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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
creating and editing ribbon content, see Ribbon on page 201 under Customize
User Interface Elements
on page 191.
Control the Display of Toolbars
You can control which toolbars are displayed and how they are positioned in
the application window (if they are floating or docked, and where they are in
the application window). You add the toolbars through the Workspace
Contents pane, and control the appearance of the toolbars in the Properties
pane. For information about creating and editing toolbars, see
Toolbars on
page 248 under
Customize User Interface Elements on page 191.
Control the Display of Menus on the Menu Bar
Menus and the order in which they are displayed on the menu bar can only
be controlled through the Workspace Contents pane. By default the menu
bar is not displayed when the ribbon is. Set the system variable MENUBAR to
1 to display the menu bar above the ribbon. You can also set the Menu Bar
property for a workspace to On to display the menu bar each time a workspace
is set current. For information about creating and editing pull-down menus,
see
Pull-down and Shortcut Menus on page 270 under Customize User Interface
Elements
on page 191.
Control the Display of Palettes
You set up a workspace to control the display, position, and appearance of
palettes in the application window. They can be floating or docked. Unlike
ribbon panels, ribbon tabs, and menus, palettes are available in any workspace.
You can turn palettes on or off with a workspace. The display properties of
palettes are modified through the Workspace Contents and Properties pane.
For information about controlling palettes with workspaces, see
Control the
Appearance of Palettes
on page 380.
See also:
■
To display a Quick Access toolbar on page 367 (Procedure)
■ To display the Quick Access toolbar above or below the ribbon from the
CUI Editor
on page 368 (Procedure)
■ To display ribbon tabs from the CUI Editor on page 369 (Procedure)
■ To reposition a ribbon tab on the ribbon on page 370 (Procedure)
■ To reposition a ribbon panel on a ribbon tab on page 371 (Procedure)
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