Customizing the Display of Commands in a Menu

You can add, remove, and change the order of the commands in a menu. You can also group related commands with a separator.

To add a command to a menu:

  1. From the main window, choose Tools and choose Options.
  2. In the Options window, expand IDE Configuration and expand Look and Feel.
  3. Expand the Actions node until you find the command you want to add to the menu.
  4. Right-click the command and choose Copy.
  5. Under the Look and Feel node, expand the Menu Bar node.
  6. Right-click the node of the menu in which you want to place the command, and choose Paste and choose Copy.

    The IDE adds the command to the menu.

  7. To move the command up or down in the menu, expand the menu node, right-click the command you just added, and choose Move Up or Move Down.

To remove a command from a menu:

  1. In the Options window, expand IDE Configuration and expand Look and Feel and expand Menu Bar.
  2. Expand the node of the menu that you want to change.
  3. Right-click the command you want to remove and choose Delete.
  4. Click Yes in the Confirm Object Deletion dialog box.

To reorder the commands within a menu:

  1. In the Options window, expand IDE Configuration and expand Look and Feel and expand Menu Bar.
  2. Right-click the node of the menu whose commands you want to rearrange and choose Change Order.
  3. In the Change Order dialog box, select the command you want to move and click Move Up or Move Down.
  4. Click OK.

    The IDE updates the menu.

To group related commands with a separator:

  1. In the Options window, expand IDE Configuration and expand Look and Feel and expand Menu Bar.
  2. Right-click the node of the menu in which you want to add the separator and choose Add and choose Separator.

    The separator is added to the menu.

  3. Right-click the separator and choose Move Up or Move Down to move the separator to the desired position in the menu.
See also
Adding a Menu to the Main Window
Removing a Menu From the Main Window

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