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mono wrote:

Is it possible to roll the tools palette over on its side so it is laying down horizontal instead of in the damn way all the time? I know about tab and dual monitors, this is for those other occasions. Thanks.

Brian
(the other one)

Nope.

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"mono" wrote in message

Is it possible to roll the tools palette over on its side so it is laying down horizontal instead of in the damn way all the time? I know about tab and dual monitors, this is for those other occasions. Thanks.

It’s a very good idea. I really would like to see that option in the Preferences!

mono wrote:

Is it possible to roll the tools palette over on its side so it is laying down horizontal instead of in the damn way all the time? I know about tab and dual monitors, this is for those other occasions. Thanks.

As someone else mentioned, it’s a good idea but…

I’ve found the best way to not have the toolbar in the way is to just learn the shortcuts (most of them are fairly intuitive and you’ll learn commonly-used tools quickly) and turn it off in the Window menu but leave the palettes open.

Also, on Macs, you can double-click the top of the toolbar and it disappears except the tiny bar at the top. That allows you to hide only the toolbar (unlike tab which hides everything).

Orchid

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mono wrote:

Is it possible to roll the tools palette over on its side so it is laying down horizontal instead of in the damn way all the time? I know about tab and dual monitors, this is for those other occasions. Thanks.

As someone else mentioned, it’s a good idea but…

I’ve found the best way to not have the toolbar in the way is to just learn the shortcuts (most of them are fairly intuitive and you’ll learn commonly-used tools quickly) and turn it off in the Window menu but leave the palettes open.

Also, on Macs, you can double-click the top of the toolbar and it disappears except the tiny bar at the top. That allows you to hide only the toolbar (unlike tab which hides everything).

Orchid

I tend to sit back a bit from my monitor with my graphics tablet on my lap so keyboard shortcuts require me to lean forward to reach for them which kind of makes them not shortcuts any more ;-). The double clicking on the toolbar works on PCs too, but I’ve gone for aligning the toolbar so it just overlaps the navigator/history/layers palettes by a small amount, When the palettes are active it blots out most of the toolbar except for a tall thin strip which I can click onto anywhere to bring it back.
That’s this week’s bit of tinkering with the real estate but I’m intrigued by "broga"s thread about an experimental horizontal toolbar. Might be what I’m looking for.

Brian
(the other one)

On 20 Jul 2004 10:47:15 -0700, (mono) wrote:

I tend to sit back a bit from my monitor with my graphics tablet on my lap so keyboard shortcuts require me to lean forward to reach for them which kind of makes them not shortcuts any more ;-). The double clicking on the toolbar works on PCs too, but I’ve gone for aligning the toolbar so it just overlaps the navigator/history/layers palettes by a small amount, When the palettes are active it blots out most of the toolbar except for a tall thin strip which I can click onto anywhere to bring it back.
That’s this week’s bit of tinkering with the real estate but I’m intrigued by "broga"s thread about an experimental horizontal toolbar. Might be what I’m looking for.

Brian
(the other one)

Actually, the easiest way is to have the toolbar on a second monitor 🙂

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On 20 Jul 2004 10:47:15 -0700, (mono) wrote:

I tend to sit back a bit from my monitor with my graphics tablet on my lap so keyboard shortcuts require me to lean forward to reach for them which kind of makes them not shortcuts any more ;-). The double clicking on the toolbar works on PCs too, but I’ve gone for aligning the toolbar so it just overlaps the navigator/history/layers palettes by a small amount, When the palettes are active it blots out most of the toolbar except for a tall thin strip which I can click onto anywhere to bring it back.
That’s this week’s bit of tinkering with the real estate but I’m intrigued by "broga"s thread about an experimental horizontal toolbar. Might be what I’m looking for.

Brian
(the other one)

Actually, the easiest way is to have the toolbar on a second monitor 🙂

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Sadly, much as I’d like to it’s not physically possible with the space I’ve got at present. I had great trouble finding somewhere for my external hard drive to sit. And then I went and bought the Epson 4870 which balances on top of my old flatbed on top of the tower case on top of a pair of loudspeakers. You get the picture. You’ll hear the crash someday soon.

Brian
(the other one)

On 21 Jul 2004 01:37:34 -0700, (mono) wrote:

Actually, the easiest way is to have the toolbar on a second monitor 🙂

Sadly, much as I’d like to it’s not physically possible with the space I’ve got at present. I had great trouble finding somewhere for my external hard drive to sit. And then I went and bought the Epson 4870 which balances on top of my old flatbed on top of the tower case on top of a pair of loudspeakers. You get the picture. You’ll hear the crash someday soon.

Brian
(the other one)

<g> And how much does it cost to rent this shoebox?

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