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View > Toolbars
Allows you to choose the toolbars that are displayed in the IDE.
If you right-click an empty area on the toolbar (located below and besides the main menu at the top-left corner of the IDE), you can choose from the following toolbars in the context menu:
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Standard
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Adds buttons that are used for opening and saving files and other common tasks:
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Debug
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Adds buttons that are used for stepping, tracing, and other debugging tasks:
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Desktop
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Adds buttons to manage desktop layouts. See Desktop Toolbar.
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Custom
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Toolbar intended to contain actions that do not fit other toolbars. By default it adds the following buttons:
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Action
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Description
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Help contents
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Opens the RAD Studio help.
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Personality
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Provides a button that displays the icon of the current personality (either  Delphi or  C++Builder). Click this button to open the About Embarcadero RAD Studio dialog box.
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Position
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Adds buttons that control positioning and visibility of components on the Form Designer:
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Action
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Description
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Bring To Front
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Send To Back
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Center vertically
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Centers the selected controls vertically within their parent control, such as a panel or a form.
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Center horizontally
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Centers the selected controls horizontally within their parent control, such as a panel or a form.
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Spacing
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Adds buttons that control spacing of components on the Form Designer:
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Action
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Description
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Space equally horizontally
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Distributes the selected controls so that their left edges are at the same distance of each other. Those controls with their top edge in the lowest and highest position are taken as reference, and the position of the top edge of the rest of the selected controls is modified if necessary.
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Increment Horizontally
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Increases by 1 pixel the distance between the left edges of the selected controls. The left edge of the first selected control does not change, the left edge of the remaining controls is modified as necessary.
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Decrement Horizontally
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Decreases by 1 pixel the distance between the left edges of the selected controls. The left edge of the first selected control does not change, the left edge of the remaining controls is modified as necessary.
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Remove Horizontal Space
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Distributes the selected controls so that the left edge of a control is at the same position as the right edge of the control at its left-hand edge, so that controls are horizontally contiguous. The left edge of the first selected control does not change, the left edge of the remaining controls is modified as necessary.
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Space equally vertically
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Distributes the selected controls so that their top edges are at the same distance of each other. Those controls with their top edge in the lowest and highest position are taken as reference, and the top edge of the rest of the selected controls is modified if necessary.
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Increment Vertically
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Increases by 1 pixel the distance between the top edges of the selected controls. The top edge of the first selected control does not change, the top edge of the remaining controls is modified as necessary.
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Decrement Vertically
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Decreases by 1 pixel the distance between the top edges of the selected controls. The top edge of the first selected control does not change, the top edge of the remaining controls is modified as necessary.
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Remove Vertical Space
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Distributes the selected controls so that the top edge of a control is at the same position as the bottom edge of the control on top of it, so that controls are vertically contiguous. The top edge of the first selected control does not change, the top edge of the remaining controls is modified as necessary.
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Platform Device Selection Toolbar
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Selects the target platform and device. See Platform Device Selection Toolbar.
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Align
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Adds buttons that enable graphical alignment of elements on the Form Designer:
- Note: Actions that align or resize controls relative to each other use the first selected component as a reference to modify the remaining controls.
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Action
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Description
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Align left edges
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Updates the position of the left-hand side of every selected control so that they are the same.
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Align right edges
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Updates the position of the left-hand side of every selected control so that their right edges are aligned (width values are equal).
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Align vertical centers
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Updates the top edge of every selected control so that their vertical centers are aligned (values of top edge position + height / 2 are equal).
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Align top edges
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Updates the top edge of every selected control so that they are the same.
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Align bottom edges
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Updates the top edge of every selected control so that their bottom edges are aligned (values of top edge position + height are equal).
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Align horizontal centers
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Updates the position of the left-hand side of every selected control so that their horizontal centers are aligned (width values/2 are equal).
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Align To Grid
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Snap to grid
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If enabled, controls in the Form Designer are always aligned with the design grid as you move or resize them.
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Make same height
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Makes the height the same on every selected control.
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Make same width
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Makes the width the same on every selected control.
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Make same size
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Makes the height and width the same on every selected control.
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Size to grid
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Changes the position and the size of the selected control so that every edge is aligned with its closest line of the design grid.
