than they normally are. The height of the whole ba...

The currently installed theme on my operating system stretched the Tool Controls a lot, so I have barely any room for my drawing. As a solution, I'd like it if there were a shortcut key to just show or hide the Tool Controls, because I need it very often. I can't google anything out about the shortc...

Sorry for the late response.

My Gimp is 2.6.11 (installed through the Synaptic Package Manager, just like like always)

I've just installed Inkscape and Gimp on a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.04. The "Bitmap editor" option under Inkscape preferences is set to Gimp and even the system has been reeboted after setting it. Still, the "Edit externally" option when right-clicking a bitmap isn't available....