? SU 2013 Custom Toolbars

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?

Dave R · 2 Mar 2014, 23:50

Like this? Just push the end of the bar toward the center. I don't think you can make it spread across two rows at the top of the screen, though. I suppose you could split the tools between two custom toolbars using Aerilius' Toolbar Editor.

dem · 3 Mar 2014, 00:14

its working at the top only. I need two vertical columns in one toolbar, making own and dont want saparate it( too many toolbars

maybe this feature provided in the ruby 2.0 for 2014 engine?

Dave R · 3 Mar 2014, 00:40

Ah. I see. No.

Dan Rathbun · 3 Mar 2014, 04:31

You cannot make them multi-row nor multi-column when docked. but you can when floating.

The "Large Tool Set" is now hard-wired as a 2 column vertical toolbar when docked.

We cannot have multi-row nor multi-column toolbars since SU 2013. These were contributing to the "toolbar shuffle" havoc. So part of the fix, for SketchUp 2013, was only single-row or single-column toolbars when docked.

SO then Trimble cheats and breaks the rule for it's OEM "Large Tool Set". HEhehe.

blackdogsketch · 27 Jul 2016, 14:13

@chris fullmer said:

Hey sfto1, the information from the Knowledge center there is slightly inaccurate. The "Customize Toolbar" window was renamed to simply "Toolbars". So it is the window that comes up when you select View > Toolbars.

The "Command" tab that is listed does not actually exist, so the following steps it outlines are correct. I'll file this as a bug in our documentation. Thanks!

Chris

And three years later, we still have the exact same misleading documentation. Worse, using CTRL and drag to copy tools from another toolbar to the custom toolbar does not work! It does nothing. Using ALT and drag MOVES the tool so that it is no longer available on the original toolbar. Why is there no master menu of command icons that can be used for selections (as on a Mac)???

After trying for some time, I am unable to get any commands from an original toolbar onto my new Custom Toolbar without deleting them from the original.

Pardon my frustration. if anyone knows a way to get commands onto a custom toolbar I'd really appreciate hearing about it.

Box · 27 Jul 2016, 14:19

If for some reason ctrl isn't making copies for you, could be a keyboard problem, drag them and build your custom toolbar.
Then go to the toolbar dialog and use Reset on any toolbars missing tools and they will be replaced.
Don't use Reset All as it will wipe your custom toolbar.