Re: Toolbar
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- Subject: [mg105888] Re: Toolbar
- From: Chris Degnen <degnen at cwgsy.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:42:26 -0500 (EST)
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On 14 Dec, 05:06, Helen Read <h... at together.net> wrote: > On 12/13/2009 4:48 AM, Istv=E1n wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > Is it just me or others as well would appreciate a toolbar in Mathemati= ca? > > I've missed it at the first time I've encountered Mathematica 4, but, s= ince > > 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 a= ll > > interactive interfaces from decades now. Palettes are good, but actu= ally > > I never use them, knowing how to access characters and code. And even i= f > > 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 p= ost > > about it in the group. Am I missing something here? > > Well, there is the Edit toolbar, which I set in the Options Inspector to > be always on, but there isn't a lot on it, and I don't use it as much as > I used to, now that we have context menus. It would be nice to have a > customizable toolbar where one could put buttons for Abort Evaluation, > Delete All Output, Evaluate Notebook and the like. > > -- > Helen Read > University of Vermont You can edit the main toolbar menu fairly easily. C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\7.0\SystemFiles\FrontEnd \TextResources\Windows\MenuSetup.tr