Add Yandex to the Quick Launch panel. Quick Launch Toolbar

The taskbar has excellent functionality in Windows 7. It has several very interesting features and improvements that improve performance compared to other versions. Therefore, it is important to write a series of articles on such topics. , certainly should not be ignored. Now let's look at how to configure appearance, size, location of the main tools.

How to open the taskbar properties window

To open these settings, you need to click right click mouse on any empty space on the taskbar and select the "properties" command.

The parameters we need are located in the first tab, which is called the “taskbar”. In the following articles we will look at all tabs in more detail.

How to change the appearance and location of the taskbar

Sets of settings in the window that opens will help you change the appearance and location. Thus, you can make the following changes:

- Pin the taskbar- if this option is selected, the start menu bar will remain motionless. You won't be able to move it to another location or resize it.

- Automatically hide the taskbar- this option allows you to hide the taskbar when you are not using it. Then, when you hover your cursor over its location, it smoothly pops up.

- Use small icons- if this checkbox is checked, pinned icons appear smaller, which helps save desktop space.

- - parameters allowing you to determine the location. To do this, click on the drop-down menu as shown in the image. Choose the position you like best.

There is another way to move. Left-click on an empty space in the Start bar, while holding down the button, move the cursor to the desired side of the monitor. After moving the cursor, release the button and the panel moves in the direction we need. If you can't drag, make sure the "pin taskbar" option is disabled, uncheck it, and try again.

In fact setting windows panels 7 is not difficult to learn. At the right approach, You can easily learn to manipulate it.

- Taskbar buttons- helps determine the appearance of marks open applications. There are three options here:

• Always group, hide labels- labels of one application will be combined and their names will be hidden. Applies by default.
• Group when taskbar is full- combines labels into one if several tabs of the same application are open. This setting also shows the names of open elements.
• Do not group- will display all labels separately and will never combine labels of the same application as one. If you have 15 windows open google browser chrome, they will be shown separately. If shortcuts occupy the entire length of the taskbar, then in the right corner you will see an arrow, when you click on it, a new workspace will open, with labels that do not fit. When the taskbar is full, label names are not shown.

Setting up the panel windows tasks 7 allows you to change its height. To change the size, hover your mouse over the edge until a cursor with two arrows (up and down) appears. Hold down the mouse button and set the height as needed.

Note: You can change the size if the "dock the taskbar" option is not enabled.

View Aero Peek desktop

When this option is enabled, you can move the cursor to the desktop preview button, after which all open windows will become translucent. This is useful when you want to view a gadget or other information on your desktop without minimizing open windows. Move the cursor off the button and everything will return to its place.

If the feature is of no use to you, uncheck "Use Aero Peek to preview your desktop" and it will be disabled.

If you click on the desktop preview button, all open windows will be minimized. Click again and all windows will be shown in their original state.

how to add toolbars

A feature that is not new, but allows adding additional tools. To add standard or custom tools, right-click on empty space on the taskbar. In the menu that opens, go to the "panels" item and select the option you want:

- Address- will add address bar, into which the URLs of sites are entered. When you enter an address, the link will be opened by your default browser. This line can be used to access a folder or file, but it is not very convenient. It's easier to enter the items you're looking for in the Start menu search.

WITH links- this adds URLs to your favorite sites in Internet Explorer. If you use a different browser by default, it's pretty useless. In my screenshot you can see that the icons are opera. This is due to a recent jamb. Any browser opens in Opera. There was no time to fix it, so I had to make such a screen.

- Tablet PC input panel- creates a button that you can use to quick launch Tablet PC input window.

- Desktop- will add a toolbar with all desktop shortcuts.

- Create a toolbar- most useful option, because it allows you to add custom toolbars. When you select this option, a new window will appear. Navigate to the folder that you want to use as a tool and click "select folder", after which you will get fast access to the selected element.

You can also see an element such as " ", when you click on it, the usual language switching panel will move to a separate place. Hover over language bar, press left button and drag it anywhere on the taskbar. After which the panel will be installed on old place. Setting up the Windows 7 taskbar will not take up much of your time.

Users can place shortcuts to frequently used applications and folders on the desktop. But sometimes there are too many icons, and not everyone likes it. In such a situation, you can add some of the desktop icons to the Quick Launch panel. To do this, you need to follow several steps.

Instructions

The Quick Launch toolbar is located on the taskbar to the right of the Start button. To add an icon to it, select the desired icon on the desktop (or in the directory where your file is saved), left-click on it and, while holding the button pressed, drag the file icon to the panel. Release the mouse button.

