aboutwindow = GTK_WIDGET(load_object("aboutwindow"));
        prefswindow = GTK_WIDGET(load_object("prefswindow"));
        GtkActionGroup *actiongroup = GTK_ACTION_GROUP(load_object("actiongroup"));
+
+       /* Set the default value of the "View/Toolbar" menu item upon creation of a
+        new window to the "show-toolbar-default" setting, but bind the setting
+        one-way only - we don't want toolbars to disappear suddenly */
        GtkToggleAction *toolbar_action = GTK_TOGGLE_ACTION(load_object("toolbar"));
+       gtk_toggle_action_set_active(toolbar_action, g_settings_get_boolean(state_settings, "show-toolbar-default"));
+       g_settings_bind(state_settings, "show-toolbar-default", toolbar_action, "active", G_SETTINGS_BIND_SET);
 
        const gchar **ptr;
        GtkRecentFilter *filter = gtk_recent_filter_new();
 
       </description>
     </key>
 
+    <key name="show-toolbar-default" type="b">
+      <default>true</default>
+      <summary>Show toolbar by default</summary>
+      <description>
+        Whether to show or hide the toolbar by default in new game windows.
+      </description>
+    </key>
+
   </schema>
 </schemalist>
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