Keyboard Shortcuts and Toolbars in Ribbon Menu

The user can reflect his own menu to the ideCAD with customization. Commands and sub-commands included in menus, sections and sections are fixed and cannot be changed. Customization can only be done on the vertical toolbar on the left side of the screen and the customizable toolbar on the top edge.

Customizing the Vertical Toolbar

To customize the vertical toolbar, right-click on any point of the vertical toolbar. Click the Customize line from the menu that opens.

Location of Customize Command

You can access the Customize command by clicking the right button of the mouse on any command in the vertical toolbar.

Commands Tab

You can drag any icon from the commands listed by category and drop it on the new/existing toolbar. 

Specifications

Specifications

Categories

Commands are categorized according to the menu order.

Commands

It contains commands in the selected category.

Description

Provides information about the selected command.

Toolbars Tab

Toolbars are listed on this tab. Some toolbars are highlighted in the list. Checked toolbars appear in the program. Otherwise, it will not appear.

In addition, the program includes automatic toolbar management. Floating toolbars appear automatically, some are not, depending on the command being studied. For example, while in column command, the column floating toolbar is opened by the program. It is closed after exiting the command.

The user opens the toolbars whenever they want and closes them whenever they want.

Specifications

Specifications

Toolbars

Available toolbars are listed.

Reset

Resets the changes made in the menu.

Reset all

Resets all toolbars and menus.

New

Creates a new toolbar.

Rename

It changes the name of the newly added toolbar.

Delete

Deletes the selected toolbar.

Show text labels

The help that occurs when waiting on an icon in the toolbar for a while appears.

Keyboard Tab

The list of all commands appears in categories on the Keyboard tab. The user chooses the command they want. It gives information about the command in the description part. Shown if there are any shortcuts defined under available keys. The key or keys that they want to assign from the keyboard are pressed. Information on whether the assigned shortcut key is defined in another command is given under the Press new shortcut key section.

Specifications

Specifications

Category

Commands are categorized according to the menu order.

Commands

It contains commands in the selected category.

Current keys

Displayed if there are any shortcuts defined.

Press new shortcut key

The shortcut to be newly defined is entered.

Description

Provides information about the selected command.

Assign

The new shortcut entered is assigned.

Remove

Cancels an assigned shortcut.

Reset all

Cancels all assigned shortcuts.

Menu Tab

Features of the display styles of the menus are included.

Specifications

Specifications

Menu shadows

Provides a shaded image when hovering over lists.

Options Tab

There are properties of the way they display toolbars.

Specifications

Specifications

Show screen tips on toolbars

An explanation box appears when the icon is hovered.

Show shortcut keys in screen tips

An explanation box appears when the icon is hovered.

Large icon

The icons grow larger.

Customizing the Quick Toolbar

Location of Customize Quick Access Toolbar Command

You can access any command in the quick entry toolbar or ribbon menu by clicking the right button of the mouse.

In addition, that command can be added to a customizable toolbar quickly by clicking the Add Quick Entry Toolbar line.

Customize Tab

Specifications

Specifications

Choose commands from

The menus are listed.

Commands

The commands in the selected menu are listed.

Add

The selected command is added to the toolbar.

Remove

The selected command is deleted from the toolbar.

Toolbar commands

The commands in the toolbar are listed. The location of the selected command can be changed with the arrow keys.

Reset

Initializes the toolbar.

Show quick access toolbar below the ribbon

It takes the toolbar under the menus as a horizontal toolbar.

Keyboard shortcuts

Opens the customize keyboard dialog for customizing keyboard shortcuts.

Customize Keyboard Dialog

Specifications

Specifications

Categories

Commands are categorized according to the menu order.

Commands

It contains commands in the selected category.

Current keys

Displayed if there are any shortcuts defined.

Press new shortcut key

The shortcut to be newly defined is entered.

Description

Provides information about the selected command.

Assign

The new shortcut entered is assigned.

Delete

Cancels an assigned shortcut.

Reset all

Cancels all assigned shortcuts.


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Default Keyboard Shortcut