Binding Macros to Pull Down Menus

The user can customize the pull down menu strip. Any number of new menu items can be inserted to it. When a menu is selected, the associated macro is executed.

Let's practice this by adding a pull down menu, which activates the 'Move' tool.

1. Select the pull down menu 'Customization/Pull down menu editor'.

Open the menu customization window

2. We will insert the new menu item under the 'Tools/Transformation' menu. So, locate and select the 'Transformation' menu item from the opened menu tree view. Select 'Add Sub Item' from the menu editor's popup menu.

Add a new menu item into the 'Tools/Transformation' menu

This adds a new node 'New Sub Item' into the end of the menu list of the 'Transformation' node.

3. Locate the node and rename it to 'My move' using the 'Text' field. Then select the 'mod:move' macro of the named macro list in the bottom of the menu window. You have now created a new menu item and bound it to a macro.

A macro 'mod:move' bound to a 'my move' pull down menu

4. Click the 'Apply' button in the menu window. The specified menu is now inserted to the actual menu strip.

A new pull down menu 'My move' inserted to the 'Transformation' menu

Close the menu editor and try selecting the new menu - the macro 'mod:move' is executed, activating the move tool.

Note: the menu strip is saved with the project. Save the environment to a suitable file to keep the customized menu permanently. (Use the 'File/Save as Startup' pull down menu to save the menu strip to your startup file. Note that this overwrites the startup file.)