To customize toolbars

Purpose

The NFM-P toolbar contains buttons that allow quick access to menus and menu items; see Toolbar in Chapter 1, NFM-P GUI . Perform this procedure to add or remove buttons and to change the order of buttons on the toolbar.

Steps
 
1 

Open the Workspace form; see To create a new custom workspace or To modify an existing workspace .

2 

Click on the Toolbar tab.

The Custom Menu panel contains a list of all the menu items in the custom workspace. The Appear on Toolbar panel displays a list of all items displayed as buttons or drop-down menu items on the toolbar.

3 

Expand items as required in the Custom Menu panel and Appear on Toolbar panel.

4 

Perform any of the following:

  1. In the Appear on Toolbar panel, remove any items that are not required on the toolbar. Select and delete the items using the right-click menu or the keyboard.

  2. Add menus and menu items to the Appear on Toolbar panel. Select items in the Custom Menu panel and drag and drop or copy the selected items to the Appear on Toolbar panel.

    When you add a menu, a drop-down is placed on the toolbar. The toolbar drop-down contains the sub-menus and menu items shown in the Appear on Toolbar panel.

    When you add a menu item, a unique icon button for the item is placed on the toolbar.

    Menu items without icons can only be pasted in a menu. They cannot be placed on the toolbar as separate icon buttons. For example, the menu items in the Window menu do not display icons.

    The usage indicator icon beside a menu in the Custom Menu panel indicates whether the menu items for that menu are all used, partially used, or not used in the Custom Menu. Usage indicator icons are described in the Legend at the bottom of the Workspace form.

  3. Add a custom menu in the Appear on Toolbar panel.

    1. Right-click in the location where you need to add a custom menu and choose Add Menu. A new menu appears under the selected item.

      If you right-click on empty space in the panel, the new menu appears as the last item in the list.

    2. Type a name for the new menu and press Enter.

  4. To locate a toolbar item in the Custom Menu panel, display the menu path for the item.

    1. In the Appear on Toolbar panel, select an item, right-click, and choose Show in Custom Menu Tree.

      A dialog box displays the path for the item in the Custom Menu. If the item appears more than once in the Custom Menu tree, multiple paths are displayed.

    2. Click OK to close the dialog box.

  5. To locate a menu or item in the Appear on Toolbar panel, display the menu path for the item.

    1. In the Custom Menu panel, select an item, right-click, and choose Show in Appear on Toolbar Tree.

      A dialog box displays the path for the item in the Appear on Toolbar tree. If the item appears more than once in the Appear on Toolbar tree, multiple paths are displayed.

    2. Click OK to close the dialog box.

  6. Arrange the order of toolbar buttons. In the Appear on Toolbar panel, drag and drop or cut and paste selected menu items to other locations.

  7. Rename menus and items in the Appear on Toolbar panel.

    1. Select the item, right-click, and choose Rename

    2. Type a name and press Enter.

    Renamed menu items are displayed in blue.

  8. Add grouping separators for toolbar drop-down menus. In the Appear on Toolbar panel, right-click in the location where you need to add a separator and choose Add Separator.

    You can add separators only within menus. Separators are not available between buttons on the toolbar.

5 

Save your changes and close the form.

Note: When you modify a workspace currently in use, the workspace selector displays Workspace Out of Sync. Select the current workspace from the workspace selector to apply the modified settings.

End of steps