12-25-2004, 01:24 PM -
Re: ...
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 1:08 pm
Post subject: Toolbar Won't Change (Some) Display Icons
... To change icon right-click button on toolbar, Appearance->Change Icon. This is the only way to change icons on TLB. Changing icons from the Windows Shell (explorer) can be ignored by TLB. If you want to use the shell icons then try to right-click button on toolbar, Appearance->Reset Icon.
These instructions solved my problem. Now, I have some suggestions on making the process of setting-up a multi-button TLB faster, and easier to use.
. 1. The TLB context menu (right-click, menu-click) needs accelerator keys defined. Currently, it has none.
. 2. Allow context menus and submenus to remain open after a select-click (left-click), to allow clicks on other context menu items without having to re-open the menu after each select-click. For instance, in creating each of the 8 icons on my new TLB (see SNAG-0000.gif) I needed to uncheck "Appearance > Enable tip", followed by a select-click of "Appearance > Change Icon". The menu didn't need to always close on me after the first mouse action.
. 3. Allow a "simple browse" of user icon folders. My own icon folder contains ~1,000 icons, all labeled. The TLB icon browser ignores icon names, and thereby makes some icons very difficult to find, as I remember them with an accuracy of only 2 or 3 alphabetical letters (first characters of their names). It would be _much_ faster to browse my "Show in Groups" Windows XP folder, as I do now in almost all other applications which allow icon changes.
. 4. Please position the "Select Icon" window so it does not cover the TLB under construction.
. 5. Don't uncheck the "Save icon with toolbar" box every time it closes. Let the user's selection stick.
. 6. Allow accelerator key open/close toggling of collapsible menu section titles. For example (see SNAG-0001.gif), the "Utilities" section of the "Quick Shelf" menu button has its "U" underlined. However, Alt+U will not select the Separator line/title, nor will it toggle it open/closed. Given that Win+1 now opens the "Quick Shelf" menu, it would be faster to follow Win+1 with an Alt+U than to grab the mouse and select-click the tiny (on a 1600x1200 screen) "+" graphic. Or so it seems to me.
. 7. It would be a speed benefit to keyboard oriented menu users if the Spacebar were allowed to perform the same submenu launch function as Enter and Num-Enter now execute. I do not forsee any conflicts with using the Spacebar in this way, and it is much easier on my arthritic fingers because (most of the time) only my thumbs click the Spacebar.
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 1:08 pm
Post subject: Toolbar Won't Change (Some) Display Icons
... To change icon right-click button on toolbar, Appearance->Change Icon. This is the only way to change icons on TLB. Changing icons from the Windows Shell (explorer) can be ignored by TLB. If you want to use the shell icons then try to right-click button on toolbar, Appearance->Reset Icon.
These instructions solved my problem. Now, I have some suggestions on making the process of setting-up a multi-button TLB faster, and easier to use.
. 1. The TLB context menu (right-click, menu-click) needs accelerator keys defined. Currently, it has none.
. 2. Allow context menus and submenus to remain open after a select-click (left-click), to allow clicks on other context menu items without having to re-open the menu after each select-click. For instance, in creating each of the 8 icons on my new TLB (see SNAG-0000.gif) I needed to uncheck "Appearance > Enable tip", followed by a select-click of "Appearance > Change Icon". The menu didn't need to always close on me after the first mouse action.
. 3. Allow a "simple browse" of user icon folders. My own icon folder contains ~1,000 icons, all labeled. The TLB icon browser ignores icon names, and thereby makes some icons very difficult to find, as I remember them with an accuracy of only 2 or 3 alphabetical letters (first characters of their names). It would be _much_ faster to browse my "Show in Groups" Windows XP folder, as I do now in almost all other applications which allow icon changes.
. 4. Please position the "Select Icon" window so it does not cover the TLB under construction.
. 5. Don't uncheck the "Save icon with toolbar" box every time it closes. Let the user's selection stick.
. 6. Allow accelerator key open/close toggling of collapsible menu section titles. For example (see SNAG-0001.gif), the "Utilities" section of the "Quick Shelf" menu button has its "U" underlined. However, Alt+U will not select the Separator line/title, nor will it toggle it open/closed. Given that Win+1 now opens the "Quick Shelf" menu, it would be faster to follow Win+1 with an Alt+U than to grab the mouse and select-click the tiny (on a 1600x1200 screen) "+" graphic. Or so it seems to me.
. 7. It would be a speed benefit to keyboard oriented menu users if the Spacebar were allowed to perform the same submenu launch function as Enter and Num-Enter now execute. I do not forsee any conflicts with using the Spacebar in this way, and it is much easier on my arthritic fingers because (most of the time) only my thumbs click the Spacebar.