Icons can be moved not only one at a time, but also as a whole group. To add several icons to the Quick Launch panel at once, first select them using the left mouse button. Then move the cursor to any of the selected files and repeat the steps described in the previous step.

If not all icons are displayed on the Quick Launch toolbar, you may need to expand the area of ​​the toolbar. To do this, right-click on any free space on the taskbar and remove the marker from the “Lock taskbar” item in the drop-down menu. The taskbar area will be divided into separate blocks.

Move your mouse cursor to the right edge of the Quick Launch bar and wait until it changes to a double-sided horizontal arrow. Press and hold the left mouse button and drag the edge of the Quick Launch bar to the right. When you achieve desired result, release the mouse button.

Don't rush to pin the taskbar. First, decide which icon size suits you best: large or small. Right-click in an empty area of ​​the Quick Launch panel and select View from the drop-down menu. In the submenu, mark one of the options with a marker: “Large icons” or “Small icons”.

You can also increase the height of the taskbar and, accordingly, the Quick Launch bar. To do this, move the cursor to the top of the panel and wait until it changes to a double-sided vertical arrow. Click and hold the left mouse button. Pull the panel up.

The taskbar can be located not only at the bottom of the monitor screen. You might like it better if it's at the top or side of the screen. Move the cursor to the panel, hold down the left mouse button and move the panel left, right or up. After that, right-click on the taskbar and mark the “Pin taskbar” item in the menu.

If you have programs installed on your computer that you use very often, then they should be placed in the taskbar. This will speed up access to them and also reduce the time spent searching for a shortcut to a particular program.

Once the installation of most programs is complete, you will be prompted to “ Create a shortcut on the desktop», « Create a shortcut in the Start menu" And " Create a shortcut in the Quick Access Toolbar" That's it " Quick Access Toolbar” and there is a taskbar, or rather an area in it. It's located next to the Start menu.

As you can see in the image above, in this case there are 3 shortcuts: Yandex browser, Explorer, Text editor Microsoft Word. Let's try adding another program to the taskbar. For example, let it be graphics editor Paint.NET. To do this you must:

1. Right-click on the program shortcut on the Desktop or in the Start menu.

2. Context menus will open in which you need to find the option “ Pin to taskbar».

After this, the program shortcut will be added to the taskbar and you will be able to quickly access it. This operation can only be performed with shortcuts to programs or games, but not with photographs or documents, and this is usually not necessary.

To the right of the Start button is the Quick Launch bar.

The main convenience of the quick launch panel is that, firstly, the program launches when you click on the icon once. That is, it is not needed double click, and just click on the shortcut. The second, even more useful feature of the Quick Launch toolbar is that it sits on top of other windows. I think you've had times when you need to launch a program, but to get to its desktop icon, you need to close or minimize several other windows.

You can add program icons to the Quick Launch bar for quick access to frequently used programs, or remove unnecessary icons.

Adding a program icon to the Quick Launch panel

You can customize the Quick Launch bar by adding your favorite programs to it.

• To do this, find the program in the menu "Start", right-click it, then click Add to Quick Launch.
• If this opportunity is missing, click the icon for the program you want to add (if the program isn't in the Start menu, look on your desktop) and drag it to the Quick Launch bar.

To add an icon to the Quick Launch bar, hover your cursor over desired icon on the desktop, press the left mouse button and drag the icon to the taskbar. When a vertical black line appears (shown by a red arrow), release the button and the icon appears on the panel.

If you decide to move the icons relative to each other, you also grab the icon with your cursor and drag along the Quick Launch bar, and the vertical bar will move and show where the icon will end up if you release the mouse button. This way you can place the icons in the order you like.

By default, the Quick Launch panel also contains two special buttons. Click the button Collapse all windows to temporarily hide all open windows and show the desktop;
Click the button again to show all windows again.

Click the button Switching windows to switch between open windows using the ergonomic Windows swipe.

Notes:

• If the Quick Launch bar is not visible, right-click an empty area of ​​the taskbar, click Toolbars and then Quick start.

• If the Quick Launch panel is not in the list, it means it is not activated.
  In order to activate the Quick Launch toolbar, anywhere on the taskbar (but only where there are no icons or other elements), right-click.
  The taskbar context menu will open. Select an item Properties .

A window will open Taskbar properties.

Check the box here Show Quick Launch Toolbar. If the checkbox is not checked, then your panel is disabled.

Second important point- check the box opposite Display the taskbar on top of other windows.

