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Tabbed Toolbar

tabbed toolbar

The Tabbed Toolbar has the following qualities:

  • A user can select an expression and drag onto the current tabbed toolbar to add a new custom button. To delete a button, you can choose Delete from the contextual menu, or edit the toolbar configuration file.
  • To insert the button content at the insertion point, either click the button or right-click and choose Insert.
  • In order to save a toolbar on which you've added custom expressions, choose: Toolbar > Tabbed Toolbar > Save Current Toolbar As.
  • A user can save a Tabbed Toolbar under a different name.
  • A user can load a custom Tabbed Toolbar.
  • To return to factory default settings, choose Toolbar > Tabbed Toolbar > Standard.
  • To save a separate copy of the Standard toolbar, save a new copy of it: Toolbar > Tabbed Toolbar > Save Current Toolbar As.
  • The Tabbed Toolbar can be hidden or shown via the View menu.
  • The Toolbar Configuration Language has been extended to allow the definition of multiple tabs for the tabbed toolbar:
    • The top level element <tb> contains one or more <tab> elements.
    • Horizontal position is defined by the order of <tab> elements.
  • There are 7 pre-defined tabs and 2 undefined tabs, all of which can be customized:
    • Algebra
    • Derivs
    • Statistics
    • Matrices
    • Sets
    • Trig
    • Geometry
    • Tab8
    • Tab9
  • To change the tab names, first save the toolbar, then edit the toolbar configuration file.

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