Customizing Toolbars

You can customize the PowerDesigner toolbars according to your needs.

The customization options are the following:

Option

Description

Show Tooltip

Activates or deactivates the display of small pop-up windows that provide descriptive labels for a control or graphic object

Flat button

Toggles the display of buttons between flat and 3D

Customize

Opens the toolbar customization dialog box in which you can select icons corresponding to commands of the PowerDesigner menus

Grouping Related Tools on a Toolbar

You can group related tools on a toolbar by adding a separator bar before the first and after the last one in the group to distinguish the group from other tools on the toolbar.

To do so, right-click the tool before which you want to add a separator bar and select Begin Group.

Restoring the Default Settings of a Toolbar

You can restore the default settings of a customized toolbar using the Reset button in the Toolbars dialog box.

If you want to reset the default settings of all toolbars you have to click the Reset All button.

Custom Graphic Tools Category

The Custom Graphic Tools category lets you define custom tools for stereotyped objects, as defined in extended model definitions.

For more information, see "Extended Model Definitions" in the Resource Files and the Public Metamodel chapter of the Customizing and Extending PowerDesigner manual.


Created October 7, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com