I believe its a hardware issue since SE normal keeps things the same on both sides. Thats why on the PC side you notice your menu buttons when from a lot to seven icons. That is because they matched it to the Start Button menu on the console version. (I actually use the Start Menu on PC. ^_^) The original set up was from XIV 1.0 and there was no PS version back then.

I can understand the fact your limited on what you can see in terms of CDs. There's not much I am afraid that can be done at this point. My option was to buy a PS4 and have the same set up as PC. I just wish I could read the file for HUD and settings options from PC on the PS. The 2 bar toggle is your only option really. Its just tap, look, tap and continue. That's why I suggested that options because as you know, currently you have to hold R1 then bring up the correct bar. That just takes too long.