One final request, though this one I guess truly is trivial. It would just be nice.
However, see this post:
http://www.vassalengine.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1293
This is my feature request. I can understand if it might be tricky, especially considering I would want the buttons to be hidden when playing the module, but I would like all of the buttons to be not hidden when editing the module.