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Book VII
Chapter 1
Working with the
Visual C++ 2008 IDE
and Projects
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Modifying the IDE Appearance
to satisfy special needs and then hide the standard items from view. Using
this approach makes it easy to restore the standard menu or toolbar later to
interact with others.
You can change menus and toolbars in many ways. However, the easiest
method is to right-click anywhere in the menu or toolbar area and choose
Customize from the context menu. You see the Customize dialog box shown
in Figure 1-9.
Figure 1-9:
Use the
Customize
dialog box
to change
both
toolbars
and menus.
The Toolbars tab shows a complete list of all the toolbars that Visual Studio
supports. Place a checkmark next to any toolbar you want to display or
remove the checkmark next to any toolbar you no longer need. When you
don’t see the toolbar you want, click New to display the New Toolbar dialog
box, type a name in the Toolbar Name field, and click OK. Visual Studio auto-
matically displays the new toolbar so that you can add commands to it. You
can also use the features on this tab to rename or remove custom toolbars
you create (you can’t delete standard toolbars) and reset standard toolbars
to their original state.
The three options at the bottom of the Toolbars tab help you control the
appearance of the toolbar. The following list describes each option:
✦ Use Large Icons: Displays toolbar icons in a larger size to make them
easier to see.
✦ Show ScreenTips on Toolbars: Displays the name of the icon as a tool-
tip when you hover the mouse cursor over the icon.
✦ Show Shortcut Keys in ScreenTips: Displays the shortcut for executing
the command (when a shortcut is available) along with the icon name
when you hover the mouse cursor over the icon.
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