Customizing Toolbars in the IDE

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The IDE provides comprehensive control over how toolbars are presented. You can add and remove toolbars and position and control the visibility and contents of toolbars. You can also create customized toolbar configurations.

Choose View > Toolbars from the main menu to see a list of the available toolbars. The submenu displays all the toolbars in the IDE.

To show or hide a toolbar:

Toolbars that are currently visible are indicated by a check mark in the Toolbars submenu.

  1. Choose View > Toolbars from the main menu and choose a toolbar name in the submenu.

    Alternatively, right-click the empty space in the toolbar area and choose the toolbar name from the pop-up menu.

To move a toolbar:

To add a toolbar button to a toolbar:

  1. Choose View > Toolbars > Customize to open the Customize Toolbars window.
  2. Select the button of the action you want to add to the IDE toolbar and drag and drop the button onto the toolbar in the main window.

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

To remove a toolbar button from a toolbar:

  1. Choose View > Toolbars > Customize to open the Customize Toolbars window.
  2. In the main window, click and drag the toolbar button above the toolbar. Alternatively, you can drag the button from the toolbar into the Customize Toolbars window.

    The Customize Toolbars window must be open when you are removing toolbar buttons.

To reorder a button in a toolbar:

  1. Choose View > Toolbars > Customize to open the Customize Toolbars window.
  2. In the main window, drag and drop the button to the desired position.

To change the size of toolbar buttons:

  1. Choose View > Toolbars > Small Toolbar Icons.

    Alternately, right-click the empty space in the toolbar area and choose Small Toolbar Icons from the pop-up menu.

To add a new toolbar to the main window:

  1. From the main window, choose View > Toolbars > Customize.
  2. In the Customize Toolbars window, click New Toolbar.
  3. In the New Toolbar dialog box, type a name for the toolbar and click OK.

    The IDE adds an empty toolbar to the main window.

  4. Drag icons from the Customize Toolbars window into the new toolbar.
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