Ticking the option for disabling the GUI to show / hide troughput leaves an empty box. Shouldnt it remove the element completely?, like other mods do, for example; facotry planner has that option and it actually removes the thing (box included). This one does not, for some reason?

That's because it adjusts visibility. But even if the button was deleted outright, the box would still remain because the core Factorio library responsible for it doesn't handle this case in any way. And Factory Planner interferes with the library to remove the box, which I think is wrong.

That's because it adjusts visibility. But even if the button was deleted outright, the box would still remain because the core Factorio library responsible for it doesn't handle this case in any way. And Factory Planner interferes with the library to remove the box, which I think is wrong.

Fair enough, thank you for the response though.

But even if the button was deleted outright, the box would still remain because the core Factorio library responsible for it doesn't handle this case in any way. And Factory Planner interferes with the library to remove the box, which I think is wrong.

Since the core Factorio library didn't fix that for years and the fix in Factory Planner just works fine for years, I would highly propose to just do the same. Leaving a empty box is really annoying and it's easy to fix.

Out of Factory Planner util/gui.lua:
local function check_empty_flow(player)
local button_flow = mod_gui.get_button_flow(player)
-- parent.parent is to check that I'm not deleting a top level element. Now, I have no idea how that
-- could ever be a top level element, but oh well, can't know everything now can we?
if #button_flow.children_names == 0 and button_flow.parent.parent then
button_flow.parent.destroy()
end
end

i too find this bothersome. at least i can edit the mod to remove the button entirely

Yes please move the button to the hotbar buttons. Buttons in the top left are the old way of adding GUI buttons before Factorio implemented them and it adds UI clutter.

Yes please move the button to the hotbar buttons. Buttons in the top left are the old way of adding GUI buttons before Factorio implemented them and it adds UI clutter.

Absolutely not. I will never tolerate the shortcut bar in its current form. If you don't like the button in the top left, turn it off. That's what the setting is for.