Drives bar

[mekd]

Is there a way to have a Drives Bar just bellow the toolbar?
Here is an example from Powerdesk Pro.

[admin]

Nope, only anywhere within the toolbar.

[mekd]

How can I add drives icons to the regular toolbar?

[admin]

Customize toolbar... scroll down the left list... you will see the drives stuff...

[mekd]

Excellent.

Is there a way to add a second toolbar? (Just to be sure I have fully understood the first answer).

[admin]

Nope, only one toolbar at a time.

But via scripting you can quite easily manage an unlimited set of toolbars (so that you can quickly switch toolbars). Example to invoke a simple mini toolbar:

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toolbar("back,fore,up,refresh,-,exitnosave");

[serendipity]

or something like this if this suits you:
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 587#p92587

[mekd]

Wouldn't it be much more easier if one could add a second toolbar?

[admin]

Depends. You mean you want a drives bar that can be toggled on/off independently of the main toolbar?

[mekd]

Yes.
Though a second toolbar can be used for more icons that do not fit in the regular one (no need to toggle).

I for one use a lot the drives icons as I have many drives and I switch between the all the time.

[admin]

Believe it or not, XY follows a minimalistic design philosophy. Two toolbars are just one too much.

Tip: There is a "Computer" button that opens a dropdown featuring all drives. Kind of a vertical on-demand drive bar.

[mekd]

Well, that's why I dislike Chrome. The minimalistic approach.
This might be good for beginners, but for the power user who exploits various commands and features its just a burden.
The second toolbar can be used, for example, for favorites folders etc.

[admin]

Well, form follows function, I'm always open for discussion. In recent years there was not much demand here for a 2nd toolbar. But I have to admit that in the same recent years I have added a LOT of useful buttons to the toolbar, so I even I myself am running out of space. So... well, anybody else?

[mekd]

You can add it as an option. Whoever needs it will have his answer.

[SkyFrontier]

Yes, please.
I run out of space on everything I do, all of the time (regulars here too have seen it on and on).
Of course I could quickly switch buttons on and off depending on the project I'm in, but it's totally a different thing when you simply forget you have an installed resource just because you can't see it at a quick glance.

BUT: if design is at discussion, I'd rather go with a second address bar specially when I see that one of the next steps is a "Clickable Droppable Per Pane Breadcrumb" (on the Roadmap), which should be taken into account. After all, we *already* have a scrollable toolbar WHICH WRAPS and has the little ">>" indicator at the right, feature whose name I forgot, sorry...

If I had the option, I'd prefer a second toolbar with a second addy bar at the middle of the screen (will try to screenshot my concept later).

mekd:

You can add it as an option. Whoever needs it will have his answer.

Yes!