From 659feb468c59da5fbd031a3c07ea51f9522aec42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Koefferlein <matthias@klayout.de>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 22:12:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixing a small glitch when notifications and toolbox widgets
 interact

---
 src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_qt.cc | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_qt.cc b/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_qt.cc
index 894da7c33..45f590f2e 100644
--- a/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_qt.cc
+++ b/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_qt.cc
@@ -194,8 +194,22 @@ LayoutViewWidget::~LayoutViewWidget ()
 void
 LayoutViewWidget::add_toolbox_widget (lay::EditorOptionsPageWidget *toolbox_widget)
 {
-  toolbox_widget->setParent (this);
-  mp_layout->insertWidget (0, toolbox_widget);
+  if (toolbox_widget->parent () != this) {
+
+    toolbox_widget->setParent (this);
+
+    //  insert after the last notification widget
+    int index = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < mp_layout->count (); ++i) {
+      QLayoutItem *item = mp_layout->itemAt (i);
+      if (dynamic_cast<LayoutViewNotificationWidget *> (item)) {
+        index = i + 1;
+      }
+    }
+
+    mp_layout->insertWidget (index, toolbox_widget);
+
+  }
 }
 
 void