From 79422471437aa64a7ab3817ae87cfb62d6cc46ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wandererfan <wandererfan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:55:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [TD]remove obsolete preference

---
 .../TechDraw/Gui/DlgPrefsTechDrawGeneral.ui   | 23 +------------------
 .../Gui/DlgPrefsTechDrawGeneralImp.cpp        |  2 --
 .../TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDrawingView.cpp  | 12 ++++------
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/DlgPrefsTechDrawGeneral.ui b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/DlgPrefsTechDrawGeneral.ui
index 8ac2fc573e..2bd622980a 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/DlgPrefsTechDrawGeneral.ui
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/DlgPrefsTechDrawGeneral.ui
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>676</width>
-    <height>1200</height>
+    <height>1302</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="sizePolicy">
@@ -845,27 +845,6 @@ for ProjectionGroups</string>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
-        <item>
-         <widget class="Gui::PrefCheckBox" name="cb_alwaysShowLabel">
-          <property name="font">
-           <font>
-            <italic>true</italic>
-           </font>
-          </property>
-          <property name="toolTip">
-           <string>Displays view labels even when frames are suppressed</string>
-          </property>
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>Always Show Label</string>
-          </property>
-          <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
-           <cstring>AlwaysShowLabel</cstring>
-          </property>
-          <property name="prefPath" stdset="0">
-           <cstring>/Mod/TechDraw/General</cstring>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
-        </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
       <item row="0" column="1">
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/DlgPrefsTechDrawGeneralImp.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/DlgPrefsTechDrawGeneralImp.cpp
index a734f6a4db..33235beb35 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/DlgPrefsTechDrawGeneralImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/DlgPrefsTechDrawGeneralImp.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ void DlgPrefsTechDrawGeneralImp::saveSettings()
 
     ui->cb_viewFramesVisibility->onSave();
     ui->cb_useCameraDirection->onSave();
-    ui->cb_alwaysShowLabel->onSave();
     ui->cb_SnapViews->onSave();
     ui->psb_SnapFactor->onSave();
     ui->cb_SnapHighlights->onSave();
@@ -131,7 +130,6 @@ void DlgPrefsTechDrawGeneralImp::loadSettings()
 
     ui->cb_viewFramesVisibility->onRestore();
     ui->cb_useCameraDirection->onRestore();
-    ui->cb_alwaysShowLabel->onRestore();
 
     ui->cb_SnapViews->onRestore();
     ui->psb_SnapFactor->onRestore();
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDrawingView.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDrawingView.cpp
index 8cee4e87d2..53a944ed73 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDrawingView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderDrawingView.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ ViewProviderDrawingView::ViewProviderDrawingView() :
     static const char *group = "Base";
 
     auto showLabel = Preferences::alwaysShowLabel();
+    // TODO: KeepLabel is not used. Make it ReadOnly or Hidden?
     ADD_PROPERTY_TYPE(KeepLabel ,(showLabel), group, App::Prop_None, "Keep Label on Page even if toggled off");
     ADD_PROPERTY_TYPE(StackOrder,(0),group,App::Prop_None,"Over or under lap relative to other views");
 
@@ -111,14 +112,9 @@ void ViewProviderDrawingView::onChanged(const App::Property *prop)
             return;
     }
 
-    if (prop == &Visibility) {
-        //handled by ViewProviderDocumentObject
-    } else if (prop == &KeepLabel) {
-        QGIView* qgiv = getQView();
-        if (qgiv) {
-            qgiv->updateView(true);
-        }
-    }
+    // if (prop == &Visibility) {
+    //     //handled by ViewProviderDocumentObject
+    // }
 
     if (prop == &StackOrder) {
         QGIView* qgiv = getQView();