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    • boofredlayB Offline
      boofredlay
      last edited by

      I cannot say how many times I have mentioned that I want locking toolbars but here I go again...
      Please!

      http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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      • BurkhardB Offline
        Burkhard
        last edited by

        @tobobo said:

        Photoshop and CAD for that matter have the ability to save profiles for different users. This would solve the issues of toolbars and also templates, and the profile could include Rubys as well.

        It doesn't make sense if in my profile the toolbars are unlocked again 👊

        [http://www.ia-plus.de(http://www.ia-plus.de)]

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        • ToboboT Offline
          Tobobo
          last edited by

          Its more of a seperate issue, but if you could take your work space with you, those who Hotdesk or travel to different offices would not have to spend 5 mins setting up the toolbars. If SU 7 had lockable toolbars and the profile system they would work together really well.

          Toby

          Philippians 4:13

          I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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          • boofredlayB Offline
            boofredlay
            last edited by

            Bump.

            I added a couple new ruby scripts today and what do you know... all my toolbars were flung all over my screen. And then I had to fix it all over again at home.
            Please fix this Google.

            http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
              last edited by

              @jim said:

              I made this video back in February. It gets less funny every time it happens. There's a lot of talk about V7 features, but if all it does is fix the toolbars, I'd be happy.

              Link Preview Image
              SketchUp Annoyances: Toolbars

              A video is worth a thousand words.

              favicon

              (sketchuptips.blogspot.com)

              🤣 Been there, done that!

              Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                Another thing in regards to toolbars. Whenever I need for whatever reason to resize the SketchUp window, toolbar mayhem occurs. I wish they would not re arrange themself automatically. I prefer getting a drop down menu with the off-screen tools appearing instead as with many other application with toolbars.

                This is another example where SketchUp tried to sort things out for you without actually succeeding. (Ref: http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=14839)

                Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                • EdsonE Offline
                  Edson
                  last edited by

                  i found a way to lock my toobars on mac. i am not sure it works on windows.

                  1. in a new file i enable all the extensions i want (sketchup-->preferences-->extensions), open the toolbars not open (view-->tool palettes) and place them where i want them to stay.
                  2. then i save the file as a new template.

                  in my case, when i opened a new file only some of the toolbars opened, although they where in the right spot. if this is the case for you, go to the next step.

                  1. open the template file directly (file-->open) from the templates folder.
                  2. enable the toolbars that did not show up. save the file.
                  3. open a new file (file-->new). all you toolbars should be there, on the correct spot too.

                  edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                  http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                  • T Offline
                    TriciaS
                    last edited by

                    @unknownuser said:

                    Now, start on the toolbar problem

                    Ken

                    Hi Ken,

                    We do have some bugs recorded regarding toolbar issues. But I want to make sure we have the issue you are talking about. Can you give a quick description of it? Or maybe add it to the Bugs section?

                    Thanks in advance,

                    Tricia

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                    • X Offline
                      xrok1
                      last edited by

                      @unknownuser said:

                      We do have some bugs recorded regarding toolbar issues.
                      🤣

                      do you guys use SU?

                      the toolbars are crazy. their never in the same place twice, when you add or remove a plugin. they stack, restack, something left across the top (horizontal)will be at the bottom (vertical) the next time; you can group them logically and then they get spread-out. very frustrating to have to get used to a different (random)interface all the time. 👊 THere should be a way to lock them, or a .ini file to keep their positions or something.

                      “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                      http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                      • jeff hammondJ Offline
                        jeff hammond
                        last edited by

                        The status bar no longer updates on the Mac. When performing actions on the Mac that show progress in the status bar (e.g. Sandbox actions), the status bar did not update. The status bar should now show progress for lengthy tool actions.
                        

                        oh, nice.

                        .

                        dotdotdot

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                        • L Offline
                          l.frisken
                          last edited by

                          i've also found that if I move the toolbars and then don't save before i exit it looses the position. And with all the scf toolbars i can't put more than one toolbar on a certain level. It just bumps them to different levels.

