Toolbar Settings: Data Entry Forms

By default, the toolbar contains system tabs and buttons that are used to create and set up a data entry form:

To save screen space, one can collapse the toolbar. When the toolbar is collapsed, only tab names are displayed.

To collapse/expand the toolbar, click the Collapse/ Expand button on the toolbar.

If some buttons do not fit the window, they are hidden. To use hidden buttons, click the Show button on the toolbar, and the window with buttons opens.

To navigate in the window, use the scrollbar or the mouse wheel while holding down the SHIFT key.

Select the Set Up Toolbar item in the toolbar's context menu.

It is available only for the Show Hidden Elements mode.

To add a tab:

Select toolbar tab in the list.
Select the Add > Tab item in the button's drop-down menu. The Tab Settings dialog box opens:

Set tab name.

After executing the operations the tab is added after the selected tab. If the tab was not selected or several tabs were selected, the tab is added to the end of the list of tabs.

The tabs without buttons are kept hidden until at least one button is added to them.

Adding custom buttons is available only to custom tabs.

To add a custom button:

Select toolbar tab in the list.
Select the button, after which the new button should be placed. It this is the first button that is added to the tab, skip this step.
Select the Add > Custom Button item in the button's drop-down menu. The Custom Button Settings dialog box opens:

Set up custom button.

After executing the operations the custom button is added after the selected button or as the first button on the tab. If the button was not selected or several buttons were selected, the custom button is added to the end of the list of buttons of the selected tab.

To create logical groups on tabs, add separators.

Adding separators is available only for custom tabs.

To add a toolbar separator:

Select a toolbar button in the list.
Select the Add > Separator item in the button's context menu.

After executing the operations the separator is added after the selected button. If the button was not selected, several buttons were selected, or the tab was selected, the separator is added to the end of the list.

It is available for custom tabs and buttons.

To edit a toolbar element:

Select toolbar element in the list.
Execute one of the operations:

Click the Edit button.
Select the Edit item in the selected element's context menu.

To change position of the selected toolbar element, drag the element or use the Move Up and Move Down buttons.

Tabs are moved together with the added buttons.

Separators can be moved only within one tab.

It is available for tabs and buttons.

Hidden elements that are shown only in the Show Hidden Elements mode are marked with the sign.

To set up displaying of toolbar elements, execute the operations:

Select one or several toolbar elements using the CTRL key.
Execute one of the operations:

To display an element in the Show Hidden Elements mode:

Click the Hide button.
Select the Hide context menu item of the selected element.

To display an element in all modes:

Click the Show button.
Select the Show context menu item of the selected element.

When the tab is hidden, its buttons are also hidden from the toolbar.

The buttons with hidden names display only icons on the toolbar.

The buttons with hidden names are marked with the icon.

To set up displaying of button names, execute the following operations:

Select one or several buttons using the CTRL key.
Execute one of the operations:

To display only icon on the toolbar, click the Hide Name button.
To display button name on the toolbar, click the Show Name button.

It is available for custom tabs, buttons, and separators.

To delete a toolbar element:

Select toolbar element in the list.
Click the Delete button.

Tabs are deleted together with buttons. If a system button is moved to the tab, one should move the button to another tab to delete the tab.

To reset options, select the Reset Options item in the toolbar's context menu. After this, all system and custom buttons are shown on the toolbar in the default order, and custom groups and separators added by the user are deleted.