Configuring the Toolbars

Now that you have defined the Insert Section action and the Insert Table action, you can add them to the toolbar. You can configure additional toolbars on which to add your custom actions.

The first thing to check is that the toolbar Author custom actions 1 is displayed when switching to the Author mode: right click in the upper part of application window, in the area that contains the toolbar buttons and check if Author custom actions 1 in the displayed menu if it is unchecked.

  1. Open the Document Type edit dialog for the SDF framework and select on the Author tab. Next click on the Toolbar label.

    Configuring the Toolbar

    The panel is divided in two sections: the left side contains a list of actions, while the right one contains an action tree, displaying the list of actions added in the toolbar. The special entry called Separator allows you to visually separate the actions in the toolbar.

  2. Select the Insert section action in the left panel section and the Toolbar label in the right panel section, then press the Add as child button.
  3. Select the Insert table action in the left panel section and the Insert section in the right panel section. Press the Add as sibling button.
  4. When opening a Simple Documentation Framework test document in Author mode, the toolbar below will be displayed at the top of the editor.

    Author Custom Actions Toolbar

    Tip: If you have many custom toolbar actions or want to group actions according to their category you can add additional toolbars with custom names and split the actions to better suit your purpose.