Cool tip... (moving icons in the menu bar)

[corywoolf]

So I never figured out how to move the volume, airport, bluetooth, iChat, etc.
icons in the menu bar. But after disabling the bluetooth icon and then re-enabling it, I noticed it had moved. So after tinkering with different modifier keys I figured out this:

hold down the apple (command) key and then click and hold down on an icon in the menu bar, then drag it to the desired location and release.

I know a lot of other keystrokes/ modifier keys, but this was one I thought not many people knew.

 

[WildCowboy]

Yep...and dragging them off of the menu bar while doing that gets rid of them in the puff of smoke. Much easier than going into System Preferences to disable things...

 

[corywoolf]

Yep...and dragging them off of the menu bar while doing that gets rid of them in the puff of smoke. Much easier than going into System Preferences to disable things...

Was guessing that, but didn't want to try it and have to hunt down the preference to reactivate it.

 

[Koodauw]

Wish I could move the spotlight search thing...

 

[GimmeSlack12]

Wish I could move the spotlight search thing...

Exactly what I was thinking. Like off of the menu bar completely. Quicksilver easily trumps any use of Spotlight.

 

[dmw007]

So I never figured out how to move the volume, airport, bluetooth, iChat, etc.
icons in the menu bar. But after disabling the bluetooth icon and then re-enabling it, I noticed it had moved. So after tinkering with different modifier keys I figured out this:

hold down the apple (command) key and then click and hold down on an icon in the menu bar, then drag it to the desired location and release.

I know a lot of other keystrokes/ modifier keys, but this was one I thought not many people knew.

Thanks for the tip corywoolf! I was not aware of this.

 

[cherfizzle]

Thanks for the tip!

 

[Pistol Pete]

thanks for the tip...although the order never bugged me, it is now in a better one...

thanks

 

[monke]

Thanks.

I couldn't figure out how to move them before other then using System Prefs.

 

[Lebowski]

nice, now any way of moving them to the dock? I hate menu bar icons, but dont mind them in the dock.

 

[Electro Funk]

Good one! i was actually trying to fugure out how to do this the other day...

Thanks!

Edit: Hmmm... you can also get rid of menu bar stuff by command dragging them on to the desktop... this was also new to me!

 

[spincr]

Exactly what I was thinking. Like off of the menu bar completely. Quicksilver easily trumps any use of Spotlight.

You can, with 'deeper'. An application that lets you change all sorts of things.

 

[GimmeSlack12]

You can, with 'deeper'. An application that lets you change all sorts of things.

Good tip. I figured out how to take care of this a while ago... considering this thread is over 5 years old.