[1.8.0 - 1.12.x] AltimeterAutoHide (v1.4)

[todi]

About:

A small mod that hides the altimeter during flight to save screen estate.
Move your mouse to the top edge (where the altimeter usually is) to access the recover/abort/gear/etc buttons.
You can temporarily disable the auto-hide function by right-clicking on the altimeter. Right-click again to reenable it.
I recommend using mods like Kerbal Engineer Redux, MechJeb or Speed Unit Annex to display the altitude information in a more space-efficient manner.
If you need even more space: QuickHide does a similar thing for the stock toolbar and the staging list.
Works also well with Draggable Altimeter.

 

Downloads: GitHub - SpaceDock - CKAN
Links: Source - Issues
Licence: MIT

 

 

Edited July 1, 2021 by todi
compatible with KSP 1.12.x

[john hunter]

congrats on the release will defenatly use this mod

[todi]

New Release v1.1

• Supported KSP versions: 1.8.0 - 1.10.x
• Added version file for CKAN

[todi]

New Release v1.2

• Fixed errors in version file

[theJesuit]

Thats great!  Thank you very much!

Peace.

[flart]

On 9/28/2020 at 1:42 AM, todi said:

mods like Kerbal Engineer Redux or MechJeb to display the altitude information in a more space-efficient manner.

Also

 

[todi]

Thanks @flart! I didn't know about Speed Unit Annex. I've added it to the post.

[Miguelsgamingch]

This mod is really helpful

[linuxgurugamer]

This is great, but is there any way to keep it open, say, for a maneuver such as landing?

[todi]

5 hours ago, linuxgurugamer said:

This is great, but is there any way to keep it open, say, for a maneuver such as landing?

Not yet, because I always have Mechjebs altitude info open. But I could add something. Maybe right-clicking to stick/unstick it?

[lemon cup]

5 minutes ago, todi said:

Not yet, because I always have Mechjebs altitude info open. But I could add something. Maybe right-clicking to stick/unstick it?

I think that would be a good idea as well. Maybe for those interested in the mod because they’d like to have a cleaner screen when on-orbit, and not necessarily because they are running mods with external altitude readouts. 

[linuxgurugamer]

5 hours ago, todi said:

Not yet, because I always have Mechjebs altitude info open. But I could add something. Maybe right-clicking to stick/unstick it?

That would work pretty well

[todi]

New Release v1.3 v1.4^*

• Added functionality to toggle auto-hide with right click on altimeter.
• Added option to config.xml to start with auto-hide disabled on flight scene load.

* 1.4 is functionally the same as 1.3 and only exists because I suck at release management

 

Edited October 13, 2020 by todi

[todi]

I just checked: 1.4 continues to work with KSP 1.11.0 without changes.