fury900
09-27-2006, 01:44 PM
3adownlow Toolbars xp
Windows' Toolbars are, as you imply, underutilized and underappreciated UI resources that enable you to customize and transform your desktop in powerful ways Access the Toolbars menu by right-clicking on empty part the Taskbar and choosing Toolbars New Toolbar type in folder box http://bbs.3adownlow.com/
Everything in a Toolbar is a shortcut, file or folder, but viewable and usable in different ways, depending on which kind of Toolbar you choose. Each of the various Toolbars--- Address, Links, Quick Launch, etc.--- has different functions and limitations. For example, Links and Quick Launch Toolbars are similar in that every item on them is a shortcut. But they're different in that, by default, Links has shortcut labels and Quick Launch doesn't. (You can change this default behavior of each by right-clicking and selecting or deselecting Show Text.) Links shortcuts you create on the Taskbar automatically show up on the Links Toolbar in Internet Explorer and visa versa. Quick Launch shortcuts don't.
At the bottom of the Toolbars menu you'll find a New Toolbar item. When you select it, you're shown a dialog box with a cascading menu of your system. You can drill down to choose any drive or folder on your PC, including My Computer and My Documents. Choosing a folder will use the folder name as the name of the Toolbar, and display the contents of that folder as Toolbar items. But watch out! These are not shortcuts. the New Toolbar option gives you a secondary view of actual files and folders. When you rename or delete items created with the New Toolbar feature, you really do rename or delete the actual files. (When you rename or delete items on the Links and Quick Launch Toolbars, conversely, you modify only the shortcuts--- the original files aren't touched.)
You'll find other Toolbars on the menu: at the least an Address Toolbar for quick-launching Web pages, probably a Windows Media Player Toolbar, possibly an iTunes Toolbar, and maybe others.
These are the basic facts about Toolbar behavior. Here are a few nice Toolbar tips.
Your Toolbars can be separated from the Taskbar by dragging and dropping the dotted slider bar at left onto the desktop (right-click on an empty part of the Taskbar and deselect "lock the Taskbar" if you find a check-mark there).
By dropping Toolbars onto the desktop, they become just like other open windows. By dropping one Toolbar on top of the other, you join them both into a single window. Go ahead and drop as many Toolbars as you like into that window, and adjust sizing and placement of each by dragging the sliders. Experiment with combinations of large and small icons, text and no text and whether individual Toolbars show their labels (all with the right-click Context menu).
"Dock" them to the left, right, top or bottom of your screen by dragging and dropping them to the edge of your choice. Make them pop-out "menus" by right-clicking on the docked Toolbars and choosing both Always On Top and Auto-Hide.
Make the Desktop a pop-out menu, and hide icons on your real desktop (right-click on the Desktop, and choose Arrange Icons By/Show Desktop Icons). You can still drag and drop to the desktop, but you won't see the icons until you pop out your "Desktop" Toolbar. The advantage of this is that you can access desktop items without closing any windows you have open.
Windows' Toolbars are, as you imply, underutilized and underappreciated UI resources that enable you to customize and transform your desktop in powerful ways Access the Toolbars menu by right-clicking on empty part the Taskbar and choosing Toolbars New Toolbar type in folder box http://bbs.3adownlow.com/
Everything in a Toolbar is a shortcut, file or folder, but viewable and usable in different ways, depending on which kind of Toolbar you choose. Each of the various Toolbars--- Address, Links, Quick Launch, etc.--- has different functions and limitations. For example, Links and Quick Launch Toolbars are similar in that every item on them is a shortcut. But they're different in that, by default, Links has shortcut labels and Quick Launch doesn't. (You can change this default behavior of each by right-clicking and selecting or deselecting Show Text.) Links shortcuts you create on the Taskbar automatically show up on the Links Toolbar in Internet Explorer and visa versa. Quick Launch shortcuts don't.
At the bottom of the Toolbars menu you'll find a New Toolbar item. When you select it, you're shown a dialog box with a cascading menu of your system. You can drill down to choose any drive or folder on your PC, including My Computer and My Documents. Choosing a folder will use the folder name as the name of the Toolbar, and display the contents of that folder as Toolbar items. But watch out! These are not shortcuts. the New Toolbar option gives you a secondary view of actual files and folders. When you rename or delete items created with the New Toolbar feature, you really do rename or delete the actual files. (When you rename or delete items on the Links and Quick Launch Toolbars, conversely, you modify only the shortcuts--- the original files aren't touched.)
You'll find other Toolbars on the menu: at the least an Address Toolbar for quick-launching Web pages, probably a Windows Media Player Toolbar, possibly an iTunes Toolbar, and maybe others.
These are the basic facts about Toolbar behavior. Here are a few nice Toolbar tips.
Your Toolbars can be separated from the Taskbar by dragging and dropping the dotted slider bar at left onto the desktop (right-click on an empty part of the Taskbar and deselect "lock the Taskbar" if you find a check-mark there).
By dropping Toolbars onto the desktop, they become just like other open windows. By dropping one Toolbar on top of the other, you join them both into a single window. Go ahead and drop as many Toolbars as you like into that window, and adjust sizing and placement of each by dragging the sliders. Experiment with combinations of large and small icons, text and no text and whether individual Toolbars show their labels (all with the right-click Context menu).
"Dock" them to the left, right, top or bottom of your screen by dragging and dropping them to the edge of your choice. Make them pop-out "menus" by right-clicking on the docked Toolbars and choosing both Always On Top and Auto-Hide.
Make the Desktop a pop-out menu, and hide icons on your real desktop (right-click on the Desktop, and choose Arrange Icons By/Show Desktop Icons). You can still drag and drop to the desktop, but you won't see the icons until you pop out your "Desktop" Toolbar. The advantage of this is that you can access desktop items without closing any windows you have open.