Move view selector to the left

I got a request from “tecrms” that sounded like this:

As you know on all list views and document views, the view selector is on the right hand side of the menu bar. This can make it quite cumbersome for users looking at lists with many columns to change the view. A better option would be for the view selector to be on the left hand side and right hand side of the menu bar. I know I can move the view selector via SPD but would rather use a JavaScript options if one was available. Would this be something you would be interested in creating?

It’s often harder to think out the question than to actually solve the issue…

This is the default placement of the view-selector:

Here the selector is inserted after the “Settings-menu”:

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Here is how it’s done
Add a CEWP below the list view, and add this code (alter the location of the jQuery-scipt as needed)

<script type="text/javascript" src="../../Javascript/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$("td.ms-toolbar:last").insertBefore($("td.ms-toolbar[width='99%']"));
</script>

Thanks to “tecrms” for the clever question.

Regards
Alexander