Customizing Toolbars

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Each toolbar is customizable. This customization includes the ability to show hide individual toolbar buttons; creation/management of custom toolbars; activation and deactivation of a toolbar's visibility; keyboard shortcut management.

 

 

Toolbar Show/Hide:

You may show/hide a toolbar/tool window by opening the Toolbar and selecting the name of the toolbar you wish to show/hide. You may also select the down arrow ( ssToolbarDropArrow ) located to the right side of the toolbars and choose Add or Remove Buttons ð "Customize...". This will activate a Customize window. To show/hide a toolbar, check/uncheck the appropriate toolbar in the list.

 

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Creating a Custom Toolbar:

It is possible to create a custom toolbar containing only the tools that you want. To create a new toolbar select the down arrow ( ssToolbarDropArrow ) located to the right side of the toolbars and choose Add or Remove Buttons ð "Customize...". This will will activate a Customize window. By default the active tab should be Toolbars. Select the New... button found on the right hand side of the Toolbars tab window.  This will activate a small window where you can enter the name of the new toolbar. In the screenshot below we name our new toolbar "Custom 1". When you press OK a new empty toolbar will become visible.

 

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Once you have created the toolbar you will need to add commands to the currently empty toolbar. To do this go to the Commands tab in the Customize window.  Select a command using the mouse. Click and hold the left mouse button down and drag the selected command to the empty toolbar. Release the left mouse button when you are over the top of the toolbar. If the command has a toolbar icon you will now see that icon in the toolbar otherwise you will see the command's name.

 

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Keyboard Shortcuts:

Keyboard Shortcuts are setup by default on the installation of the program. To view the default key configurations visit Keyboard Shortcuts .  To modify a tool or functions's default keyboard accelerator select the down arrow ( ssToolbarDropArrow ) located to the right side of any toolbar and choose Add or Remove Buttons ð "Customize...". This will activate the Customize window. Select the Keyboard tab. Within this tab it is possible assign, remove, or reset keyboard shortcuts for commands. Note that the keyboard shortcuts will not be saved unless you save your current layout.

 

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Toolbar Options:

Select the down arrow ( ssToolbarDropArrow ) located to the right side of any toolbar and choose Add or Remove Buttons ð Customize... This will activate the Customize window.  Select the Options tab. In this tab it is possible to manage the personalized menu data as well as change the toolbar icons size ("Large icons" option is not recommended as that will make the icons pixelated). You may also modify the tool tips and their shortcut keys are shown when your mouse hovers over the top of a tool for a certain amount of time. These options are only saved when you save your Layout.

 

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