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Working with Toolbars

Throughout the application, pages, tabs, portlets, detail windows, and dialog boxes provide access to essential commands in toolbars. Most toolbars are static, however, the ones on the Activities, EPS, and Resource Assignment pages can be moved and customized.

Toolbar customization options

Table of Toolbar Elements

Item

Description

item one

Toolbar shortcut menu: Right-click within blank space on this panel to select the toolbars you want in your customized view. You can also select Rearrangeable or Customize Toolbars, both described below.

item  two

Rearrangeable toolbar: Click and hold the mouse button down on the toolbar's edge until you see the move cursor. Then, drag to position the toolbar wherever it is needed.

item  three

Docked toolbar: In this example, the user has dragged the Edit toolbar from its typical location on top to the page's left edge until it snaps into a vertically-oriented position.

item  four

Customize Toolbar Items dialog box: In this example, the user has selected Customize Toolbars from the Toolbars submenu of the View menu. On this dialog box, the user has elected to hide the Fill Down command icon from their Edit toolbar.

item five

Activity View toolbar: This toolbar represents an example where a subset of the commands found under the View menu are presented here in a static or fixed toolbar for convenient access.

item six

Toolbar in a detail window: The Steps detail window, like many other detail windows, has its own fixed toolbar.

Related Topics

Customizing Toolbars

About Screen Controls

Working with the Main Menus

Working with Tables

Working with "Select a Value" Dialog Boxes

Working with Data in P6

Working with Detail Windows

About Portlets

About Data Entry Controls


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