IE8 - Move Favorites Bar to Menu Bar area?

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In IE7 I could drag the Favorites bar up to the Menu Bar. In IE8 it

seems like I can only move it down to the bar where the tabs are. Can

it be moved in IE8? Perhaps with a modification someone has written?



Thanks,
 
Hi Bob,



From top to bottom of the IE toolbar you can arrange it as



1. Navigation Bar

2. Menu Bar + Third party toolbars

2.5 The Navigation bar can also appear under the Menu Bar/Toolbars area with

a registry tweak.

3. Command Bar

4. Favorites Center Button + Favorites Bar

5. Tabs Bar (Unmovable, always appears above the Web page area)



Alternative layouts are

3. Command Bar + Favorites Center Button + Command Bar Favorites Bar

4. Tabs bar



or



3. Favorites Center button + Tabs bar + Favorites Bar Command Bar

( means that the two bars position can be swapped)

so



No, you cannot move the Favorites Bar up to the same area occupied by the

Menu Bar and Third-party toolbars

There could be a third-party toolbar that lists your Internet Shortcuts in

your Favorites/Links folder, but with IE's Loosely coupled toolbars it would

slow IE down to a snails pace with each new tab. There would be security

considerations in allowing Folders in the same area as other Third-party

toolbars.





Right click on the Task bar and select Toolbars>Links from the context menu

to display the Links bar (aka Favorites/Links=IE Favorites Bar) in the

taskbar....

I pin my taskbar to the top of the screen where my mouse if most often

positioned (in easy reach of menus in windows)





Regards.



"+Bob+" wrote in message

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> In IE7 I could drag the Favorites bar up to the Menu Bar. In IE8 it

> seems like I can only move it down to the bar where the tabs are. Can

> it be moved in IE8? Perhaps with a modification someone has written?

>

> Thanks,
 
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:37:18 +1100, "rob^_^"

wrote:



>

>No, you cannot move the Favorites Bar up to the same area occupied by the

>Menu Bar and Third-party toolbars

>There could be a third-party toolbar that lists your Internet Shortcuts in

>your Favorites/Links folder, but with IE's Loosely coupled toolbars it would

>slow IE down to a snails pace with each new tab. There would be security

>considerations in allowing Folders in the same area as other Third-party

>toolbars.

>



Thanks. I'll never figure out why MS seems to think it's an

improvement each time they remove useful a feature from one of their

programs.
 
I quite like it. I do think it is an improvement...



Mostly I use the Add to Favorites Bar button, not the Add to Favorites

button, menu or context menu.



When I am finished searching and have accumulated the links I want to keep

on the Favorites bar I can easily drag them to a folder on the Favorites

Center.... easier than the clunky Add to Favorites dialog which ALLways

opens up at the Favorites Root.



I think their reasoning was for hosting Web Slices in an area of the Toolbar

that was separate from other Third-party toolbars (to stop those addons

hijacking your web slice results).

When a Webslice on the Favorites bar receives an update its text and

background flashes... Keeping it at eye-level attracts the attention of the

user when an update is received.



ppl didn't like IE7 at first either, but over time I think they will warm to

IE8.



Regards.



"+Bob+" wrote in message

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> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:37:18 +1100, "rob^_^"

> wrote:

>

>>

>>No, you cannot move the Favorites Bar up to the same area occupied by the

>>Menu Bar and Third-party toolbars

>>There could be a third-party toolbar that lists your Internet Shortcuts in

>>your Favorites/Links folder, but with IE's Loosely coupled toolbars it

>>would

>>slow IE down to a snails pace with each new tab. There would be security

>>considerations in allowing Folders in the same area as other Third-party

>>toolbars.

>>

>

> Thanks. I'll never figure out why MS seems to think it's an

> improvement each time they remove useful a feature from one of their

> programs.
 
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:19:02 +1100, "rob^_^"

wrote:



>

>ppl didn't like IE7 at first either, but over time I think they will warm to

>IE8.



I have no objection to them adding features... but they seem to have

been removing them too with each release since IE6! Seems to go along

with the removal of features from Windows releases since 2000 :-)



Thanks again,
 
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