Button that throws a small pop-up toolbar

[DmFedorov]

It was tip for Don because recently he made a lot of improvements in toolbar.
But Don has wished to learn opinion of others.
Idea is very simple, but it can not be solved with scripts.

We can have a special type of "sub-toolbar" button, which will (when you hover over it) throw out the horizontal menu with row of buttons grouped together.
This horizontal pop-up menu should be located below the toolbar and hang there until you hover with mouse another toolbar button or until the focus will leave zone = [toolbar + height of the "sub-toolbar" menu].

In this case, I can again (without making a click on this button) go into this horizontal menu (hanging in front of me) and do all necessary actions on it, like on usual button located in the usual toolbar.

And of course in this case there is an opportunity to have really wide captions to buttons.
Because the number of buttons will be small.

Such special button-toolbar will not hinder to scrolling self toolbar (with left or right mouse click), although after the appearance of such buttons there can be nothing to scroll.
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For touchscreen mode, this button can be simply clicked and the "sub-toolbar" menu pops up.
I think this button will be very popular.

[eil]

basically it's what sub-menus do, aside from vertical orientation, not=hover activation and only small icons.

[DmFedorov]

Yes, at first glance it seems that there are not many differences from submenu:

horizontal orientation instead of the vertical.
hover activation, in order not to click on the button.

But there's a lot of work. You need to ensure that all actions available on main toolbar are performed on pop-up toolbar.
For example we have in toolbar one button "»»" with vertical list of other buttons, and there all actions is not available.
And if you make an option with captions, it will be another heap of work.

But visual effect will be strong.

[admin]

I already have this idea in one of my idea staples for a while, so I basically like it. The time will come...

[DmFedorov]

I already have this idea in one of my idea staples for a while, so I basically like it. The time will come...

The time has not come yet?

[qupear]

This feature would be highly appreciated because of how it allows you

• More efficient use of the space on display
• Eliminate the need to have separate toolbar with keyboard shortcut
• Manage favorites list more flexibly

Basically instead of having several toolbars you end up with several submenus which are able to respond to drag'n'drop or hover. You still may want to have shortcuts for these submenus but you wouldn't need to constantly switching between toolbars like it is for now.

[DmFedorov]

I already have this idea in one of my idea staples for a while, so I basically like it. The time will come...

The time has not come yet?

[admin]

Not yet.

[DmFedorov]

Now in v22.80.005 you made it as Custom Toolbar Buttons | Vertical Popup Toolbars
But I was suggesting to make such special buttons expand on mouse hover by themselves without a click.

Maybe you'll think a little more about it and do just that?