Windows Vista Forums

Manipulating tool bars and menus
  1. #1


    grasshopper Guest

    Manipulating tool bars and menus

    The more I use Vista the more I like it. MS has done A hella good job on
    this. So this really is offered as constructive criticism. About the lack of
    being able to configure the explorer toolbars the way the user (that would
    be me, in this case) likes them. Especially for ie7. I am aware of the
    command bar toggle and adding commands to it. and also the toggle of the
    file menu. but this falls way too short. As it is, it takes up to much
    precious screen realestate. Add another tool bar, it gets thicker yet. And
    from what I have read, I'm not the only one that would love to have this
    ability back. I'm thinking this functionality needs to be taken back out of
    the scrap heap. and put to good use.





      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  2. #2


    Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] Guest

    Re: Manipulating tool bars and menus

    Bugged about the customization options available for the command bar, but it
    kinda fell on dead ears. I personally would have appreciated having quick
    access to commands such as Cut, Copy and Paste just to speed up simple task.
    Hopefully this will be available in a future release.
    --
    Andre
    Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
    My Vista Quickstart Guide:
    http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
    "grasshopper" <not@dot.com> wrote in message
    news:VuJ9h.17687$Fg.16620@tornado.socal.rr.com...
    > The more I use Vista the more I like it. MS has done A hella good job on
    > this. So this really is offered as constructive criticism. About the lack
    > of being able to configure the explorer toolbars the way the user (that
    > would be me, in this case) likes them. Especially for ie7. I am aware of
    > the command bar toggle and adding commands to it. and also the toggle of
    > the file menu. but this falls way too short. As it is, it takes up to much
    > precious screen realestate. Add another tool bar, it gets thicker yet. And
    > from what I have read, I'm not the only one that would love to have this
    > ability back. I'm thinking this functionality needs to be taken back out
    > of the scrap heap. and put to good use.
    >




      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  3. #3


    Bill Guest

    Re: Manipulating tool bars and menus

    "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    news:uPVrbLDEHHA.4620@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
    > Bugged about the customization options available for the command
    > bar, but it kinda fell on dead ears. I personally would have
    > appreciated having quick access to commands such as Cut, Copy and
    > Paste just to speed up simple task. Hopefully this will be available
    > in a future release.


    Same here...I REALLY miss having cut and paste available on the
    toolbar. I also liked having delete and properties up there for easy
    single-click access. The default toolbars might be better for newbies
    (don't know if that's true either), but that should not mean we all
    have to suffer with default layouts.

    Now we have less control over what's in the toolbar compared to XP,
    and that is a big step backwards in my opinion.

    And on a similar topic, Explorer looks at each folder once when first
    started, then doesn't update the default toolbar layout after that.
    What's the sense in having an adaptive toolbar if it has to be
    customized manually for each folder if you change the contents? It
    should update based on contents all the time.


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

Manipulating tool bars and menus problems?

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Vista Desktop Tool Bars Jim Vista General 2 13 Nov 2008
Missing tool bars Merfyj Live Messenger 0 28 Jul 2008
Re: Manipulating group policies on XP Wake-Up-Jeff VB Script 1 20 Jul 2008
Microsoft Mail Tool Bars dearone Vista mail 15 16 Mar 2008
Tool bars gone sfactor Vista performance & maintenance 1 23 Oct 2007