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4.
Change the value of the "Menu Name" entr y to
the name of the menu you created in step 2.
Save the layout after you are done and the
changes will be persistent.
Tip: You can also make the Dope Sheet
Editorpointatarenamedmenubarbyusing
MAXScript:
In the MAXScript Listener,
typet ra ckviews.cur rent.ui.menubar =
"D ope Sheet - Menu Bar " ,substitutingyour
menu bar name, and then press the
Enter key.
Note: There is also a script that lets you choose
menus from a list. Choose Customize menu >
Customize User Interface, then on the Menus
panel, set Group to Main UI and Category to
TrackView,andchooseLoadMenuBarfrom
the Action list. Select the Tr ack View menu bar
you want to customize from the drop-down
list on the right. Drag the action to the righ t
window and the menu bar will be customized.
Track View Toolbar R ight-Click
Menu
Yo u c a n u s e c o m m a n d s o n t h e r i g h t - c l i c k
toolbar menu to perform most Track View U I
customization tasks. Move your cursor over
theblankspacetotherightoftheTrackView
toolbars and right-click. This shortcut menu’s
customization tools are as follows:
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Dock—Snaps the toolbars into position
horizontally above or below the window, or
vertically along the left or right w indow edge.
Once toolbars are horizon tally docked, they
can b e reordered by dragging and dropping
them as you like. Also used to dock the window
beneath the v iewports.
•
Floa t —Floats the selected toolbar.
You can float toolbars anywhere you like. You
can also drag the double bars at the left of the
toolbartofloatthetoolbarovertheviewport.
•
Hide—Turnsoffthedisplayoftheselecteduser
interface element. Once something is hidden,
you c an redisplay it using Show U I Element or
Show Toolbar on this menu.
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Loa d L a y out —Loads a saved default, named,
Function Curve, Dope Sheet, or tr ack bar
layout.
•
Save Layout—Saves your customized layout,
creat ing a new default layout. When you open
a new Track View, this saved layout will b e
displayed.
Note: To restore the default 3ds Max layout, see
To save a Track View layout: (page 2–602).
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Save Layout As—Saves your c ustomized
layoutwithanameyouchoose.Whenyou’ve
customized your layout, save it w ith an easily
recognizable name, then you can return to
it whenever you choose. Use Load layout to
retrieve a saved layout.
•
Show UI Element s—Toggles the display of Track
View user interface elements. For example, you
can hide or show the menu bar, sc roll bars, the
controller and Key windows, and the time r u ler.
•
Add Toolbar —Lets you display additional
toolbars that you can create using commands
the Customize User Interface pull down from
the main menu bar.
•
Delete Toolbar —Deletes the selected toolbar.
•
Show Toolbar s—Lets you choose which toolbars
you want to display or hide.
Note: Some toolbars are hidden by default.