Hotmail Quick Action Icons Have Moved

If you really, really hate this change and are willing to invest a few minutes time, you could make your own little (local) extension to solve this problem. Works in Chrome and Firefox.

I'm not a professional, so it's not perfect, but you will be able to move the Quick Action Icons back to the original position.

Here you can find how to create an extension: https://www.lateral.io/resources-blog/create-chrome-extension-modify-websites-html-css

I'm using just these two files:

• manifest.json
• style.css

both put in one folder.

Code for 'manifest.json':

{

"manifest_version": 2,

"name": "Outlook.com / Customized CSS",

"version": "1.0",

"description": "Changes the looks of Outlook.com by using customized CSS",

"content_scripts": [{

"css": ["styles.css"],

"matches": ["https://outlook.live.com/*"] }]

}

Code for 'style.css':

/* --- Quick Action Icons */

/* --- All Icons Except Recycle Bin */
.zTXEN .pz2Jt .onyPx .sajcR .mS5UB.s93_X.tTNd3 {
position: relative;
left: -630px; /* <==== Change this value -> it depends on the width of your screen */
background: #FAF9F8;
padding: 3px 0 3px 0 !important;
}

/* --- Recycle Bin - Position */
.bx9dt {
position: relative;
left: -788px; /* <==== Change this value -> it depends on the width of your screen */
}

/* --- Recycle Bin - Correction Vertical Alignment */
.bx9dt .d36TZ {
margin-top: -2px !important;
}

/* --- Recycle Bin - Background Color */
.HDzFE {
background: #FAF9F8 !important;
}

Of course, this solution only works well if you always keep one fixed width for your screen (for example: full screen). You shouldn't keep changing the width of the individual columns in your inbox afterwards either.

--> This is because of the (hard) correction in pixels to move the icons to the left. I'm aware: this is not a very sophisticated solution, but it was the only way I managed to reposition the icons.

If you get started with this: good luck and have fun with it! :-)

This was such a terrible idea to implement. The buttons are so out of place now, and it takes longer to get through my inbox. Revert this, or give us the option to toggle it back to the left side.

My computer wizard says this is neveer going to change because then they would have a reputation of being swayed. That's something in which the company is just like Putin - never going to admit a mistake! Egomania rampant.

That doesn't make sense. The whole point of a customer facing company is that it listens to its customers

No, it doesn't make sense to us. For them, it's what works.