Re: Dialog: Restoring Main Toolbar

[tlvp]

On Mon, 5 Nov 2012 21:42:17 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> My main toolbar with the icons on it disappeared. I could not find it
> docked in any odd places. I even dragged/hovered some shortcut
> buttons from the Customize Toolbar dialog over various parts of the
> screen trying to detect where it may be hiding, but no such luck.
>
> Restoring settings.ini and toolbar.ini from a backup did NOT fix it.
> I had to replace all the .ini's to get it back.
>
> It's fixed now. But where did it go and how would I get back in the
> future? The help file says it should always be visible.
>
> -sw

Were there still four/five little knobbies to the far left at the height
where a tool bar should have been? If so, it should have been possible to
restore the toolbar out of them by suitable clicking (r or l) or dragging.

Cheers, -- tlvp
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[Bernd Rose]

On Mon, 5 Nov 2012 21:42:17 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> My main toolbar with the icons on it disappeared. I could not find it
> docked in any odd places.

[...]

> Restoring settings.ini and toolbar.ini from a backup did NOT fix it.

As the name implies, tooldock.ini would have been the file to check
and alter (or restore from backup).

> It's fixed now. But where did it go

The values of tooldock.ini should have been told you. My first guess
for a non-visible toolbar would be, that it just was deactivated. The
second guess would be the toolbar floating outside the visible screen
area.

> and how would I get back in the future? The help file says it should
> always be visible.

Of course it is not "always visible". (I /never/ have it set to visible.)
The help file just wasn't updated on this matter, after Marcus changed
the behavior of the toolbars. Right click on any toolbar (or the menu bar),
that is still visible and tick the toolbar you need (in / off). And as a
last resort you can always alter tooldock.ini...

Bernd