# My toolbar is on the side of my screen

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toolbar-is-on-the-side-of-my-screen/27437
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [July 30, 2000, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toolbar-is-on-the-side-of-my-screen/27437 "2000-07-30T14:41:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![HomeSlice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9d8465/32.png) [@HomeSlice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HomeSlice)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2000, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toolbar-is-on-the-side-of-my-screen/27437/1 "2000-07-30T14:41:32Z")

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I don’t know what my dad did, i don’t want to know what my dad did. But how do i put this thing back where it belongs on the bottom of the screen?

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### Author: ![Oblio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c4cdca/32.png) [@Oblio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblio)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2000, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toolbar-is-on-the-side-of-my-screen/27437/2 "2000-07-30T14:44:11Z")

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Grab the bar where there is no buttons (by clicking and holding with left mouse button) and move it to the bottom.

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### Author: ![HomeSlice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9d8465/32.png) [@HomeSlice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HomeSlice)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2000, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toolbar-is-on-the-side-of-my-screen/27437/3 "2000-07-30T14:53:27Z")

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Thanks cuz, i am forever in your debt.

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### Author: ![eyor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@eyor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eyor)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2000, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toolbar-is-on-the-side-of-my-screen/27437/4 "2000-07-30T14:54:38Z")

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I really think this should be in the great debates forum instead

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### Author: ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toolbar-is-on-the-side-of-my-screen/27437/5 "2000-07-30T15:13:14Z")

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I talked about this more than a year back. Most people put it on the bottom but I prefer the top, like a Mac.

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### Author: ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2000, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-toolbar-is-on-the-side-of-my-screen/27437/6 "2000-07-30T15:18:31Z")

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And of course there’s the way-cool Gnome toolbars that not only have neat little applets you can put on them (you can build your own!), but also have a corner toolbar option, and little hide toolbar arrows on either side which retract them into the side if you need to.