Customize Toolbars

Synopsis
This tutorial shows you the customization of toolbars. Tools (inclusive Macro-tools) can be used in different workbenches. In an example a Macro becomes a Macro-tool by creation of a Menu text, a Tool tip and an Icon. Afterwards this Macro-tool becomes part of an extra toolbar in a workbench.

Usage
1. Find the Customize Menu


 * Click ,




 * or right click on any toolbar.




 * The Customize window appears.



2. Make a Macro to a Macro-Tool


 * Select the "Macro" tab.


 * To add an icon for  the provided macro click the Pixmap button (labelled ).




 * Search for an appropriate icon from amongst FreeCAD's existing icons,

[or add your own icon by clicking ]. (expand for an example)



[You will get a file selection window, select your custom image file (PNG format, 64x64 pixels)]




 * Select your icon and click.




 * The icon you selected is now displayed next to the Pixmap button labelled.




 * Select the provided macro in line Macro: and specify a Menu text: (which will appear as the text label in the menu); also fill in the 'Tool Tip': (which is the text that will appear when a mouse is over the button on the toolbar); further lines are optional.


 * Click the button.




 * The button of the macro-tool is now created.



3. Create a toolbar outside the workbench Macro which contains the created Macro-tool


 * Select the Toolbars tab and choose the workbench (for which the toolbar is provided) in the drop down on the right (Part in this example).

[Since version 0.15 there is a   toolbar. If this is selected, the provided toolbar will be in each workbench.]




 * In the dropdown on the left select Macros.




 * The macro-tool with its icon appears in the list.




 * Click the button




 * In the window "New Toolbar" enter the name of the provided extra toolbar for the Part Workbench and click




 * The toolbar is now created.


 * To add the created macro-tool to this toolbar, select it in the left window and then click the with the arrow pointing right.




 * You have created now a toolbar called "Camera" (with the Macro-tool Camera in it)


 * Click the button.




 * Your new toolbar is now contained in the toolbars' right-click menu. Its Icons (in our example only the camera) are visible, if the toolbar is activated (blue checkmark).