Customizing the Ribbon

This topic describes how to edit the tabs on an eCADSTAR ribbon.

Adding a Custom Tab

You can add a new tab to the ribbon from the Ribbon Settings dialog, as follows.

1. Click Customize the Ribbon on the assist menu of the ribbon. The Ribbon Settings dialog is displayed.
2. From the Select command list, select a class of commands to be listed.
3. Click the New tab button. (Alternatively, click New tab in the assist menu.) New tab (User settings) and New group are added to the Custom tabs field, in this hierarchical order.
4. Click the New group button. (Alternatively, click New group in the assist menu.) New group is added to the Custom tabs field.
5. Select the command from the Select command list, that you want to add to Custom tabs, and click Add. The command is added below the line that is currently selected in Custom tabs. You can narrow down the commands displayed in the Command table by entering a string in Command filter. If you select, and add a tab or group, that is displayed in a tree hierarchy, then you can collectively add hierarchies under the tab or group. Commands that are displayed in a tree hierarchy cannot be narrowed down by the command filter. See: Filtering Items in the Command list.

6. When you have finished customizing, click OK in the Ribbon Settings dialog to close it.

 

 

Editing a Custom Tab

Edit a custom tab that you added, as follows.

1. To edit the display name of a tab, group or command under Custom tabs, click the Edit button. (Alternatively, click Edit in the assist menu.) The following items can be set for a command.

Edit Item for Command

Item	Description
Display name	Set the name that is displayed for a selected command.
Icon size	Select Small or Large.
Display type	Select Icon + Text or Icon. If Icon size is set to Large, this option is made unavailable.

2. To hide tabs or commands under Custom tabs on the ribbon, deselect their check boxes.
3. You can change the order of the tabs, groups or commands under Custom tabs using the Up or Down buttons. (Alternatively, click Up or Down in the assist menu.)
4. To hide the Footprint Editor tabs under Components Editor tabs, deselect their check boxes. You cannot add or remove commands on the Footprint Editor tabs, or change their order.
5. Restore the default settings by clicking Reset.

Removing a Custom Tab

Remove a custom tab that you added, as follows.

1. Select the tab, group or command that you want to remove, and click Delete. (Alternatively, click Delete in the assist menu.)
2. Click OK in the Ribbon Settings dialog to close the dialog.

Naming and Saving Ribbon Settings

You can save the current settings in the Ribbon Settings dialog to a file.

1. Click Customize the Ribbon on the assist menu of the ribbon. The Ribbon Settings dialog is displayed.
2. Click Save as in the Ribbon Settings dialog. File Selector opens.
3. In the File Selector, specify the file in which to save the ribbon settings, and click Save. By default, the settings are saved in the ribbon.xml file.