Toolbar Customization Dialog

Classroom Design Project Training Video: Customizing the Toolbars

Classroom Design Project Training Video: Working with the Toolbars

To customize a toolbar, choose Tools> Toolbars> Customize Toolbars. The Toolbar Customization dialog displays.

Tools Tab

Adding Toolbar Buttons

Select the view this toolbar customization applies to. As you select various views, the tools available change.

Select All Views to add buttons to a toolbar that displays in all views and windows.

A description of the button you select displays here.

Check this to sort the tools in alphabetical order rather than the order they appear on the toolbars.

Drag a button from the Main Toolbar Buttons or Child Buttons area and drop it onto an existing toolbar outside of the dialog to add the button to that toolbar.

Drag a button from the "Main Toolbar Buttons" area and drop it away from an existing toolbar to create a new toolbar. The selected button is first in the new toolbar. The new toolbar is named with the current view followed by a number.

You can use the Empty Space button in your toolbars as a spacer.

Click a button in the "Main Toolbar Buttons" area to display its child buttons in this "Child Buttons" area. If no child buttons display, the button you selected is not a parent tool.

In the example above, the Cabinet Tools parent button is selected under "Main Toolbar Buttons." All cabinet child buttons display in the "Child Buttons" section.

Child buttons only display when their parent buttons are clicked, however, you can add any child button such as Soffit or Wall Cabinets to other toolbars by dragging it from the child buttons area dialog to the desired location.

Child tools are permanently associated with the parent tool. If you add the Cabinet Tools parent button to a toolbar, it will always display all of its child buttons whenever it is clicked. Child buttons cannot be removed from a parent button.

Removing Tools from Toolbars

You can remove a button from a toolbar only when the Toolbar Customization dialog is open.

To delete a tool button, drag it off the toolbar.

The edit toolbar cannot have tools added or removed. See "Edit Toolbar Buttons".

Toolbar Tab

The view affected displays here. Click a name to select another view.

A list of existing toolbars for the view displays in this area. Select a toolbar by clicking its name. For information about the color pallettes, see "Color Palettes".

If the selected toolbar is not active, the Activate button is available. Click Activate to make the selected toolbar active.

Click Rename to rename the selected toolbar.

Click Delete to remove the selected toolbar from the list. A deleted toolbar is no longer available.

Click Reset Toolbars to restore all the toolbars to their original configuration. This button is only available if a backup toolbar configuration file was created with the same name as the toolbar configuration file.

Display Tool Tips - Check this to show Tool Tips when you move the cursor over buttons.

Lock Toobars - Check the box to lock toolbars in their current position on screen.

Configurations Tab

The default toolbar configuration is for a screen resolution of 1024 x 768. If you change your screen resolution, you may also want to change your toolbar configuration.

A list of toolbar configurations displays here. Select a configuration before clicking the Remove, Copy, or Switch To buttons.

Add - Click to browse for a toolbar configuration file and add it to the list.

Remove - Click to remove the selected toolbar configuration. This removes the configuration from the list but does not delete the configuration file permanently.

Copy - Use this button to create a copy of the selected toolbar configuration.

Switch To - Click this button to switch to the selected toolbar configuration. You can also right-click any toolbar and select a configuration from the menu, or click a Toolbar Configuration button.