Tool palette features
The standard tool palettes (Basic and Tool Sets) and any custom tool palettes have special features that other palettes do not. Tool palettes and their tool sets can be created and customized using the Workspace Editor (see Customizing workspaces).
Pop-out tools
On tool palettes and sets, an arrow on the right side of a tool icon or label indicates additional, related pop-out tools. Click and hold the mouse to open the list of pop-out tools.
Utility menus
Each tool palette has a Utility menu on the title bar that controls the palette and tool display.
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Menu / Command |
Action |
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View Tools As |
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Icons/Icons and Text/Text |
Select whether to display only an icon, both an icon and a text label, or only a text label for each tool |
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Sort Tools By |
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Manual Placement/Ascending Alphabetical/Descending Alphabetical |
Select whether to display tools in the order appearing in the Workspace Editor, or in either ascending or descending alphabetical order according to text labels |
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View Tool Sets As |
(These options are available only for tool palettes with multiple tool sets) |
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Icons/Icons and Text/Text |
Select whether to display only an icon, both an icon and a text label, or only a text label for each tool set in the palette |
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Sort Tool Sets By |
(These options are available only for tool palettes with multiple tool sets) |
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Manual Placement/Ascending Alphabetical/Descending Alphabetical |
Select whether to display tool sets in the order appearing in the Workspace Editor, or in either ascending or descending alphabetical order according to text labels |
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Place Tool Sets At |
(These options are available only for tool palettes with multiple tool sets) |
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Top/Bottom of Palette |
Select whether to display tool set selection buttons at the top or bottom of the tool palette |
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Customize |
Opens the Workspace Editor Options dialog box (see Customizing workspaces for details) |
Tool set selection buttons and tear-off palettes
If a tool palette has multiple tool sets (as does the Tool Sets palette), selection buttons for each tool set display on the palette. To display a tool set’s tools, click the appropriate button. The button is highlighted to indicate which tool set is active.
To see multiple tool sets at once, drag a tool set’s selection button off the main palette. This creates a separate, temporary palette for the tool set, with a “perforated” top edge. Like other palettes, these tear-off palettes can be docked, resized, and minimized. To close a tear-off palette, click its close button.
