Classic Shell: Forum

See screenshot. It shows that the Address toolbar is to close to the start button - and I can't fix this even by adding some transparent pixels to the right of the start button image icon.

Also: any chance the Classic Shell's excellent search bar might go on the taskbar (in place of the 'address' / web search toolbar, which is built into Windows 8, that my screenshot shows)?

If your using a custom button, you can add some space to the image itself via GIMP, Photoshop, or whatever.
If your using the default. you can try using a custom button with the above mentioned changes: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3209 to one of these if necessary.
If you need this done for you, just ask.
Though I don't speak for IVO (the developer) It is unlikely the search bar will ever be integrated into the task-bar

Jcee: thanks for the reply. Now:


Well, that's what I tried (with GIMP), but, as I think I said in my post, it did not work. The problem seems to be that when the size of the start button is extended - by transparent or blank space, anyway - the address bar ignores the extension and overwrites it. Perhaps I am doing something wrong in my editor - or perhaps in the ClassicShell settings. Advice? I would like work the extension on, well, pretty much any of the icons to which you link.



That's a shame! I wonder why not.

I have already complained about this: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4555

This is the reason I cannot use Classic Shell newer than 4.1.0.

Classic Shell 4.1:



All is perfect.

Classic Shell 4.2.1:




A partial workaround is to add an empty quick launch panel next to the start button.

The problem occurs under Win8.1 but not under win7.

It really shouldn't, maybe you are saving to the wrong file, or selecting the wrong version of it in classic shell? However if you believe that its still ignoring the invisible part, you could always add an 'almost' transparent pixel to the bottom right corner It would be clickable though (if you happen to mouse over that single pixel)
To accomplish this in gimp (incase you dont know)
Go to Windows>Dockable Dialog>Layers
Then create a new layer, and move the transparency slider for it to 99% transparent. then its just a matter of drawing something on the bottom right corner, and saving
[/quote] I would say probably because windows taskbar has never had a 1st party toolbar/search function (except in windows 10), along with toolbars probably being less desirable on the taskbar, and classic shell seems to have strayed away from the explorer toolbars further development, which would indicate IVO's interest in the area. (It seems that 90% of updates are geared towards the start menu, as the primary component of classic shell.) Personally I would like to have a customizable toolbar on the taskbar, but I just don't foresee it any time soon




Your cases may be similar; does increasing the start button size push the taskbar items further right any?