You can check the box next to Automatically hide the taskbar. Some users find it more convenient when the taskbar is hidden, but you just need to get used to it. If you don't check the box, it means Task bar will always be at the bottom of the screen.

The remaining points of this tab are not so important and are understandable without explanation. If you uncheck the box next to Show clock- this means your watch will disappear, etc.

Just remember to activate all the checkboxes you have set by clicking the button Apply, and then OK.

You may like the convenience that the Quick Launch panel provides and you will start dragging icons there in an unlimited number. As a result, icons can fill the entire taskbar. But there is a way out of this situation! You can hide some icons. To do this, move the cursor over the separator (circled in red pencil). The cursor will turn into arrows pointing left and right. At this moment, press the left mouse button and drag the separator to the left. As you move the separator, the icons will begin to disappear. I usually leave 4-5 icons visible.

• You don’t have to worry about hidden icons - they won’t go anywhere! Just click on the arrow and that's it. hidden icons will appear before your eyes. Click any icon and the program starts!

If the theme is not running on your computer Windows Aero, button press Switching windows will not open ergonomic swipe. Instead, the same window will be displayed, brought up by pressing ALT+TAB on your keyboard.

Removing a program icon from the Quick Launch panel

• To remove an icon from the Quick Launch bar, right-click it, select Delete, then confirm deletion by pressing Yes.

Notes

Removing an icon from the taskbar does not remove the program itself from the computer.

To not display Quick Launch Toolbar on the Taskbar, right-click an empty area of ​​the Taskbar, click on Toolbars and click on the menu bar Quick start(you can use the same method to hide any element that you don’t want to display).

The taskbar is one of the main mechanisms for managing and interacting with the system in Windows. Therefore, the comfort of your work with the OS and the computer as a whole will directly depend on its configuration and the settings of those important elements that are located on it.

Task bar

To go to settings Taskbars And start menu you need to right-click on Start button in the lower left corner of the screen and in the opened context menu select item Properties. After this, a window will open in front of you Taskbar and Start menu properties, the component settings of which we will consider.

By the way, you can also access taskbar settings from Control panels by clicking on the item with the self-explanatory name Taskbar and Start Menu.

The taskbar and Start menu window contains three tabs: Task bar, Start Menu And Toolbars, which are responsible for setting the parameters of the corresponding Windows components.

Customizing the Taskbar and Notification Area

At the top of the tab there are settings that are responsible for the design and display of the taskbar.

Pin the taskbar . By checking this box, you can fix the taskbar on the monitor screen in the place where it is located on this moment. In this case, it will be impossible to stretch, move or collapse. As a rule, this item is checked by default. If you want to increase the height of the taskbar (when located at the top or bottom of the screen) or its width (when located on the left or right of the screen), and also change the size of the notification area and toolbar, then uncheck this item. After this, you can perform all the operations described above by dragging the boundaries of the desired areas with the mouse.

Automatically hide the taskbar. Activation this parameter will allow you to use the maximum desktop area when working, since the control panel will be hidden and will no longer be displayed on the screen on top of all windows. To open the panel in this mode, you need to move the mouse cursor to the edge of the screen along which it is located.

Use small icons. This option allows you to make icons for programs and open applications located on the taskbar smaller. In this way, you can expand the workspace and increase the number of displayed elements on the panel itself.

Position of the taskbar on the screen. Allows you to select from the drop-down menu where the panel will be placed on the screen. You have four options: Bottom, Top, Right or Left.

Taskbar buttons. At this point you can choose how icons will be displayed on the taskbar running programs and open windows:

• Always group, hide labels. This mode is activated by default and allows you to expand free space on the taskbar due to the fact that icons of similar open applications are grouped, and the icons themselves do not have labels of their names. For example, if you have several Explorer windows open at once, they will be grouped into one icon on the taskbar, which will be displayed as several rectangles superimposed on each other.
• Group when taskbar is full. Unlike the previous option, this mode is more informative for the user. All icons for open applications are located separately on the taskbar and are labeled with the names of the windows in which they are running. Icon grouping occurs only when the taskbar is full and there is no free space to accommodate new icons.
• Do not group. Grouping icons open source software does not happen under any circumstances.

In the middle of the Taskbar tab there is an item Notification area , which is responsible for configuring the display of system icons and icons background programs, as well as their messages in the notification area (tray).

After clicking on the Settings button, a window will open in front of you with a list of all background and system applications, next to which you can select their behavior in the tray from three available options:

• Show icon and notifications
• Hide icon and notifications
• Show notifications only

Below the general list of all icons there are items Turn system icons on or off(Clock, Volume, Network, Power and Action Center), as well as Restore default icon behavior. You can also activate the option Always show icons and notifications on the taskbar.

