Cannot customize the toolbar(s) (2026.2)

[H en I]

Maybe there is already a topic about this "problem", but I couldn't find it.

Last week I installed the newest version of SketchUp PRO on my new computer. Normally I could customize the toolbar, but when I drag some tools from the Large Tool Set in de toolbar above they only stay there until I close SketchUp. Every time I open SketchUp I have to drag in the tools again.

Is this a bug which needs to be fixed?

[Dave R]

Sounds like you didn't install SketchUp 2026 correctly. On Windows, correct installation requires right clicking on the downloaded installer and choosing Run as administrator.

Note that the Large Toolset cannot be modified. You can modify other native toolbars or create your own.

[H en I]

@Dave-R thanks for your reply. I installed/repaired SketchUp, running by Administrator.

I use SketchUp since 2006 (and give courses since 2012) and always I could drag out some tools from the Large Toolset and place them in another toolbar. I noticed that I can make a whole new toolbar and drag the few tools from the Large Tool Set in there. If it is not possible anymore to customize the toolbars by dragging in tools from another toolbar then will be the solution to make a whole new toolbar.

[Rich O Brien]

Are you on Mac or Windows?

You can't drag tools off Large Toolset on Windows and build a custom Toolbar.

[H en I]

I'm using Windows, but I succeeded to make a whole new toolbar from "Getting Started" and some tools from the "Large Toolset". So it was and is possible...

[Dave R]

You just can't customize the Large Toolset.

[H en I]

I hope you can see the proof here under that it IS possible to customize a toolbar with some tools from the Large Toolset (in the green circles)...

[Rich O Brien]

Cool....problem solved? I can't do it but because I use SketchUp since version 3. When I install it SketchUp detects my proficiency level and the Getting Started toolbar is replaced with the Getting Old toolbar.

[H en I]

@Rich-O-Brien yes, problem solved but I made a new toolbar from the Getting Started + a few tools from the Large Toolset. A bit different than how I did it before, but so what... it works

[Dave R]

@H-en-I said:

I made a new toolbar from the Getting Started + a few tools from the Large Toolset.

It doesn't matter if those native tools come from. It can be from those toolbars or their individual toolbars. They can be dragged to custom toolbars. For the last ten years I've been making three custom toolbars to replace native toolbars. The one at the top left under the menus and the two on the left. I leave out tools I have no need for such as Dimensions and the other text tools. This leaves more screen real estate for other tools.

[H en I]

@Dave-R said:

@H-en-I said:

I made a new toolbar from the Getting Started + a few tools from the Large Toolset.

It doesn't matter if those native tools come from. It can be from those toolbars or their individual toolbars. They can be dragged to custom toolbars. For the last ten years I've been making three custom toolbars to replace native toolbars. The one at the top left under the menus and the two on the left. I leave out tools I have no need for such as Dimensions and the other text tools. This leaves more screen real estate for other tools.

Before the last version of SketchUp I could remove tools from for example the Getting Started toolbar and drag the tools I use from the Large Toolset in that Getting Started toolbar. In the newest version is that not possible anymore. That's why I made a whole new toolbar, which took a little more effort

[Dave R]

@H-en-I said:

Before the last version of SketchUp I could remove tools from for example the Getting Started toolbar

Create a temporary custom toolbar and drag the tools from Getting Started to it. After you're done, delete the temporary toolbar.

@H-en-I said:

drag the tools I use from the Large Toolset in that Getting Started toolbar. In the newest version is that not possible anymore.

Hmmm ...

Hold Ctrl while dragging copies of the tools from the Large Toolset to another toolbar.

[Rich O Brien]

Never do this

[H en I]

OK, good to know... but before it was not neccessary to use Ctrl

[Dave R]

@H-en-I said:

it was not neccessary to use Ctrl

Since toolbars were made customizeable, Ctrl (on Windows) has always been used as a modifier to copy tools from one toolbar to another.