Customizing Menus in the IDE

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You can customize the IDE's menus to make the commands you frequently use more accessible. You use the Menu Bar and Actions nodes in the Options window (Advanced Options) to add and remove menus and menu items.

To add a menu to the Main window:

  1. Choose Tools > Options from the main window and click Advanced Options.
  2. In the left pane, expand IDE Configuration > Look and Feel.
  3. Right-click the Menu Bar node and choose Add Menu.
  4. In the New Menu dialog box, type a name for the menu and click OK.

    The IDE adds an empty menu to the main window.

  5. In the Options window, expand the Actions node (also under the Look and Feel node) until you find a command you want to add to the menu, right-click the command node, and choose Copy.
  6. Expand the Menu Bar node, right-click the node of the menu you just created, and choose Paste.

    The command is added to the menu.

  7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 to add more commands to the menu.

To remove a menu from the Main window:

  1. From the main window, choose Tools > Options and click Advanced Options.
  2. In the left pane, expand IDE Configuration > Look and Feel.
  3. Expand the Menu Bar node, right-click the node of the menu you want to remove, and choose Delete.
  4. In the Confirm Deletion dialog box, click Yes.

    The IDE removes the menu from the main window.

See Also
Customizing the Display of Commands in a Menu
Customizing the Pop-up Menu for an Object
Customizing Toolbars in the IDE

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