And finally, in the lower area of ​​the tab we are considering there is an option setting Preview desktopusingAeroPeek. Activating this function allows you to hover the mouse cursor over the button Collapse all windows, perform quick temporary viewing of content Desktop. In this case, open windows do not collapse, as happens when this button is clicked, but become transparent.

Customizing the Start Menu

Let's move on to studying the next tab of the window with a self-explanatory name Start Menu. As you probably already guessed, here are the options responsible for setting the parameters of one of the key components of Windows system management, which is called up using the button of the same name located at the very beginning of the taskbar.

The appearance of the Start menu and the elements of which it consists, as well as the behavior of objects and icons in it, is influenced by a lot of parameters that simply would not fit on this tab. This is probably why the developers brought them to separate window, which opens after pressing the button Tune. We'll talk about this a little later, but for now let's return to our tab and look at the few parameters that are still located on it.

Power button action . Using this item, you can configure the system action that will occur after you click physical button power supply located on the computer case. To do this, you must select any of six options from the drop-down menu:

• Shutdown- leads to the complete closing of all programs, logging out and shutting down the computer. This action is set by default.
• Change user- causes the user to log out to the selection screen account without closing running programs.
• Ending a session- causes the user to log out of the system to the account selection screen and close all running applications.
• Locking your computer- leads to blocking of the system without closing running programs. To resume operation, the user will need to enter a password.
- leads to closing all applications, logging out and restarting the computer.
• Dream- puts the computer into state reduced energy consumption. At the same time, all parameters of the current work session are saved, which allows you to quickly resume work in the future.

Confidentiality . This option contains two items that allow you to display or hide recently opened programs, files or documents on the left side of the Start menu. Everything is simple here - if the checkboxes are checked, then display is allowed, if unchecked, it is prohibited.

Now let's look at the options that are contained in the window Customizing the Start Menu called by the above button Tune.

This window contains quite a lot of settings, but there is no point in considering all of them in detail. Many points have self-explanatory names and do not need any additional comments, but we will still make small explanations about some.

Most of the Start menu settings concern the display of thematic themes in it. custom folders and menus, including: Video, Music, Documents, Home group, Games, Images, Personal folder, Favorites, Recent Documents, TV recordings and Downloads, as well as the main controls: Administration group, Run command, Computer, Control Panel, Network, Connect to, Default programs, Help, Devices and printers.

Depending on the menu item, several display options can be applied to it:

• Don't display this item
• Display as menu- the group will be displayed on the right side of the Start menu as a folder with an arrow that opens automatically when you hover the mouse cursor.
• Display as link- the element will be displayed on the right side of the Start menu as a regular link, after clicking on it, a new window will open with the contents of the folder of the same name.

Highlight recently installed programs . If this option is checked, the system in the Start menu and All Programs group will highlight new (recently installed) applications and the folders in which they are contained in dark yellow.

Search other files and libraries . An item that allows you to expand search locations necessary information or speed up the search process itself by disabling scanning of public folders.

Search Control Panel programs and features . When this option is activated, you will be able to search for the desired objects in Control panels systems.

Large icons . Unchecking this item will reduce the icons of the most frequently launched programs, the list of which is located on the left side of the Start menu. This will increase the number of applications displayed in this list.

Allow context menu and dragging of objects . Activating this parameter allows you to call up the context menu of Start menu objects, as well as drag them with the mouse into various work areas of the system. For example, you can drag a program icon from the Start Menu to the Desktop or, conversely, add a link to an application to the Start menu by dragging an icon from any open window there.

In addition to the parameters discussed above, at the bottom of the settings window there are two more elements with which you can adjust the size, or rather the height, of the Start menu. They regulate the display of the number of positions in lists of recently used programs and items.

Customizing Toolbars

As in previous versions operating systems, in Windows7, the ability to work with toolbars has been implemented, which are used to quickly launch program components and access resources.

Initially, the system includes only a few standard panels Tools: Address, Links, Tablet Input Panel, and Desktop. But as new applications are installed, the list of these panels will expand. For example, in our case, you see an additional iTunes panel appear.

You can also create your own own panels tools. To do this, right-click on free space on Taskbars and in the context menu that opens, select Panels and then the command Create a toolbar V.

Controlling the display of toolbars is carried out at an intuitive level. To do this, just uncheck or check the box next to the desired panel and press the button Apply.