In smplayer 0.6.2 it's possible to configure the toolbars. That means that now you can arrange the buttons and controls in the GUI the way you want. For the moment the only way to do it is by editing the configuration file (smplayer.ini). In a future version there'll be a graphical dialog for this. In this document I'll try to explain what you have to change in order to configure the toolbars the way you prefer. Open smplayer.ini (~/.smplayer/smplayer.ini in linux, C:\Documents and Settings\your_username\.smplayer\smplayer.ini in windows) in a text editor and look for these lines: [default_gui] actions\controlwidget=play, pause_and_frame_step, stop, separator, rewindbutton_action, timeslider_action, forwardbutton_action, separator, fullscreen, mute, volumeslider_action actions\controlwidget_mini=play_or_pause, stop, separator, rewind1, timeslider_action, forward1, separator, mute, volumeslider_action actions\floating_control=play, pause, stop, separator, rewindbutton_action, timeslider_action, forwardbutton_action, separator, fullscreen, mute, volumeslider_action, separator, timelabel_action actions\toolbar1=open_file, open_dvd, open_url, separator, compact, fullscreen, separator, screenshot, separator, show_file_properties, show_playlist, show_preferences, separator, play_prev, play_next As you can see this is a list of all "actions" that smplayer will display in the toolbars. actions\toolbar1 contains the list of actions in the main toolbar. actions\controlwidget contains the list of actions in the controlbar. actions\controlwidget_mini contains the list of actions in the small controlbar that replaces the normal controlbar when the window is small. And finally actions\floating_control contains the list of actions in the floating control that appears in fullscreen mode. You can remove, change the order or add new actions. The name of all available actions can be seen in the shortcut editor, in Preferences->Keyboard and mouse. Additionally you can also use the following actions: - timeslider_action : adds a time slider - volumeslider_action : adds a volume slider - timelabel_action : adds a label which shows the current playing time - rewindbutton_action : adds a button with a popup menu with all the rewind actions - forwardbutton_action : adds a button with a popup menu with all the forward actions - separator, adds a separator You can also customize the mini GUI in the same way, just look for [mini_gui] in the config file. Important note: changes in smplayer.ini always have to be done when smplayer is NOT running!