toolbooster - tamed toolbars

[SkyFrontier]

//voolBars aka Float Your Buttons aka KeyButtons aka Vertical Toolbars aka toolbooster aka thefoolbar aka toolbarMania aka monsterBar
// v1, by SkyFrontier
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Ever wanted a quick access to toolbar's buttons? A second toolbar, perhaps...? A third, fourth one?
What about a clever way to manage your toolbar?

In my cruzade for a mouseless, touchpad-free navigation, I finally found a way to get rid of the toolbar travelling, bringing the toolbar to the point of my cursor! Yikes!

I was about to publish a script which then I found very similar to Ken's vTBs, so a major revision would be necessary.
The result is
-you can easily switch among 3 (2 + default toolbar) in the same session
-not satisfied? store as many toolbars you want under a "<xyscripts>\z_voolbar_xySF.xys" file; each toolbar can have a description plus the sequence of buttons in the format "description***button 1,button 2,..."
-if the toolbars file is present, a selection dialog is popped so you can pick the toolbar you want; else, the current toolbar will be popped at cursor's position after chosing 1 for left clicks, 2 for right, 3 for a combination of both.
-previously loaded toolbar is stored under a permanent ("perma") variable, always ready to be stored on the toolbars files or reused - actions made using item 8 (write perma into toolbars file) or 7 (toolbars from perma)
-at anytime a new perma toolbar can be created, using item 4; to load it, run the script again and choose option 7 (toolbar from perma)
-homesick? Option 5 brings the XY default toolbar back; option 6 toggles its size (you may need to run it a second time, if on first run the toggle doesn't happen)
-maintenance: option 9 brings you to the toolbars file; option A stores current toolbar as a perma one; option X destroys the perma toolbar value

[klownboy]

Hi SkyFrontier, nice script! I had also came up with a version of my vTB script that would allow the user to switch to either left or right click actions. I later decided not to publish it. It was just not what I would consider user friendly. As I mentioned in that thread and maybe else where as well, the only good way to do that would be having Don provide true detection of a left or right click in an XY menu. Now that would be great - allowing us to perform dual actions on each menu item. Of course it could be used in many ways. Another method I thought of, which would only apply to CTBs, would be if you right clicked the CTB, the right click actions would be performed and if you left click the normal left click actions would be performed. But, that method seemed not-so-user friendly, easy to forget, and complicated as well.
Thanks again,
Ken

[SkyFrontier]

Hi SkyFrontier, nice script! I had also came up with a version of my vTB script that would allow the user to switch to either left or right click actions. I later decided not to publish it. It was just not what I would consider user friendly. As I mentioned in that thread and maybe else where as well, the only good way to do that would be having Don provide true detection of a left or right click in an XY menu. Now that would be great - allowing us to perform dual actions on each menu item. Of course it could be used in many ways. Another method I thought of, which would only apply to CTBs, would be if you right clicked the CTB, the right click actions would be performed and if you left click the normal left click actions would be performed. But, that method seemed not-so-user friendly, easy to forget, and complicated as well.
Thanks again,
Ken

Hi there, Ken.
Yeah, it's a nice little something, this one. I'm expanding it into other directions so everything toolbar related is covered.
The only thing I really miss is a feature I already requested by which inputselect(-checkbox) could directly support custom icons (your vTB would benefit of it, too).
And yes, left/right click detection on a menu would mean a thing - 2 out of 3 menu items would be history, then. Anyway, it's really making a difference on hi-res screen as touchpad-travelling thru interface is reduced to zero.

[SkyFrontier]

I'm so hooked into this that I made a video:
https://youtu.be/3dvf7N9hzfs

Minimalists may like the ability to fully operate XY without its toolbar.
I'm almost sure I saw an emulation of the main menu posted around...

I should've highlight in the video the quick switch between current and perma toolbar using option 7 - toolbar from PERMA (permanent variable).

Wow.

-note: 1st video ever.
(don't expect another one, fans!)