# Improvements to Vercel Toolbar: Shrinking when inactive, removal of avatars, and more

**Published:** September 19, 2024 | **Authors:** wits, Gary Borton, Sam Saliba, Christopher Skillicorn

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We have made a number of improvements to ensure the Vercel Toolbar is there when you need it but stays out of the way when you don't:

- ​**Shrinks when inactive: **The shrunken toolbar shows the comment, share (or flags), and menu** **icons. The full toolbar will show on hover. You can turn off shrinking in the toolbar menu under Preferences.
- **No Longer Shows Avatars: **We removed the avatars of team members who viewed the deployment.** **This reduces visual noise and quiets the toolbar's presence in the network tab.
- **Normal Text Selection: **The toolbar no longer adds its own highlight or opens the thread editor when text is selected. It shows a small comment indicator which can be clicked to start drafting a comment on the selected text.

To quickly toggle the toolbar you can use `⌘ + .` on MacOS or `Ctrl + .` on Windows. You can also drag it to a different side of your page, and it will remember to spawn there next time.

See the documentation for more information about the [Vercel Toolbar](https://vercel.com/docs/workflow-collaboration/vercel-toolbar).

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