Hotmail Quick Action Icons Have Moved

Anonymous
2022-05-04T02:08:29+00:00

The Quick Action Icons (Delete, Move, Mark Unread) have moved - they were originally next to the SENDER Name, now they are on the far right (after the received time column) - how can I move them back to the original position ?

See image - they are at the GREEN arrow, I want them back at the RED arrow.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-05-23T23:42:20+00:00

    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.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-05-21T08:46:20+00:00

    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! :-)

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-05-21T04:31:00+00:00

    I totally agree. This is so incredibly confusing and wasting time! and opens to error, duplicating unneeded action.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-05-20T17:59:43+00:00

    I entirely agree. It is very annoying. Why haven't we heard from MS yet ?

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-05-20T10:21:31+00:00

    Totally AWFUL. Now it's the same as gmail which maybe it will make me switch to gmail.

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