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Browser
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Adds buttons that allow browser-style navigation of code in the Code Editor:
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Action
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Description
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Back, with a drop-down list of available code locations
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Navigates one location back in the code navigation history.
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Forward, with a drop-down list of available code locations
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Navigates one location forward in the code navigation history.
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Embarcadero Community Toolbar
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Enables the Embarcadero Community Toolbar.
Use this toolbar to access the Embarcadero Social Community from the IDE. See Embarcadero Community Toolbar for more information.
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HTML Design
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Adds buttons for HTML document elements:
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Action
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Description
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Font foreground color
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Opens the Color Selector to select a font color.
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Font background color
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Opens the Color Selector to select a background color for text.
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Subscript
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Makes the selected text subscript. If there is no text selected, makes subscript any text you type next.
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Superscript
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Makes the selected text superscript. If there is no text selected, makes superscript any text you type next.
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Show tag glyphs
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Shows icons in the HTML designer to represent some start and end HTML tags. For example, it shows an icon on the designer where your HTML code contains a <p> or </p> tag.
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Show borders
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If enabled, shows the borders of the selected element.
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Show grid
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Shows or hides the HTML design grid.
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Absolute position
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Makes the position of the selected element relative to the HTML page origin of coordinates, that is, its top-left corner.
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Create link
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Make the selected element link to an URL. Opens a dialog box to specify the target URL.
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Insert input
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Opens a dialog box to insert an input element, such as a check box, a button or a text field.
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Insert image
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Opens a dialog box to insert an image element.
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Lock element
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Locks the selected element so that you cannot accidentally move or resize it in the designer.
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HTML Format
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Adds standard editing buttons that format HTML text:
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Action
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Shortcut
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Description
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Text style
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Combo box to choose or enter the style of the selected text. If there is no text selected, defines the style of any text you type next.
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Font family
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Combo box to choose or enter the font family of the selected text. If there is no text selected, defines the font family of any text you type next.
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Font size
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Combo box to choose or enter the font size of the selected text. If there is no text selected, defines the font size of any text you type next.
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Bold
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Ctrl+B
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Makes the selected text bold. If there is no text selected, makes bold any text you type next.
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Italic
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Crtl+I
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Makes the selected text italic. If there is no text selected, makes italic any text you type next.
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Underline
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Ctrl+U
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Makes the selected text underlined. If there is no text selected, makes underlined any text you type next.
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Align left
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Aligns the selected element to the left.
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Center
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Centers the selected element.
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Align right
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Aligns the selected element to the right.
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Justify
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Justifies the selected element.
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Ordered list
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Creates an ordered list.
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Unordered list
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Creates an unordered list.
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Decrease indent
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Decreases the indentation of the selected element.
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Increase indent
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Increases the indentation of the selected element.
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HTML Table
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Adds buttons that insert and position HTML tables:
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Action
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Description
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Insert table
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Insert row above current row
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Inserts a new row right above the row where the text cursor is.
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Insert row below current row
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Inserts a new row right below the row where the text cursor is.
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Delete row
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Deletes the row where the text cursor is.
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Move row up
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Moves the row where the text cursor is one position up. This action is disabled if the text cursor is in the first row of a table.
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Move row down
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Moves the row where the text cursor is one position down. This action is disabled if the text cursor is in the last row of a table.
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Insert cell
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Inserts a single cell to the right-hand side of the cell where the text cursor is.
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Delete cell
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Deletes the cell where the text cursor is.
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Insert column to the left
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Inserts a new column on the left-hand side of the column where the text cursor is.
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Insert column to the right
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Inserts a new column on the right-hand side of the column where the text cursor is.
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Delete column
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Deletes the column where the text cursor is.
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Component
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Enables the Component Toolbar. See Component Toolbar.
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View
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Adds the following buttons:
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Customize
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Displays the Customize Toolbars dialog box, which allows you to specify the menus that appear on the toolbar, the commands that appear for each menu, and tooltip options.
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IDE Insight
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Displays the IDE Insight search box, which allows you to perform a filtered incremental search through the elements of the IDE. See IDE Insight.
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Note: Additional toolbars can be available if you install some of the third party products.
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