                          oh yeh and I'm sure that everyone wants the back button back on the component and material browser!! 😞

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                          • boofredlayB Offline
                            boofredlay
                            last edited by

                            @tricias said:

                            We do have some bugs recorded regarding toolbar issues. But I want to make sure we have the issue you are talking about. Can you give a quick description of it? Or maybe add it to the Bugs section?

                            Thanks in advance,

                            Tricia

                            Have a look here:
                            http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=9117&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

                            http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              @tricias said:

                              @unknownuser said:

                              Now, start on the toolbar problem

                              Ken

                              Hi Ken,

                              We do have some bugs recorded regarding toolbar issues. But I want to make sure we have the issue you are talking about. Can you give a quick description of it? Or maybe add it to the Bugs section?

                              Thanks in advance,

                              Tricia

                              http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=15752&p=125765&hilit=toolbar+problem#p122260
                              http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=9117&hilit=+toolbar
                              http://sketchuptips.blogspot.com/2008/02/sketchup-annoyances-toolbars.html <- Excellent illustration of the problem

                              • And if you should accidentally click the Restore button in the SU window title bar, the toolbars are scattered all over the place.
                              • If you add a new plugin which adds a new toolbar you risk it blowing up your entire toolbar setup.
                              • I can't seem to some free floating toolbar to remain free floating between sessions, they reattach themself to the top edge. (V-Ray toolbar)
                              • Freefloating toolbar's window are too small when you start up SU, it's like their size is initally calculated as if the icons where small. It restores itself when you click the toolbar though.

                              Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                              • B Offline
                                BUDLA
                                last edited by

                                I dondt remember where i download it,but it working in SU 6!
                                Maybe working in 7 too!

                                Budla


                                SKETCHUP_TOOLBARS_SETTINGS.pdf

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                                • B Offline
                                  BUDLA
                                  last edited by

                                  I dondt remember where i download it,but it working in SU 6!
                                  Maybe working in 7 too!

                                  Budla


                                  SKETCHUP_TOOLBARS_SETTINGS.pdf

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                                  • K Offline
                                    kwistenbiebel
                                    last edited by

                                    Any roadmap for future updates concerning the polycount bug,slowdown bug and shadow bug?

                                    I guess not 😉

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                                    • GaieusG Offline
                                      Gaieus
                                      last edited by

                                      "Ceterum ceseo Carthaginem delendam esse..."

                                      Gai...

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                                      • GaieusG Offline
                                        Gaieus
                                        last edited by

                                        These last posts were split off from the "Latest release" topic.

                                        Gai...

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                                        • kenK Offline
                                          ken
                                          last edited by

                                          Well I see the toolbar issue has been moved because it was not on subject. To me, that was the subject. I downloaded the new maintence release, approximately 15 minutes total to download and install. Fire up Sketchup and wham bam, ready not to use. So now I spend hours trying to get my drawing space back. Even now into the next day I am still fighting to get the tools bars back to position I had them before the upgrade.

                                          This disorder happens everytime I load a new toolbar. My solution until now, which with this new release seems harder to get the toolbars into position, was to have any toolbar I thought I might ever need loaded and finally after much fuss getting them into some condensed position, without losing a great deal of drawing space and save the file as my template.

                                          What I really want is to start off with the minimum toolbars, add what I need, subtract what I don't need, and not spend the next hours trying to get my drawing space back.

                                          Ken

                                          Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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                                          • GaieusG Offline
                                            Gaieus
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi Ken,

                                            I can feel your pain. Do you thinkI loike rearranging my toolbars every time I install a new plugin or even if just resize my SU window? This should have obviously been fixed by now. Not in a way that they stay where you put them (that would be the minimum) but in a much more sophisticated way.

                                            BUT I thinkit is obvious that with a simple maintenance release like this (when they generally fix some minor bugs mostly turned up by the big, main release only),this won't be solved.

                                            Then what's new in the new release? Definitely not what is "not new"; a recurrent annoyance. That takes it OT and after almost a hole page going on about this, it needs to be split. The toolbar misery has it's own place - here.

                                            Gai...

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