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Create and Manage Pull-down Menus
You can create pull-down menus, and add commands and sub-menus for
display on the Mac OS menu bar.
You can create and modify menus to display and organize the commands to
best match the way you work. Commands are added to a menu from the
Commands list in the Customize dialog box. Once commands are added to a
menu, you can reposition commands, and organize commands using separators
and sub-menus.
Sub-menus and Separators
Sub-menus are used to organize and group similar commands together. You
create sub-menus in much the same way that you create a menu. Separators
can also be inserted to group similar commands without adding an additional
navigation level. There is no clear decision that can be made as to when you
might use a sub-menu over a separator. Some possible reason why you might
consider to use a sub-menu over a separator is the current length of the menu
and how frequently a command might be used.
To create a pull-down menu
1 At the Command prompt, enter cui and press Enter.
2 In the Customize dialog box, Menus tab, Menus List, select the menu in
which you want to create the new menu after.
3 Click the Create Menu Element (+) button below the Menus list and click
Add Menu.
A new menu (named Menu1) is created. The default name changes based
on the number of menus you previously created.
4 Enter a name for the new menu.
The name entered is what will appear on the Mac OS menu bar. Click a
menu name twice to rename it.
5 In the Commands list, drag a command to the new menu.
6 Release the button on the pointer device when the menu or sub-menu
is highlighted, or the desired location for the command is indicated by
a horizontal line.
For information about creating a command, see
Create, Edit, and Reuse
Commands
on page 44.
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