Re: Toolbar
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg105658] Re: Toolbar
- From: Albert Retey <awnl at gmx-topmail.de>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:05:54 -0500 (EST)
- References: <hg2d98$j9a$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi, > Is it just me or others as well would appreciate a toolbar in Mathematica? > I've missed it at the first time I've encountered Mathematica 4, but, since > then, I've simply got used to the routine to kill the kernel or delete all > output using key-combinations. I wonder why there is no useful toolbar at > all, with these functionalities, and perhaps more. This is a must for all > interactive interfaces from decades now. Palettes are good, but actually > I never use them, knowing how to access characters and code. And even if > I write a palette to sport the buttons "Kill kernel", "Delete output", I > cannot dock it in the main window, below the file menu. For me it seems > so obvious to have a toolbar, but I don't remember seeing any info or post > about it in the group. Am I missing something here? Although it would be nice, it is not of the top on the list of my wishes: my personal preference is to use the keyboard shortcuts. After all, interaction with Mathematica usually means to input code with the keyboard anyway... Since version 6 it is also quite easy to make your own toolbar (per notebook though), e.g.: SetOptions[EvaluationNotebook[], DockedCells -> { Cell[BoxData[ToBoxes[ Row[{ Button["\[Dagger]", FrontEnd`FrontEndExecute[ FrontEnd`FrontEndToken["EvaluatorQuit"]], Evaluator -> None ], Button["\[DeleteKey]", FrontEnd`FrontEndExecute[ FrontEnd`FrontEndToken["DeleteGeneratedCells"]], Evaluator -> None ] }] ]], "DockedCell"] } ] hth, albert