GSX toolbar icon not staying active

[Nevarc]

For some reason once I take off after a few minutes the MSFS2020 GSX toolbar icon goes black, turns off, so when I land, I have to open the sim toolbar and click on GSX icon.  This happens every flight

[pete_auau]

think you suppose  to open  and  close  it using  the  short  cut  button,  never  heard  any one  leaving  it  open  all  flight, no need  after   you have pushed  back  to have  it opened

[Nevarc]

Maybe I'm not clear.  I have a hotkey I use the X key to open and close GSX menu, but for that to work the GSX icon must be active up on the MS2020 toolbar which is at the top of the screen on every aircraft, when I first start the sim in the aircraft of choice, I open the toolbar and active GSX icon then use the X key to open and close the GSX menu.  The problem is that after a flight the toolbar icon does not stay active, so when I land, I have to re-activate GSX on the toolbar to use my hot key.

[virtuali]

For some reason once I take off after a few minutes the MSFS2020 GSX toolbar icon goes black, turns off, so when I land, I have to open the sim toolbar and click on GSX icon.  This happens every flight

That's exactly what is supposed to happen and it's done intentionally.

Because of bugs in the Navdata API and/or issues with the Navdata itself, GSX disables itself while in cruise, to minimize the chance that such issues would cause problems in flights or having GSX not working on arrival because the bugs in the API or the data might have caused Simconnect to get stuck.

For this reasons, even if there's an option to disable GSX in cruise, you might not use it and, since the Navdata API is queried only when opening the menu is opened in flight ( to look for nearby airports ), closing the menu will guarantee no queries to it are being made in flight, until you explicitly open the menu, so the menu is closed intentionally after take off.