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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:

Toolbar Contents

Standard

Adds buttons that are used for opening and saving files and other common tasks:

Icon Action Shortcut
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination New items
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Open, with a drop-down list of recent projects and files
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Save Ctrl+S
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Save All Shift+Ctrl+S
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Open Project Ctrl+F11
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Add file to project Shift+F11
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Remove file from project

Debug

Adds buttons that are used for stepping, tracing, and other debugging tasks:

Icon Action Shortcut
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Run Without Debugging, with a drop-down list of available executables Shift+Ctrl+F9
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Run, with a drop-down list of available executables F9
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Pause
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Program Reset Ctrl+F2
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Trace into F7
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Step over F8
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Run Until Return

Desktop

Adds buttons to manage desktop layouts. See Desktop Toolbar.

Custom

Toolbar intended to contain actions that do not fit other toolbars. By default it adds the following buttons:

Icon Action Description
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Help contents Opens the RAD Studio help.

Personality

Provides a button that displays the icon of the current personality (either Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Delphi or Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination C++Builder). Click this button to open the About Embarcadero RAD Studio dialog box.

Position

Adds buttons that control positioning and visibility of components on the Form Designer:

Icon Action Description
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Bring To Front
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Send To Back
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Center vertically Centers the selected controls vertically within their parent control, such as a panel or a form.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Center horizontally Centers the selected controls horizontally within their parent control, such as a panel or a form.

Spacing

Adds buttons that control spacing of components on the Form Designer:

Icon Action Description
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Space equally horizontally 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.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Increment Horizontally 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.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Decrement Horizontally 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.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Remove Horizontal Space 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.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Space equally vertically 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.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Increment Vertically 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.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Decrement Vertically 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.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Remove Vertical Space 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.

Platform Device Selection Toolbar

Selects the target platform and device. See Platform Device Selection Toolbar.

Align

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.
Icon Action Description
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Align left edges Updates the position of the left-hand side of every selected control so that they are the same.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Align right edges Updates the position of the left-hand side of every selected control so that their right edges are aligned (width values are equal).
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Align vertical centers Updates the top edge of every selected control so that their vertical centers are aligned (values of top edge position + height / 2 are equal).
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Align top edges Updates the top edge of every selected control so that they are the same.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Align bottom edges Updates the top edge of every selected control so that their bottom edges are aligned (values of top edge position + height are equal).
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Align horizontal centers Updates the position of the left-hand side of every selected control so that their horizontal centers are aligned (width values/2 are equal).
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Align To Grid
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Snap to grid If enabled, controls in the Form Designer are always aligned with the design grid as you move or resize them.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Make same height Makes the height the same on every selected control.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Make same width Makes the width the same on every selected control.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Make same size Makes the height and width the same on every selected control.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Size to grid Changes the position and the size of the selected control so that every edge is aligned with its closest line of the design grid.

Browser

Adds buttons that allow browser-style navigation of code in the Code Editor:

Icon Action Description
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Back, with a drop-down list of available code locations Navigates one location back in the code navigation history.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Forward, with a drop-down list of available code locations Navigates one location forward in the code navigation history.

Embarcadero Community Toolbar

Enables the Embarcadero Community Toolbar.

Use this toolbar to access the Embarcadero Social Community from the IDE. See Embarcadero Community Toolbar for more information.

HTML Design

Adds buttons for HTML document elements:

Icon Action Description
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Font foreground color Opens the Color Selector to select a font color.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Font background color Opens the Color Selector to select a background color for text.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Subscript Makes the selected text subscript. If there is no text selected, makes subscript any text you type next.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Superscript Makes the selected text superscript. If there is no text selected, makes superscript any text you type next.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Show tag glyphs 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.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Show borders If enabled, shows the borders of the selected element.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Show grid Shows or hides the HTML design grid.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Absolute position Makes the position of the selected element relative to the HTML page origin of coordinates, that is, its top-left corner.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Create link Make the selected element link to an URL. Opens a dialog box to specify the target URL.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Insert input Opens a dialog box to insert an input element, such as a check box, a button or a text field.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Insert image Opens a dialog box to insert an image element.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Lock element Locks the selected element so that you cannot accidentally move or resize it in the designer.

HTML Format

Adds standard editing buttons that format HTML text:

Icon Action Shortcut Description
Text style 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.
Font family 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.
Font size 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.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Bold Ctrl+B Makes the selected text bold. If there is no text selected, makes bold any text you type next.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Italic Crtl+I Makes the selected text italic. If there is no text selected, makes italic any text you type next.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Underline Ctrl+U Makes the selected text underlined. If there is no text selected, makes underlined any text you type next.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Align left Aligns the selected element to the left.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Center Centers the selected element.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Align right Aligns the selected element to the right.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Justify Justifies the selected element.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Ordered list Creates an ordered list.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Unordered list Creates an unordered list.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Decrease indent Decreases the indentation of the selected element.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Increase indent Increases the indentation of the selected element.

HTML Table

Adds buttons that insert and position HTML tables:

Icon Action Description
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Insert table
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Insert row above current row Inserts a new row right above the row where the text cursor is.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Insert row below current row Inserts a new row right below the row where the text cursor is.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Delete row Deletes the row where the text cursor is.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Move row up 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.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Move row down 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.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Insert cell Inserts a single cell to the right-hand side of the cell where the text cursor is.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Delete cell Deletes the cell where the text cursor is.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Insert column to the left Inserts a new column on the left-hand side of the column where the text cursor is.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Insert column to the right Inserts a new column on the right-hand side of the column where the text cursor is.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Delete column Deletes the column where the text cursor is.

Component

Enables the Component Toolbar. See Component Toolbar.

View

Adds the following buttons:

Icon Action Shortcut Description
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination View Unit Ctrl+F12
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination View Forms Shift+F12
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Toggle Form/Unit F12

Toggles between the code view (Code Editor) and the design view (Form Designer).

Note: This action is only available on documents that support both views, such as forms.
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Hide Non-Visual Components Ctrl+H

Allows you to hide or show non-visual components at design time.

Customize

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.

IDE Insight

Displays the IDE Insight search box, which allows you to perform a filtered incremental search through the elements of the IDE. See IDE Insight.

Note: Additional toolbars can be available if you install some of the third party products.

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