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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



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