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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Basic Customization
- Overview of Customization
- Organize Program and Support Files
- Customize a Publish to Web Template
- Define Custom Commands
- Record and Modify Action Macros
- Custom Linetypes
- Custom Hatch Patterns
- User Interface Customization
- Understand User Interface Customization
- Work with the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor
- Create and Manage Customization Files
- Customize Commands
- Overview of Commands
- Create, Edit, and Reuse Commands
- Create Macros
- Overview of Macros
- Use Special Control Characters in Macros
- Pause for User Input in Macros
- Provide International Support in Macros
- Use Built-in Commands in Macros
- Repeat Commands in Macros
- Use Single Object Selection Mode in Macros
- Use Macros to Swap User Interface Elements
- Use Conditional Expressions in Macros
- Use AutoLISP in Macros
- Control the Display of Command Items
- Assign Search Tags
- Create Tooltips and Extended Help for Commands
- Create Status Line Help Messages
- Assign, Create, and Manage Images for Commands
- Customize User Interface Elements
- Load an AutoLISP File
- Customize Workspaces
- Transfer and Migrate Customization
- Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor FAQs
- DIESEL
- Slides and Command Scripts
- Introduction to Programming Interfaces
- Shapes and Shape Fonts
- Overview of Shape Files
- Create Shape Definition Files
- Shape Descriptions
- Vector Length and Direction Code
- Special Codes
- Use Special Codes
- Codes 0, 1, and 2: End of Shape and Draw Mode Control
- Codes 3 and 4: Size Control
- Codes 5 and 6: Location Save/Restore
- Code 7: Subshape
- Codes 8 and 9: X-Y Displacements
- Code 00A: Octant Arc
- Code 00B: Fractional Arc
- Codes 00C and 00D: Bulge-Specified Arcs
- Code 00E: Flag Vertical Text Command
- Text Font Descriptions
- Sample Files
- Big Font Descriptions
- Unicode Font Descriptions
- Superscripts and Subscripts in SHX Files
- Index
Add and Remove Ribbon Panel Controls
You can add, remove, and relocate ribbon panel controls, such as drop-down
lists, sliders, text boxes, and other types of panel-specific controls that start
commands or change a setting. For example, the Home 2D/3D - Layers panel
contains controls for working with the layers of a drawing.
The following table describes the controls found in the Customize User
Interface (CUI) Editor that can be used on ribbon panels.
Controls available for ribbon panels
DescriptionControl
Type
Control element
Controls the point of view (position of the
camera) in the current viewport.
Multiple3D Navigation PointTriplet1
Controls the target point of the camera (cen-
ter point) for the current viewport.
Multiple3D Navigation PointTriplet2
Inserts a base point to establish an absolute
coordinate for following actions.
ButtonAcActionRecorderBasePointButtonItem
Sets an action macro current for playback or
editing.
Drop-down
list
AcActionRecorderComboBoxItem
Displays the Action Macro Manager dialog
box.
ButtonAcActionRecorderManageMacrosButton-
Item
Plays back the selected action macro or stops
the action macro that is currently being
played back.
ButtonAcActionRecorderPlaybackButtonItem
Displays the Action Recorder Preferences dia-
log box.
ButtonAcActionRecorderPreferenceButtonItem
Starts the Action Recorder and records actions
as they are performed; stops the Action Re-
corder when a recording is completed.
ButtonActionRecorderRecorderButtonItem
Displays the actions in the current action
macro.
Tree viewAcActionRecorderTreeViewRibbonItem
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