[BirdOPrey5]

It was a lot of trial and error, I don't remember the exact changes- I know I had to edit the whole row, not just the one box-

Here is code from my current SHOWTHREAD template from juot.net- feel free to try it:

<!-- toolbar -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-bottom-width:0px">
<tr>
	<td class="tcat" width="185">
		<div class="smallfont">
		<if condition="$show['firstunreadlink']">
			<a href="$firstunread"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/firstnew.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_first_unread]" border="0" /></a>
			<a href="$firstunread"><strong>$vbphrase[view_first_unread]</strong></a>
		</if>
		&nbsp;
		</div>
        <img src="clear.gif" width="185" height="1" border="0" />
	</td>
        <td class="alt1" width="100%" align="right" padding="0" style="padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px; padding-right:0px; background: #869BBF url(/forums/images/gradients/gradient_tcat.gif) repeat-x top left;">
        $more_share_options
        </td>
	<td class="vbmenu_control" id="threadtools" nowrap="nowrap">
		<a href="$show[nojs_link]#goto_threadtools"<if condition="is_browser('ie')"> accesskey="3"</if>>$vbphrase[thread_tools]</a>
		<if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("threadtools"); </script></if>
	</td>
	<if condition="$show['search']">
		<td class="vbmenu_control" id="threadsearch" nowrap="nowrap">
			<a href="$show[nojs_link]#goto_threadsearch">$vbphrase[search_this_thread]</a>
			<if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("threadsearch"); </script></if>