[arriscad] Right-Click ability on Toolbar buttons

[Jim Bennett]

Jeff,

The User Toolbar system for ARRIS 9.4 and previous does not allow for 
right click commands. The right click is used to bring up the Setup menu 
for the toolbar box in order to add or edit a command.

The good news is that for ARRIS 9.5, the User Toolbar system has been 
completely rewritten and overhauled. User Toolbars will be much easier 
to create and manage. The new system features a lot more functionality 
and flexibility with toolbars including:

The new system has better User Toolbar management by having each toolbar 
as it's own file on the disk. The file will contain all data about the 
toolbar including the name and menu used, number of menu boxes on the 
toolbar, and data about the display and commands assigned to each box.

A new User Toolbar Manager will allow you to easily create, manage, and 
edit toolbars.

Several different default toolbar menus may be used to create your 
toolbars, featuring different numbers and sizes of boxes - or you can 
create your own. Unlike previous versions the menu is parameter of the 
toolbar rather than only 1 menu available for all toolbars.

User defined commands may be assigned to both Left Click and Right Click 
for each box on the toolbar.

You can still assign a command to a toolbar using the "Assign To 
Toolbar" function on the HELP menu.

The appearance of each box on the toolbar will be more user customizable 
including the use of color. Both text and RI icons are still supported.

By following a naming convention, your custom User Toolbar will load on 
ARRIS startup.

By following a naming convention you can have multiple User Toolbars 
that you can scroll through using the mouse scroll wheel.

The new User Toolbar system will make any and all old user toolbar files 
obsolete. There is an import function in the new User Toolbar Manager 
which will allow you to create a new toolbar starting with the commands 
on an old one.

See the attached .jpg.

Jim


On 8/24/2011 10:44 AM, Jeff George wrote:
>
> Would it be possible to allow right-click commands to be assigned to 
> the toolbar buttons? It would be great to be able to add alternate 
> functions to some of my existing buttons. Example: my Freeze RI button 
> defaults to “one level”, but a right-click could freeze into line 
> segments. Also.... I have separate buttons for “Move 1” and “Move 
> Area”. These could be combined into one button if I could assign a 
> right-click.
>
> Is there some reason these buttons are not right-click customizable?
>
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Jim Bennett, AIA
Product Director
Sigma Design
www.arriscad.com

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