Creating a custom toolbar

You can create your own toolbars, and add your choice of tools as buttons.

To create a custom toolbar:

1. Select Window > Toolbars and Docking Windows > Customise. The Customize dialog is displayed.
2. Click the Toolbars tab to display its settings.
3. Click New to display the Toolbar Name dialog.
4. In the Toolbar Name box, enter the name that you want to give to the toolbar. For example, Favourites.
   The toolbar's name is only displayed when it is floating.
5. Click OK to close the Toolbar Name dialog and create the new toolbar. The toolbar is floating and empty. On the Toolbars tab of the Customize dialog, the name of the toolbar is selected in the Toolbars list.
6. Click the Commands tab to display its settings.
7. In the Categories list, select the category of commands that you want to browse. Its associated commands are displayed in the Commands list.

   For example, selecting the File category displays all of the commands you would associate with the buttons on the File toolbar.

8. From the Commands list, click and drag the command to the toolbar.
   When clicking and dragging a command, the cursor changes to   .
   When positioned over a toolbar, the cursor changes to  .
9. When the cursor is over the toolbar, release the mouse button to add the command as a new button.
   The    icon in the toolbar indicates the position in which the command is added as a button.

   Where there is an icon corresponding with the command, this is used as the button. Where there is no icon, only a text label is displayed.

See also

• Floating a docked toolbar