Customizing the Display of Commands in a Toolbar

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You can add, remove, and change the order of the commands (represented by toolbar buttons) in a toolbar. You can also group related commands with a separator.

To find the name of the toolbar you want to change, rest the pointer on the textured drag area of the toolbar to display a tool tip with the toolbar name.

To add a toolbar button to a toolbar:

  1. Right-click the empty space to the right of the toolbars and choose Customize Toolbars from the contextual menu.

    The Toolbars dialog box is displayed.

  2. Expand the nodes of the different toolbars until you find the command you want to add to the toolbar.
  3. Right-click the command and choose Copy.
  4. Right-click the node of the toolbar where you want to place the command, and choose Paste and choose Copy.

    The IDE adds the button for that command to the toolbar.

To remove a toolbar button from a toolbar:

  1. Right-click the empty space to the right of the toolbars and choose Customize Toolbars from the contextual menu.

    The Toolbars dialog box is displayed.

  2. Expand the node of the toolbar you want to change.
  3. Right-click the command you want to remove and choose Delete.
  4. Confirm that you want to delete the command from the toolbar.
  5. The IDE removes the button for that command from the toolbar.

To reorder the commands within a toolbar:

  1. Right-click an empty space in any toolbar area and choose Customize Toolbars from the contextual menu.

    The Toolbars dialog box is displayed.

  2. Expand the node of the toolbar you want to change.
  3. Right-click the command you want to move and choose Move Up or Move Down.
  4. The IDE updates the toolbar.

To group related commands with a separator:

  1. Right-click an empty space in any toolbar area and choose Customize Toolbars from the contextual menu.

    The Toolbars dialog box is displayed.

  2. Right-click the node of the toolbar in which you want to add the separator and choose Add Separator.

    The separator is added to the bottom of the toolbar list.

  3. Right-click the separator and choose Move Up to move the separator to the desired position in the toolbar.

    The IDE updates the toolbar.

See Also
Moving and Hiding a Toolbar
Saving a Toolbar Configuration
Adding a Toolbar to the Main Window

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