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Customize menus



Hiding and colorizing menu commands is a way to remove menu clutter and emphasize commands you frequently use. Note that hiding menu commands simply removes the menu command from view; it doesn’t disable any features. At any time, you can view hidden commands by selecting the Show All Menu Items command at the bottom of a menu, or you can choose Window > Workspace > Show Full Menus to show all the menus for the selected workspace. You can include customized menus in workspaces you save.

You can customize the main menu, context menus, and panel menus. Context menus appear when you right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) an area. Panel menus appear when you click the icon in the upper right of a panel.

Note: If you select a different workspace, such as Getting Started, some menu commands are hidden. To display menu commands, choose Show All Menu Items at the bottom of the menu, or choose a different workspace, such as Advanced.

Create a custom menu set

  1. Choose Edit > Menus.

    You cannot edit the default menu set.

  2. Click Save As, type the name of the menu set, and click OK.
  3. From the Category menu, choose Application Menus or Context & Panel Menus to determine which menus are customized.
  4. Click the arrows to the left of the menu categories to display subcategories or menu commands. For each command you want to customize, click the eye icon under Visibility to show or hide the command; click None under Color to select a color from the menu.
  5. Click Save, and then click OK.

Select a custom menu set

  1. Choose Edit > Menus.
  2. Choose the menu set from the Set menu, and then click OK.

Edit or delete a custom menu set

  1. Choose Edit > Menus.
  2. Choose the menu set from the Set menu, and then do one of the following:

    • To edit a menu set, change the visibility or color of menu commands, click Save, and then click OK.

    • To delete a menu set, click Delete and then click Yes. If you’ve modified the menu set without saving it, you’re prompted to save the current menu set. Click Yes to save the menu set, or click No to discard changes.

Show hidden menu items

  • Choose Window > Workspace > Show Full Menus. This command turns on all menus for the selected workspace. You can hide the menus again by resetting the workspace.
  • Choose Show All Menu Items at the bottom of the menu that includes hidden commands.
Holding down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and clicking a menu name temporarily displays any menu commands you’ve hidden by customizing menus.