Unable to resize the Quick Launch toolbar

[abcxyz0123]

The Quick Launch toolbar cannot be resized. It will display every item in the toolbar which causes loss of space on the taskbar if there are a lot of shortcuts in the toolbar. I have made sure that the Retrobar taskbar was unlocked and also tested on 2 PC and was not able to resize the Quick Launch toolbar. Is this by design, a limitation of Retrobar or a bug?

[GaryM99]

It might help the developers or others if you included a screenshot of what you see, along with a description of exactly how you think the Quick Launch toolbar should resize to be smaller. You probably already know that you have full control over which icons appear there, but just in case you don't, here's the default location for the Quick Launch shortcuts...
C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar

That's a standard Windows folder, so if you want to customize RetroBar's Quick Launch area without messing with the Windows configuration (and dodging program installers that add their program to the Quick Launch toolbar), you can also make your own custom folder of shortcuts and point RetroBar to it with the "Select location..." button in the RetroBar properties dialog. You can even hide the Quick Launch toolbar altogether. You have options to get extra space, but a more specific description of what you want would be more helpful.

[abcxyz0123]

For example with my Quick Launch Toolbar with ExplorerPatcher on Windows 11 I have the space sized for 4 shortcuts and there is an overflow pop out for the remaining ones not being displayed in tte viable allocated space that can be accessed by clicking the arrow to the right of the toolbar

• The Quick Launch Toolbar is supposed to allow you to drag and resize it and while Retrobar shows where you would click and drag to resize the toolbar is doesn't allow it
• Resizing has been the Quick Launch Toolbar has been a feature and has worked this way with every version of Windows since it was introduced in Windows 98 and as an addon in Windows 95 with IE4. Starting Window 11 Microsoft made the decision to redesign the taskbar and no longer allow taskbars to be added on there. This necessitated apps such as ExplorerPatcher, StartAllBack and Retrobar. All 3 of tehse app allows the Quick Launch Toolbar to be added on the tasbar and of the 3 apps only RetroBar lacks the ability to be able to resize the toolbar.
• This ability to resize the QuickLaunch Toolbar is a normal function by design and not a special feature. Retrobar is the only Taskbar replacer that I have found that doesn't allow resizing of the Quick Launch toolbar and while I would very much like to use it unless it is possible to do so that is deal breaker for me since I have a lot shortcuts in my toolbar folder and it would use all the available space on my taskbar due to not being able to resize it and have a overflow menu for the shortcuts not being displayed in the visible space allocated to the taskbar.

[InsaneGal]

Yeah, people have talked about this before and unfortunately it's never been a feature. Clicking on the time also brings up the notifications menu instead of the calender, which I thought was a bug at first but apparently not.

[GaryM99]

Clicking a Quick Launch overflow button on the taskbar and then choosing a program from that mini-menu seems a lot like clicking the Start Button and choosing a program from the Start Menu. The key difference seems to be in the size and separateness of the menu displayed. Interesting. My only suggestion would be to limit the number of program shortcuts on the Quick Launch toolbar (thus limiting its size) and then just use the Start Menu as your only "overflow" menu. If the regular Windows Start Menu is a pain to use, Open-Shell-Menu is a fantastic and highly configurable replacement for it, and works well as a companion to RetroBar.

[abcxyz0123]

A lot of people are angry that Microsoft did away with the Quick Launch Toolbar. Many of us prefer not to pin apps for various reasons. It is a lot less efficient to go to the Start Menu and the Quick Launch Toolbar was designed for efficient access to apps. The reason that programs like Retrobar and ExplorerPatcher have come to rise is because of this. Limiting the number of program in the toolbar defeats it purpose. As I had stated earlier all other taskbar replacers replicate the function of Quick Launch Toolbar and allow you to resize it just as it did natively before Microsoft did away with in in Window 11 so it seems odd to me that only Retrobar has this limitation. I do want to use Retrobar but this is deal breaking for me and I have that in future release this core function is added.

[abcxyz0123]

Yeah, people have talked about this before and unfortunately it's never been a feature. Clicking on the time also brings up the notifications menu instead of the calender, which I thought was a bug at first but apparently not.

I guess this should be considered a feature request then. For me unless this feature is added it is a deal breaker and that is unfortunate since Retrobar as free app has a lot of great features for which I would choose it over other similar apps if there wasn't this limitation on the core function that I most want such a product for.