Okay, with all the real problems being discussed in this thread, I feel pretty trivial right now. But this is driving me nuts! This is what my library palette looks like inside the Poser 6 folder. But when Poser opens, only one of those new icons show at a time. The other tabs remain "standard".

What's more is that there are rollover icons when you mouseover one of the tabs; I cannot find those. I checked the .xml files but couldn't find anything pointing to either rollover images or a clue as to why only one of the custom tabs will show at a time inside Poser 6. I had copied the original .psd file, edited it, kept the same name, and stuck the saved version back inside the ui folder. Anyone know else what to do?

I hope I was clear. It's awfully late.

How did you get the icons to show up in color? 
Did I miss that thread? Is this a new feature
on later releases of Poser 6?

Do you mean those other things like the face, the light bulb, etc.? I did that in Photoshop and stuck that file back into the Poser 6 / Runtime / ui folder.  And when I open Poser, I see ONE of those icons at a time. I'm asking for help about how to get them to simultaneously appear.

As of now, the only one that shows up is the one that has been selected. ACK! I know there's a way to do this!!

I don't think there's a way to do what you want.

Could you post a mini-tutorial on which files, etc, to change to get them showing like this? It's very attractive...

Damn! I got all excited when I got my ebot saying "karen1573 has replied...." Thought you'd know! LOL

Okay, Karen, I'll take some shots and I'll post it. : )

Okily dokily. I am so slow tonight! 3:20 am... anyHOO
Sorry in advance about linking to the picture files vs. posting them here. Some were quite long, and I didn't know a better way to do this. Besides making thumbs that link to the large images, but I'm so sleepy! lol

All links will open in a new window. : )

To create custom icons for your Poser library folder:

1. Go to your Poser 6 folder / Runtime / ui

2. Find the file called "27100_library.psd" inside the ui folder. Make a backup of that .psd file to be safe.

3. In a Graphics program that can handle layers, open the .psd file. The original file will look like this.

4. There are a 22 layers in this file. We will only deal with 9 of them. Note the layers inside the red bracket, these layers contain the images you see on your Poser library. You'll also note that they have been logically named, (i.e., "27158_materials_hi" is the materials tab, etc.).

5. Find an image you want to represent Figures. Before you drag (or copy) that over to the psd file, you might want to clean up the background that your figure icon will be placed upon.

I took the eyedropper to sample the color of the circle and used a brush to color over it. Like so.

6.  Drag your figure picture over to the psd file. Resize it as necessary. Be aware that if your image overlaps the tab lines, the tabs will appear to 'separate' in Poser, and you'll see white lines between them. Easily remedied, though, if you saved your altered psd file before merging any layers.

1. So now you have a new tab. Do the above for the other layers as well.

8.After you're completely satisfied with your new tabs, save the .psd file under a new name (do not give it the name for the Poser 6 library file). This file you just saved doesn't have to be inside the Poser folder, it is just an unmerged backup.

1. Now, merge your own icons with the appropriate layers. In this example, I have my own icon (the "figures" layer) above the Poser 6 figures tab layer ("27150_figures_hi").  Then I merged my icon layer into the 'official' figures layer. You will need to merge all your icons into their accompanying tab layers as well.

2. Save the final .psd file as "27100_library.psd", inside the Poser 6 / Runtime / ui folder.

If, when you open Poser, you happen to have that 'stretching' of the tabs with white lines between them, just reopen your saved, unmerged psd file and resize the offending custom icons. lol. And don't forget, you still have the ORIGINAL .psd file backed up, so you can always restore that if you wish.

I really hope this was clear, I never stay up this late. lol
If there's something that isn't understood, do let me know. : )

And btw, credit to the peeps who deserve it... These are the sources I used for my icons:

Figures = Cleopatra by Olivier Vinet (Daz gallery)
Poses = png file from Victoria 3 Dynamic Pose Construction Set (Daz)
Expression = Expressions of Love by Renarts (Rendo store, promo pic)
Hair = png file from Firebirdz's ROAR! for GLH (Rendo)
Hands = png file from Poser 6 (?) not sure (sorry!)
Props = Treasures of Egypt (Daz)
Light bulb = from a google search (lol)
Materials = ICM's award winning design for Rendo's logo contest (y'all should know that)

Wow!!! What a cool thread.  I'm definitely saving this one!