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TIP You can also right-click the Track View title bar and choose Load Layout
> Default to return to the default layout. This works only if you have not saved
over the default.
To add a new menu bar name to a custom Track View layout:
1 From the Customize menu, choose Customize User Interface.
2 On the Menus panel, click New to create a new menu. Enter the name
of the menu in the New Menu field and click OK.
3 Using Notepad, open ui/trackview.ini, and navigate to the layout section.
To affect the Curve Editor toolbar, choose the section named [default], or
to affect the Dope Sheet toolbar, choose the section called [Dope Sheet
layout].
4 Change the value of the "Menu Name" entry 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 Editor point at a renamed menu bar
by using MAXScript:
In the MAXScript Listener, typetrackviews.current.ui.menubar = "Dope
Sheet - Menu Bar", substituting your 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 Track View, and choose Load Menu Bar
from the Action list. Select the Track View menu bar you want to customize
from the drop-down list on the right. Drag the action to the right window
and the menu bar will be customized.
Track View Toolbar Right-Click Menu
You can use commands on the right-click toolbar menu to perform most Track
View UI customization tasks. Move your cursor over the blank space to the
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