Using the Customize Dialog Creating a New Menu

Customizing Designer 6-3 Figure 6–3 Docking a Pane

6.2 Using the Customize Dialog

In addition to changing the size and location of each pane, you can customize the Designer interface. In the Customize dialog, you can customize keyboard commands, right-click menus, shortcuts to outside applications, and much more. Perform the following steps to open the Customize dialog:

1. Click View, then select Customize.

The Customize dialog is displayed see Customize Dialog on page A-3.

2. Make the necessary changes and then click Close.

Dialog Tabs The Customize dialog includes several tabs: ■ Commands : Use this tab to add a menu to the Menu bar and also to add commands to menus and toolbars. See Creating a New Menu on page 6-4. ■ Toolbars : Use this tab to customize toolbars. See Customizing Toolbars on page 6-4. ■ Tools : Use this tab to add shortcuts to outside applications. The shortcut displays in the Tools menu. See Adding Shortcuts to the Tools Menu on page 6-6. ■ Keyboard : Use this tab to assign keyboard shortcuts to commands in Designer. See Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts on page 6-7. ■ Menu : Use this tab to customize menus in Designer. See Customizing Menus on page 6-8. ■ Options : Use this tab to display screentips, large icons in the toolbar, and personalized menus. See Setting Display Options on page 6-9. ■ Source View : Use this tab to control the font, size, and other formatting characteristics of the text that displays in the Source View of a page template. See Formatting the Code in Source View on page 6-9. ■ Warning Dialogs : Use this tab to show or hide the warnings that appear while working in Designer. See Showing or Hiding Warning Messages on page 6-10. ■ Miscellaneous : Use this tab to specify certain, miscellaneous options when Designer starts. See Setting Miscellaneous Options on page 6-10. ■ Log File : Use this tab to specify logging options. See Changing Log File Settings on page 6-11. 6-4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Site Studio Designer

6.3 Creating a New Menu

On the Commands tab of the Customize dialog see Customize Dialog: Commands Tab on page A-3, you can view the menus and commands available on the menu bar in Designer. You can create a menu and populate it with commands from the menus appearing on this tab. In conjunction with options on the Toolbars tab, you can create a toolbar to display frequently used commands together again by copying commands from this tab. To create a menu, perform these tasks:

1. Click View, then select Customize.

2. On the Commands tab, under Categories, click New Menu.

3. Under Commands, click New Menu and hold down the mouse button.

A small icon appears. 4. Drag the icon to the Menu bar. Release the mouse button. The menu New Menu appears on the Menu bar.

5. Click New Menu on the Menu bar, and you see an empty space below the menu

name. You can populate the menu by dragging and dropping commands from other menus into this space.

6. Click Close to close the Customize dialog.

Notes ■ You can change the name of a menu you create by right-clicking the menu and clicking Button Appearance on the popup menu. ■ See Customizing Toolbars