Tips for 2.1: toolbars (Simon Orde)
Posted: 24 Mar 2003 09:49
I thought I'd send out the odd email with tips for 2.1 in case that's of interest. So here's one:
Did you know that you can reposition all toolbars in Family Historian? This isn't actually a new feature. You've always been able to do it. But it may be even more worth doing now that the Records Window has a toolbar of its own. To move them, click and drag on any part of the toolbar that isn't a button. There's not much space, but it can be done. As you drag the toolbar, you should see a fuzzy rectangular box showing where the toolbar will go when you release the mouse button.
A reasonable place to put the Records Window new toolbar (just 3 buttons on it), is just to the right of the main toolbar (if your screen resolution allows you enough space for it). Its supposed to remember its new location and stay there, so that next time you start Family Historian its in the same place. I find that it seems to do a better job of remembering the desired location if you leave a very small gap between the main toolbar and the Records Window toolbar. Same applies to the other windows' toolbars.
If you aren't happy with the results, you can get all toolbars to revert to their normal positions by clicking on View > Toolbars > Reset Toolbar Positions.
Simon Orde List Administrator and Family Historian designer
Did you know that you can reposition all toolbars in Family Historian? This isn't actually a new feature. You've always been able to do it. But it may be even more worth doing now that the Records Window has a toolbar of its own. To move them, click and drag on any part of the toolbar that isn't a button. There's not much space, but it can be done. As you drag the toolbar, you should see a fuzzy rectangular box showing where the toolbar will go when you release the mouse button.
A reasonable place to put the Records Window new toolbar (just 3 buttons on it), is just to the right of the main toolbar (if your screen resolution allows you enough space for it). Its supposed to remember its new location and stay there, so that next time you start Family Historian its in the same place. I find that it seems to do a better job of remembering the desired location if you leave a very small gap between the main toolbar and the Records Window toolbar. Same applies to the other windows' toolbars.
If you aren't happy with the results, you can get all toolbars to revert to their normal positions by clicking on View > Toolbars > Reset Toolbar Positions.
Simon Orde List Administrator and Family Historian designer