Posted by LordOfBikes on Sep 01, 2021; 8:24am
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/New-LibreCAD-is-IMPOSSIBLE-TO-USE-FOR-ACTUAL-WORK-tp5720966p5720978.html

As @R. van Twisk already said, there is no reason to be so LOUD .

When 2.1.x was released, I still used and worked on 2.0.x and I didn't like it too.
But meanwhile, many improvements and efforts have been put into current versions.
I absolutely agree, with your argument about the relation of widgets and drawing area.
But this is changed with a couple clicks and is much less effort than stick with an aged version or trying to build an old version yourself.
My GUI today is very similar with 2.0.x, I disabled all tool dock widgets and work only with my preferred toolbars activated.
In opposite to 2.0.x, where the toolbar was fixed, in 2.1.x's new toolbar and widget features it is possible to adjust the GUI to ones own preferences.
I believe it would have been less offensive, when the new 2.1.x configuration would have been similar to the 2.0.x GUI, but that chance is gone.

The menus have a different order since 2.1.x and need some time to familiarize with for 2.0.x users, but basically everything from 2.0.x is there.

So I advocate, that you give 2.1.2 a chance. As said, I assume it is less effort to adjust the GUI than trying to get an old version to run.
Find all you need in the Widgets menu.

Here some resources concerning toolbars and widgets. The manual is declared for latest 2.2.0 release candidate, but I think in sense of toolbars and widgets it should be applicable for 2.1.2 too.
https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD/wiki/Custom-Widgets
https://librecad.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ref/widgets.html
https://librecad.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ref/toolbars.html