Customize Commands

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The Customize Commands page inside the Customize Dialog:

While this dialog is open, you can drag commands from its commands tree directly into toolbars and menus of the application. You can also move command entries and buttons in toolbars and menus to other locations. If you press the Ctrl key while dragging an item, it will be copied. If you move an item outside of a toolbar or menu, it will be deleted.

Drag items from the commands tree into menus or toolbars of the application.

Drag the New Menu item into a menu bar to create a new menu there. Click the Modify selection button afterwards to change the name of the new menu.

Drag the Separator item into menus or toolbars to create separators there. You can also create separators in toolbars by dragging a button slightly to the left or right. To remove a separator in a menu, select it and drag it out of the menu or use the Delete command of the Modify selection button. To remove a toolbar separator, drag the button beside the separator next to the button on the other side of the separator.

This is the description of the selected item in the commands tree. It is the same text as is displayed in the status bar while the mouse pointer hovers over a toolbar button or menu entry.

The Modify selection button allows to modify menu entries or toolbar buttons of the application. It does not modify items selected in the commands tree!

If a menu entry was selected, you can delete it or open a dialog via the Button Appearance command. In the dialog you can change the menu text. You can prefix one letter of the command text with a '&'. This will become the keyboard key that in combination with the Alt key allows to open the menu or execute the menu command. (Additionally you can create and modify keyboard shortcuts to your menu commands on the Shortkeys page.)

If a toolbar button was selected, the button displays some more commands in its menu. You can delete the button or open the button appearance dialog. You can select whether to display the button image with or without text, and you can add a separator before or after the button. In the appearance dialog you can change the button image and text.

Uncheck the 'Icons in menu' option to display text-only menus. If you check the option 'Show only recently used items in menu', some infrequently used menu entries will be hidden. To make hidden menu items visible, click the small arrow at the bottom of the menu.

The Custom Button Preview is not used as currently no custom buttons are present in the application.