Maybe I'm misunderstanding the question, but wouldn't editing footer be what you need to do, changing :
Code:
<if condition="$show['quickchooser']">
<td class="tfoot">
<select name="styleid" onchange="switch_id(this, 'style')">
<optgroup label="$vbphrase[quick_style_chooser]">
$quickchooserbits
</optgroup>
</select>
</td>
</if>
in there?
Like I said, maybe I'm misunderstanding what you were after, though.