FreeHand Basics > Customizing your environment > Customizing toolbars

 

Customizing toolbars

To customize the form, location, and contents of a toolbar, you can either use the Toolbars dialog box or drag toolbar buttons. The Status toolbar can be customized only in Windows.

Note: Disabled buttons cannot be moved or deleted.

To customize toolbars using the Toolbars dialog box:

1

Choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts and click the Toolbars tab (Windows) or choose Window > Toolbars > Customize (Macintosh).

Customize Toolbars dialog box (Windows)

 

Customize Toolbars dialog box (Macintosh)
 

2

Do one of the following to select the command you want to add:

Scroll the Commands list. If necessary, click the Plus (+) sign (Windows) or the triangle (Macintosh) to find the command whose button you want to place on a toolbar.

If the command is not in a FreeHand menu, click Other.

Click a menu or menu command to highlight the associated buttons.

Click a button to highlight the associated menu command.

The Commands list replicates all FreeHand menus, plus some additional features.

3

Drag the button from the Customize Toolbars dialog box to the desired location on a toolbar.

If necessary, existing buttons move to make room for the new button.

To remove a button from a toolbar:

Hold down Alt (Windows) or Command (Macintosh), and drag the button off the toolbar.

Note: You cannot undo this procedure once you drag the button off the toolbar.

Dragging a button off the toolbar (left), and the result (right)
 

To customize toolbars by dragging:

To move any button from one toolbar to another, hold down Alt (Windows) or Command (Macintosh), and drag the button to the desired location on the other toolbar.

To duplicate a button for placement on more than one toolbar:

Hold down Alt+Control (Windows) or Option+Command (Macintosh), and drag the button to the second location.

To move a toolbar onto the pasteboard:

1

Click a toolbar handle.

2

Drag the toolbar onto the pasteboard.

The toolbar becomes a resizable floating toolbar when dropped beyond the toolbar area.

To dock a floating toolbar onto the top, bottom, or side toolbar area:

1

Click the gray area of the floating toolbar.

2

Drag the floating toolbar onto the top, bottom, or side toolbar area.

The floating toolbar becomes a regular toolbar when dropped in the area surrounding the pasteboard.