Custom Toolbars and Menus

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Custom toolbars and menus are used to extend Komodo's default menus and toolbars with menus and toolbars containing custom items. Any component that can be stored in a project or the Toolbox can be stored in a custom toolbar or menu. A custom toolbar might contain frequently used run commands and snippets; a custom menu might contain folders with the contents of a local filesystem.

Custom toolbars and menus are created and configured within the Project Manager and/or the Toolbox. Custom toolbars and menus contained in projects are only displayed when the projects are open in the Projects sidebar; custom toolbars and menus contained in the Toolbox are always displayed.

Creating Custom Toolbars and Menus

  1. On the Project or Toolbox menu, select Add|New Custom Toolbar or Add|New Custom Menu. Enter a name for the new component.
  2. Copy and paste or drag and drop the item(s) to be included on the toolbar or menu onto the icon created in the previous step. Alternatively, right-click the custom menu or toolbar name and select Add. For a complete description of adding components to containers (such as projects and custom menus and toolbars), see the Projects section of the documentation. New toolbars are displayed alongside the default Komodo toolbars and can be accessed via the View|Toolbars menu. New menus are displayed to the right of the default Komodo menus.

Custom Menu and Toolbar Options

To access options for a custom menu or toolbar, do one of the following:

The following options are available:

Custom Menu and Toolbar Properties

Custom menu or toolbar properties are used to alter the name of the custom menu or toolbar, or change the custom menu or toolbar's display order. To access the Properties dialog box, right-click the custom menu or toolbar and select Properties.

Custom menus are displayed between the default Tools and Window menus. If multiple custom menus are in effect, the display order depends on the menu's Priority setting. New menus have a default priority of 100; alter the priority of custom menus to control the left-to-right order of display.

Custom toolbars are displayed to the right of default Komodo toolbars. If necessary, a new row is created for their display. If multiple custom toolbars are in effect, the display order depends on the toolbar's Priority setting. New toolbars have a default priority of 100; alter the priority of custom toolbars to control the left-to-right order of display.

To assign a letter to be used in combination with the 'Alt' key for menu access, enter a shortcut letter in the Menu Access Key field. If the letter is already assigned to a Komodo core function, you are prompted to enter a different letter.