<chapter id="configure"> <chapterinfo> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Pamela</firstname> <surname>Robert</surname> <affiliation> <address><email>pamroberts@blueyonder.co.uk</email></address> </affiliation> </author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> </chapterinfo> <title>Configuring &kspread; Shortcuts and Toolbars</title> <sect1 id="configshort"> <title>Shortcuts</title> <para>To change the shortcut key arrangements used by &kspread; select <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts... </guimenuitem></menuchoice>. This will launch a dialog box as shown below. </para> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="shortcut1.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Shortcut config screenshot 1</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> <para>Search through the list box to find the action you want to add or change the shortcut keys for and select it by <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> clicking on the name. You will then be able to change the shortcut by selecting the <guilabel>None</guilabel>, <guilabel>Default</guilabel> or <guilabel>Custom</guilabel> radio button or by clicking on the large button in the <guilabel>Shortcut for Selected Action</guilabel> area.</para> <para>The <guilabel>Define Shortcut</guilabel> dialog box will then open. </para> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="shortcut2.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Shortcut config screenshot 2</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> <para>Choose whether you want to change the <guilabel>Primary</guilabel> or <guilabel>Alternate</guilabel> shortcut then press the key combination you want to act as the shortcut, for example <keycombo action="simul"> &Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo>. If the <guilabel>Auto-Close</guilabel> box is checked the dialog will vanish as soon as you enter the key combination, otherwise it will remain until you press <guibutton>OK</guibutton> or <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>. Clicking on the little black icon with a white cross in it clears the shortcut.</para> <sect2 id="userdefmenus"> <title>User Defined Menus</title> <para>You can add your own pop up menu to &kspread; so that pressing one key combination will make the menu appear then pressing a second key, or using the <keysym>Up arrow</keysym> and <keysym>Down arrow</keysym> keys and pressing <keysym>Enter</keysym>, will select an item from it.</para> <para>To do this add a <guilabel>Custom</guilabel> shortcut for each of the actions you want to appear in the menu and in the <guilabel>Define Shortcut </guilabel> dialog check the <guilabel>Multi-Key</guilabel> box, press the key combination that you want to bring up your new menu then, separately, press the key that will choose that item from the menu.</para> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="configtoolbars"> <title>Toolbars</title> <para>&kspread; has six toolbars: File, Edit, Math, Navigation, Format and Color/Border, each of which may or may not be shown depending on the choices made in the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu.</para> <para>You can choose whether a toolbar appears at the top, left, right or bottom of &kspread;'s window by <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> clicking on the toolbar, which brings up the <guilabel>Toolbar Menu</guilabel>, and making a selection from the <guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu> sub menu. This <guilabel>Toolbar Menu</guilabel> also has sub menus for choosing whether the toolbar displays icons, text or both, and the size of the icons.</para> <para>Another way of moving a toolbar is by positioning the mouse pointer over the two vertical bars at the left end of each toolbar and holding the <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> mouse button down while you drag the toolbar to the wanted position. When you drag the toolbar in this way you can release the mouse button when it is some distance from any of &kspread;'s window sides, and then you will get a floating toolbar, which is not locked to any particular part of &kspread;'s window and can in fact be moved outside of the window. To put a floating toolbar back into one of the traditional positions <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on its titlebar to bring up the <guilabel>Toolbar Menu</guilabel> then choose one of the options in the <guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu> sub menu.</para> <para>You can also <quote>flatten</quote> a toolbar by <mousebutton>left </mousebutton> clicking on the two vertical bars at the left end of the toolbar or by selecting <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu> <guimenuitem>Flat</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the <guilabel>Toolbar Menu</guilabel>. A <quote>flattened</quote> toolbar appears as a small rectangle containing two horizontal bars just under &kspread;'s Menubar. It can be restored to normal by <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> clicking on it. </para> <para>Selecting <guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu will bring up a dialog box which lets you add buttons to or remove them from &kspread;'s toolbars.</para> <para>To use this <guilabel>Configure Toolbars</guilabel> dialog box first select a toolbar from the <guilabel>Toolbar:</guilabel> combo box. The right hand <guilabel>Current actions:</guilabel> window will then show the buttons currently present on the toolbar. You can remove a button by selecting it in this window then pressing the left arrow button, or move it around by pressing the up and down arrow buttons. To add a new button to the toolbar select it in the <guilabel>Available actions:</guilabel> list then press the right arrow button.</para> </sect1> </chapter> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-parent-document: ("index.docbook" "book" "chapter") sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-general-insert-case:lower sgml-indent-step:0 sgml-indent-data:nil End: -->