Docked Toolbar and Bulk Task Controls

Controls that stay with you

When you are managing several download tasks on the options page of Bulk Image Downloader From URL List, scrolling up and down to find the save or run button gets old fast. The docked toolbar fixes that. It sits on the right side of the screen and keeps the actions you reach for most always within thumb’s reach, no matter where you are in a long stack of tasks.

What the docked toolbar does

The docked toolbar focuses on the high-stakes, frequently-used controls:

Quick save — persist your tasks as a draft without leaving your current position.
Remove all tasks — clear the whole board when you want to start over.
Stop — halt a run mid-flight if something looks wrong.

That Stop control matters more than it might seem. On a large batch, being able to interrupt a run the moment you spot a problem — wrong folder, wrong filter, wrong list — saves you from waiting out a job you already know is off.

Saving versus running

There are two distinct save behaviors, and knowing the difference keeps you in control.

Draft Save persists your tasks without downloading anything. It is available in several places — top, bottom, the essential bar, and the docked toolbar — so you can save from wherever you happen to be working. Use it to lock in your setup before you are ready to pull the trigger.

Save & Download is the go button. Available as the bottom or main action, it saves everything and then runs every task in the queue. When you want a single task instead of the whole list, Download This Task Only runs just that one. The split between draft and download means you can build and revise freely, then commit only when the setup is right.

Reading the results

Once a run is underway, each task shows a progress bar and a status so you can watch it work. When it finishes, the download report gives you the full run summary — including failures. That report is your paper trail: it tells you what succeeded, what did not, and where to look if a URL did not come through.

It is worth drawing a clear line between two features that sound similar. The download report summarizes a run after it happens, failures included. Download Duplicates is different — it exports the duplicate URLs from your list before you run, so you can review repeats ahead of time. One is a post-run summary; the other is a pre-run cleanup export.

Putting it together on big jobs

For a heavy session, the rhythm is straightforward. Build your tasks, use Draft Save from the docked toolbar to lock in progress, then fire everything with Save & Download. Watch the progress bars and status as tasks run, and keep the Stop control handy in case you need to abort. When the dust settles, open the download report to confirm what landed and chase down any failures. The toolbar keeps those controls one click away the entire time, which is exactly what you want when a run involves dozens of tasks.