? SU 2013 Custom Toolbars

Krisidious · 28 May 2013, 00:50

thanks guys...

Panga · 28 May 2013, 06:49

I also have a question about Toolbars : Is it still possible to make two columns large toolbars (I mean to columns of icons) ? This was very usefull to display the large toolset on the left side of the screen. I tried to replicate this in 2013 but each I'm docking the toolbar, it transforms in a one column toolbar. Any idea ?

pilou · 28 May 2013, 07:13

@unknownuser said:

Any idea ?

Even the first column overpass the screen's bottom?

Panga · 28 May 2013, 07:45

Yes Pilou,

The problem is that the one column toolbar does not show all icons !! Unless I'm using small icons. But it also depends on screen resolution...After more tests it seems impossible to have a two columns toolbar...what a pity !

Dan Rathbun · 28 May 2013, 13:23

Yes .. no more multi-column toolbars. Only single column toolbars are compatible with the new toolbar framework.

It is in the Release Notes for v2013 (... did you read them ?)

Krisidious · 28 May 2013, 14:08

@dan rathbun said:

Yes .. no more multi-column toolbars. Only single column toolbars are compatible with the new toolbar framework.

It is in the Release Notes for v2013 (... did you read them ?)

What do you mean no two column toolbars? I have them.

Box · 28 May 2013, 14:12

You can have them, but you can't dock them as two.

Nope I lie, you can dock them.
But I think the main complaint is they change to single column themselves when docked.

Krisidious · 28 May 2013, 14:29

Ahhh... I see. Yeah. Annoying. I don't dock but top and bottom.

Alan Fraser · 28 May 2013, 15:22

The fix, for the "can only dock in a single column" problem (it's not a bug...it's just that double-width columns are simply incompatible with the new toolbar flexibility)...is to create new toolbar called Large Toolset 2 (or whatever) and drag every second icon off the large toolset onto that one. Then you can dock them side by side looking exactly the same as before.
I put in a Feature Request for your new icon/toolbar layout to be able to be saved to an external file that can survive a complete re-install of the program...'cos if I'm going to all this trouble, I only want to have to do it once.

Panga · 28 May 2013, 21:36

@dan rathbun said:

Yes .. no more multi-column toolbars. Only single column toolbars are compatible with the new toolbar framework.

It is in the Release Notes for v2013 (... did you read them ?)

Thanks for the info, did not find the time to read it fully !

Panga · 28 May 2013, 21:38

@alan fraser said:

The fix, for the "can only dock in a single column" problem (it's not a bug...it's just that double-width columns are simply incompatible with the new toolbar flexibility)...is to create new toolbar called Large Toolset 2 (or whatever) and drag every second icon off the large toolset onto that one. Then you can dock them side by side looking exactly the same as before.
I put in a Feature Request for your new icon/toolbar layout to be able to be saved to an external file that can survive a complete re-install of the program...'cos if I'm going to all this trouble, I only want to have to do it once.

Thanks for the clever tip ! Will try that tomorrow !

john2 · 9 Jun 2013, 15:27

is there any way i can get old icons that used to be in earlier version of sketchup in the toolbars of 2013 version?

ken · 9 Jun 2013, 16:04

I was attempting to make my custom version of tool bars. I noticed that I could not move the edge style tools into my custom tool bar.

Is this my problem, or a bug?

Ken

Chris Fullmer · 10 Jun 2013, 01:20

@John - I don't know of any way to do that.

@Ken - The custom toolbars only work with the default, non-ruby toolbars of SketchUp. I'm guessing Edge Tools is a plugin. So that one is not customizable.

JuanV.Soler · 10 Jun 2013, 06:40

you can customise your ruby plugins with the Toolbar editor and they will dock as well

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=470810#p470810

ken · 10 Jun 2013, 10:31

@chris fullmer said:

@John - I don't know of any way to do that.

@Ken - The custom toolbars only work with the default, non-ruby toolbars of SketchUp. I'm guessing Edge Tools is a plugin. So that one is not customizable.

Chris

I was referring to the "Edge Style" toolbar which is a native toolbar. Sorry about the confusion.

Thanks for your quick reply. Also, just a quick observation, you will need to replace the surf board with a snowboard.

Ken

Chris Fullmer · 10 Jun 2013, 16:42

Hey Ken, sorry, I looked under "Edge Style" and didn't see a toolbar, so I assumed it was a custom toolbar. IF you are referring to the "Styles" toolbar though, that one should be completely customizable. Are you still unable to customize it?

Chris

ken · 10 Jun 2013, 17:35

Yep, I can't move the icon to another toolbar or move other icon to this toolbar.

Thanks for your reply

Ken

majid · 14 Jan 2014, 11:37

but as we usually use lots of ruby plugs, it is strongly recommended to manage add-ons in an easier way....

dem · 2 Mar 2014, 23:46

anybody know how make plugins toolbars on two rows, like its possible for default panels in SU2014?