Quake3World.com • View topic - Odd gap when I use large icons in Win7 Quick Launch

Quake3World.com Forums

Technology & Troubleshooting

Odd gap when I use large icons in Win7 Quick Launch

Print view

Previous topic | Next topic

Topic Starter

Topic: Odd gap when I use large icons in Win7 Quick Launch

o'dium
Eh?

Joined: 25 Mar 2001
Posts: 32047

Posted: 12-23-2010 04:44 AM

Hey guys, just finally made the move to Win7 after getting a new cpu etc, and everything feels much smoother now. I got the QuickLaunch toolbar to show up easy (Though its a shame the MediaPlayer 12 wont shrink to the quick player like before, and instead even with the hack it kinda sticks there) but my main gripe is more something that just annoys me...

If I use small icons in the Quick Launch, I get this:

But if I use large icons in the Quick Launch (what I want) then I get this:

See the gap below all the active windows at the bottom? I figure its a simple "change height of Quick Launch icons" change but I cant seem to find it anywhere. I know its only a small thing but its one of those "pfft" things that I think is more than likely a 5 second reg fix some place, its just silly I cant find it.

Cheers peoples.

Top

obsidian
I'm the dude!

Joined: 04 Feb 2002
Posts: 10423

Posted: 12-23-2010 07:53 AM

Who uses the QuickLaunch toolbar on Windows 7 when you can just pin your favourite programs to the task bar? The effect is the same thing, plus benefits of jump lists and other stuff. What a noob.

_________________
GtkRadiant | Q3Map2 | Shader Manual

Top

o'dium
Eh?

Joined: 25 Mar 2001
Posts: 32047

Posted: 12-23-2010 08:12 AM

Its almost as if different people do different things?

But it happens with whatever I use anyway, regardless.

Top

obsidian
I'm the dude!

Joined: 04 Feb 2002
Posts: 10423

Posted: 12-23-2010 08:53 AM

My point is, the Quick Launch is only there for legacy reasons and only makes sense if you revert back to Vista/XP standard taskbar. For any other reason, the Win 7 taskbar does the same thing only better.

Anyway, there will always be a small gap between toolbars (always has, even on older versions of Windows), though you can see if you can drag the toolbars around to see if you can minimize the size of that gap. Right click on taskbar, Properties, disable Lock the taskbar and see if you can drag the toolbars around. Then lock again when finished.

_________________
GtkRadiant | Q3Map2 | Shader Manual

Top

o'dium
Eh?

Joined: 25 Mar 2001
Posts: 32047

Posted: 12-23-2010 09:16 AM

The gap was "under" the right most tabs, not the gap between the icons on the quick launch and the tabs. Thats always been there, and there are ways around it.

As for the issue, meh, I got rid of quick launch and messed around with the pinned stuff, works better and I dont get the gaps anymore, so this issue is moot lol.

Top

obsidian
I'm the dude!

Joined: 04 Feb 2002
Posts: 10423

Posted: 12-23-2010 09:32 AM

Wasn't that what I was telling you in the first place? I'd like to echo my previous comment, "What a noob. "

_________________
GtkRadiant | Q3Map2 | Shader Manual

Top

SoM
Your Other Daddy

Joined: 03 Dec 1999
Posts: 17533

Posted: 12-23-2010 10:01 AM

yeah noob

unlock the taskbar and drag it left a bit and lock it again.

_________________
[WYD]SoM

Top

SoM
Your Other Daddy

Joined: 03 Dec 1999
Posts: 17533

Posted: 12-23-2010 10:13 AM

win7 guide from newbies to pros

_________________
[WYD]SoM

Top

EtUL
Elite

Joined: 08 Apr 2001
Posts: 21784

Posted: 01-30-2011 10:53 AM

even not counting pinned items the quick launch is still worthless in 7. I don't have any icons anymore, all I do is hit the windows button then type the first two letters or so of whatever program I want.

Top

^Ghost
Mercenary

Joined: 07 Sep 2009
Posts: 217

Posted: 01-31-2011 11:35 PM

EtUL wrote:
even not counting pinned items the quick launch is still worthless in 7. I don't have any icons anymore, all I do is hit the windows button then type the first two letters or so of whatever program I want.

yes, they truly made win7 dummy proof.

_________________

mDd Online Records
Quake 3 Map Archive
Quake 3 DeFRaG center

Top

Quake3World.com | Forum Index | Technology & Troubleshooting

Who uses the QuickLaunch toolbar on Windows 7 when you can just pin your favourite programs to the task bar? The effect is the same thing, plus benefits of jump lists and other stuff. What a noob.

Its almost as if different people do different things?But it happens with whatever I use anyway, regardless.

Wasn't that what I was telling you in the first place? I'd like to echo my previous comment, "What a noob. "

yeah noobunlock the taskbar and drag it left a bit and lock it again.

win7 guide from newbies to pros

even not counting pinned items the quick launch is still worthless in 7. I don't have any icons anymore, all I do is hit the windows button then type the first two letters or so of whatever program I want.

EtUL wrote:even not counting pinned items the quick launch is still worthless in 7. I don't have any icons anymore, all I do is hit the windows button then type the first two letters or so of whatever program I want.yes, they truly made win7 dummy proof.

Its almost as if different people do different things?

But it happens with whatever I use anyway, regardless.

yeah noob

unlock the taskbar and drag it left a bit and lock it again.

EtUL wrote:
even not counting pinned items the quick launch is still worthless in 7. I don't have any icons anymore, all I do is hit the windows button then type the first two letters or so of whatever program I want.

yes, they truly made win7 dummy proof.