Customize Interface > Ribbon

The Ribbon tab of the customization dialog allows to customize the content of the Quick access toolbar, the Dynamic toolbar and tabs of the Ribbon.

Commands existing in the T-FLEX CAD are listed in the left side of the dialog. In the drop-down list located above the left list of commands you can select a group of commands to display.

Below the drop-down list there is the Find box, which allows you to filter the list of commands located below, so that it will only contain commands, whose names contain inputted text.

 

All commands currently available in the ribbon, the quick access toolbar and the dynamic toolbar are listed in the right side of the dialog. Commands in this list are divided in groups and tabs.

Use the drop-down list above the right list of commands to switch between the ribbon, the quick access toolbar and the dynamic toolbar.

Below the drop-down list there is the Find box, which allows you to find commands, whose names contain inputted text, among the commands listed below. Unlike the Find box located in the left section of the window, the right box doesn't filter the list of commands. Use the button located to the right, in order to sequentially switch between found results.

 

To add a command to the selected toolbar or tab of the ribbon you need to:

•Select a command in the left list.

•Select a group of commands in the right list.

•Press the [>>] button located between two lists. The selected command will be added to the selected group.

Following buttons are available below the right list:

•Add tab
Only available for the ribbon. Adds a new empty tab to the ribbon.

•Add group
Available for the ribbon, upon selecting one of the tabs, and for the dynamic toolbar.
For the ribbon adds a new empty group to the selected tab.
For the dynamic toolbar invokes a catalog of possible object types to add into the right list.

•Rename/Delete
Always available.

•Import/Export
Available for the ribbon and the quick access toolbar. Allows to import/export ribbon or toolbar parameters from/to the XML file. The whole ribbon/toolbar is exported, no matter what you select in right list.

Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar Customization

Clicking on a command, a group of commands or a tab of the ribbon in the right list invokes the contextual menu. For groups it contains following options:

•Rename...

•Delete...

For commands contextual menu additionally contains the Style option, allowing to customize an appearance of a command in the ribbon.

For tabs contextual menu contains following options along with rename and delete mentioned above:

•Tags...
Allows to add a user-defined tag into a source code of a tab.

•Export tab...
Creates an xml-file containing a source code of a tab.

Tags and Export tab options might be useful, when creating custom add-ons for T-FLEX CAD.  

Styles of Displaying Commands in the Ribbon

•Automatic
The system selects style automatically depending on the available space on the screen

•Large icon and caption

•Small icon and caption

•Small icon

•Caption

Dynamic Toolbar Customization

When customizing the dynamic toolbar, commands in the right list are divided into groups representing types of objects. The dynamic toolbar displayed upon selecting an object of a particular type will contain commands from the corresponding group.
Sets of commands displayed when selecting a single object and multiple objects of the same type might be different. Groups representing selection of multiple objects are marked with (plural).

 

Some types of objects can be additionally divided into sub-types. The name of the sub-type is displayed in the brackets. For instance, the Construction type includes Circle, Ellipse, Function, Line, Offset Curve, Path and Spline sub-types.

There are also following special types:

•3D Operation
Includes all 3D modeling operations

•2D View
Represents the set of commands displayed upon clicking on an empty space in the 2D window

•3D View
Represents the set of commands displayed upon clicking on an empty space in the 3D window

Contextual menu for each type of objects in the right list contains the Add more general commands option. E.g.: if this option is enabled for the Construction (Circle), the dynamic toolbar displayed upon selecting of a circle additionally contains commands from the basic Construction type.

Contextual menu for commands and object types in the right list also contains the Delete option. Additionally, there is the Show on Toolbar option available for commands (enabled by default). Using the Delete option deletes command not only from the toolbar, but from the right list as well. Disabling the Show on Toolbar option deletes command from the toolbar, but not from the list.