The "Show Xara your appreciation" thread

[Grenou]

Started with X1 as a trial and then purchased Xtreme3 and progressed through all the upgrades, and onto the Designer Pro versions.

It's the best and fastest vector programme.
Now. I've not done any scientific tests, but, if I use it and it works fast, then that's all the testing I need.
The tools are great to use and pretty easy to understand.

And may I say that I love using Designer Pro.

BUT...

I am more and more disappointed at Xara/Magix taking away more and more tools that I use more often, and putting these into flyouts.
Sure, by all means do that.
But, please give the user the option to have tools as single buttons.

Ai
Appreciation? No.
I'm getting more and more irritated.

I have put all the tools (buttons of tools) on the top toolbar, easy peasy.
Window>Control Bars>Button Palette.
Hold the Alt key and drag the icon onto the toolbar.
:-)
Grenou

[Know1]

That only works correctly for buttons that aren't located in a fly-out menu to begin with.
If you move buttons around that are in a fly-out menu, the Shape tool for instance, the icon in the menu where the button was originally located also changes with it. You also can't get rid of a button that's located in a fly-out menu, so you end up with duplicates as well.

[Big Frank]

no i'm sorry, that's not the case
i put all the buttons from a fly-out menu into a toolbar and dispense with the flyout one
it's definitely possible

[Know1]

Thank you Big Frank, you're right. When I do it your way all the buttons work as expected. Excellent.

[Big Frank]

no worries
like you i despise those flyout menus
tptb probably thought it was a move to screen space efficiency

but all it's really done is annoy people
(those that have expressed a preference anyway)
(of course there will always be voices in the wilderness telling us the flyouts are the best thing since the immaculate deception)
(people like that have historically been stoned to death)
(thats why i always enjoyed history at school)
(i subscribe to the spike milligan school of seriosity)
(its cheaper than subscribing to punch anyway)