Customize Toolbars/sv

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 is a custom icon or not.

Use
1 : Click



or right click on any toolbar



the Customize window appears



2 : select the "Macro" tab

3 : to add a toolbar icon for your macro click the Pixmap button (labelled )



4 : search for an appropriate icon from amongst FreeCAD's existing icons,

5 : or add your own icon by clicking  (expand for an example)



5b : you will get a file selection window, select your custom image file (PNG format, 64x64 pixels)



6 : select your icon and click



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



8 : 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

9 : Click the button



10 : your button has now been created



11 : create a toolbar for the button

12 : go to the Toolbars tab and choose your workbench in the drop down on the right (Part in this example)

Since version 0.15 there is a toolbar. If your toolbar is docked in this bar, it will always remain visible



13 : in the dropdown on the left select Macros



14 : your macro and its icon appears in the list



15 : Click the button (you can choose your toolbar here and it will be attached to the Part Workbench)



16 : in the window "New Toolbar" enter the name for your toolbar and click



17 : your toolbar has now been created - make sure you check its checkbox so that it will actually appear

18 : To add your customized macro to the new toolbar, select it in the left window and then click the with the arrow pointing right



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

20 : click the button



21 : your new toolbar with its button is now displayed above the active window as well as in the toolbars' right-click menu



22 : enjoy !