Customize Toolbars/it

Synopsis
This tutorial walks you through how to create a Toolbar button and one or more buttons that connect you to your favourite macros or to other associated links whether there a custom icon or not.

Use
1 : Click Menu → Tools → Customize



or put you on a Toolbar and click the right mouse button



the window Customize appears



2 : select the tab Macro

3 : to select an toolbar icon for your macro click the Pixmap button (labelled )



4 : search for an icon amongst the icons already in FreeCAD, if your icon is not here then click the button for adding one or more icons in your library



5 : you will get a file selection window, select your image file which must be in the PNG format and must be 64x64 pixels



6 : select your icon and click the button



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



7 : Choose your 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); there are other optional fields for your Button

8 : Click the button



9 : your button is created



10 : create a Toolbar for the button

11 : click the tab Toolbars



12 : in left window select Macros



13 : now your macro and it's icon appears



14 : Click the button



15 : in the window "New Toolbar" enter the name for your ToolBar and click



16 : your ToolBar has now been created - make sure you check the checkbox so the toolbar will actually appear

17 : select your macro with it's icon in the left window and then click the with the right pointing arrow



18 : you have now created a toolbar called "Camera"

19 : click the button



20 : your new ToolBar with it's button is now both displayed above the active window as well as the right-click menu from the toolbars



21 : enjoy !