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Crash+Burn:
Ability to customize what appears in the main Toolbar (on top) --- the button-bar on the bottom can be undocked, closed, redocked. Whereas the Toolbar is pretty static.

Consider,
1) allowing to set a min-max width on the "command line" or even the option to place it on the bottom -- which would also entail separating the Address-Bar icons from the Address-bar command line.
2) Ability to reorganize the other bars (drag, move), remove/add commands, and/or change icons.
3) Align the functionality of the ButtonBar with the toolbar: Allow editing default commands.

If the functionality of the ToolBar cannot be improved to match the flexibility of the ButtonBar - then consider:
1) Allowing the USER-Defined-Functions (ICON/Buttons) to be on their own line
OR if the "command-line" width can be limited, then at least the UDF's would have more space.

The few changes to the ButtonBar, that might improve it as noted by others: allow icons,
* possibly allow individual buttons to be "split": customizable layout.
* multiple button-bars, left-right, or more than 1 that can be undocked.

"split": e.g.
[ Sample Button #1] [ Sample Button #2] [ Sample Button #3]
[ Split#4] [ Split #5] [ Sample Button #6] [ Sample Button #7]


Buggy Large Icons in the ToolBar, when using "tabbed view" when you choose larger icons, it affects the AddressBar and UDF's but the bar doesn't gain any height to allow proper display of the icons. And none of the other tabbed icons get resized, they are still 16x16.

Also changing the ICON Size of the ToolBar could possibly be separated from choosing the icon-size of UDF's - especially if UDF's were allowed on their own line.

Mathias (Author):

--- Quote from: Crash+Burn on October 17, 2013, 23:00:52 ---1) allowing to set a min-max width on the "command line" or even the option to place it on the bottom -- which would also entail separating the Address-Bar icons from the Address-bar command line.

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Is that really needed since it will auto size it self if you place more icons after it.
You can Disable the QuickLaunch part there and you can enable a QuickLaunch toolbar that is its entire row.


--- Quote from: Crash+Burn on October 17, 2013, 23:00:52 ---2) Ability to reorganize the other bars (drag, move), remove/add commands, and/or change icons.

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The toolbar are a bit special, Because of the plugin/extension architecture and that they are created at runtime. There are some limits.
Changing Toolbar location/order can not be supported without major redesign.
Customizing the toolbars (Add/Remove buttons) is planed. But with some limits, Mixing buttons from many toolbar into one will not work.
 

--- Quote from: Crash+Burn on October 17, 2013, 23:00:52 ---3) Align the functionality of the ButtonBar with the toolbar: Allow editing default commands.

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Not sure what you mean.. but all buttons in the button panel can be changed.


--- Quote from: Crash+Burn on October 17, 2013, 23:00:52 ---If the functionality of the ToolBar cannot be improved to match the flexibility of the ButtonBar - then consider:
1) Allowing the USER-Defined-Functions (ICON/Buttons) to be on their own line
OR if the "command-line" width can be limited, then at least the UDF's would have more space.

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See QuickLauchbar..  Configure it to take an entire row.


--- Quote from: Crash+Burn on October 17, 2013, 23:00:52 ---The few changes to the ButtonBar, that might improve it as noted by others: allow icons,
* possibly allow individual buttons to be "split": customizable layout.
* multiple button-bars, left-right, or more than 1 that can be undocked.

"split": e.g.
[ Sample Button #1] [ Sample Button #2] [ Sample Button #3]
[ Split#4] [ Split #5] [ Sample Button #6] [ Sample Button #7]

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* Icon support is coming.
* Splitting will cause issues. But.. What about the other way around. Allowing button to span multiple columns.. that might be possible.. should be able to create the same layout of it. I will investigate if that is possible.
* Multiple button panels.. Create multiple is supported in the code. But not sure they can be docked to left/right. I remember there was some issue with it. But It was a long time ago.


--- Quote from: Crash+Burn on October 17, 2013, 23:00:52 ---Buggy Large Icons in the ToolBar, when using "tabbed view" when you choose larger icons, it affects the AddressBar and UDF's but the bar doesn't gain any height to allow proper display of the icons. And none of the other tabbed icons get resized, they are still 16x16.

Also changing the ICON Size of the ToolBar could possibly be separated from choosing the icon-size of UDF's - especially if UDF's were allowed on their own line.

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Yes the Tabbed toolbar is an old relic and should probably just be removed.
I'm now sure if it is worth the time to fix it..

Crash+Burn:
Thanks Mathias, I'll take a look at those.

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