Customizing the Toolbar

The editor toolbar (in Design View only) can be customized. MathFlow editor comes with a standard toolbar, as well as other predefined toolbars. You can also define your own custom toolbar configurations. In fact, the default toolbar is a customized one, containing most of the symbols from the pre-defined palettes, and most templates.

To use an alternative toolbar, select it from the Toolbar menu. To use a custom toolbar, add it to the toolbar menu where it can be selected.

To save a separate copy of the Standard toolbar, save a new copy of it: Toolbar > Tabbed Toolbar > Save Current Toolbar As.

To add a custom toolbar:

1. Select "Manage custom toolbar..." from the Toolbar menu.
2. Click "New".
3. Fill in a name for your toolbar and browse to a file that contains the toolbar definition.
4. Finally, click "Apply" to add the new toolbar to the Toolbar menu.

To remove a custom toolbar:

1. Select "Manage custom toolbar..." from the Toolbar menu.
2. Select the toolbar to remove from the "Custom Toolbar:" drop-down list.
3. Click "Remove".

To update a custom toolbar:

1. Select "Manage custom toolbar..." from the Toolbar menu.
2. Select the toolbar to update from the "Custom Toolbar:" drop-down list.
3. If you have modified the existing file, just click "Apply". Otherwise, browse to the new toolbar configuration file and click "Apply".

To customize a tabbed toolbar:

1. To add an expression to the toolbar, select it and drag it to an empty button on the toolbar.
2. To delete an expression from a button, right-click and choose Delete (or edit the custom toolbar file).
3. There are 7 pre-defined tabs and 2 undefined tabs, all of which can be customized:
   1. Algebra
   2. Derivs
   3. Statistics
   4. Matrices
   5. Sets
   6. Trig
   7. Geometry
   8. Tab8
   9. Tab9
4. To change the tab names, first save the toolbar, then edit the toolbar configuration file.
5. In order to save customizations (added or deleted buttons), save the toolbar: Toolbar > Tabbed Toolbar > Save Current Toolbar As.

To return to factory settings:

Choose Toolbar > Tabbed Toolbar > Standard.