Note
When a toolset is made into a floating toolbar, the icon on the existing toolbar
remains in the toolbar and always shows the last tool you used. This means that the
icon you see on your screen may differ from the icon shown in this guide.
Tip
When you double-click on an icon on a toolbar, the command corresponding to that
icon will become active and remain active. You can then repeat this action as often
as you like. To exit from this mode, press the Esc key or click on another icon.
Please note that this may not work for every icon on every toolbar.
Default toolbars
When you open Draw, the default set of toolbars are already docked or fixed in their positions at
the top and bottom of the workspace. This default set of toolbars normally consist of the Standard,
Line and Filling, and Drawing toolbars. These toolbars can be undocked and become floating
toolbars.
• To undock a toolbar, move the mouse cursor to the far left of the toolbar and over the
toolbar handle (Figure 13). The cursor will change shape, normally to a grabbing hand, but
this is dependent on computer setup and operating system. Click and drag on the toolbar
handle to move the toolbar until it becomes a floating toolbar. This floating-toolbar capability
is common to all components of LibreOffice.
• To dock a floating toolbar at the top of the Draw workspace, press and hold the Ctrl key
then double click on the title of the toolbar. The toolbar will move into available space at the
top of the Draw workspace.
• An alternative method of docking a toolbar is to click in the toolbar title and drag the toolbar
to the docked position that you require. This can be the top, bottom or one of the sides of
the Draw workspace.
Customizing toolbars
You can customize toolbars in several ways to show or hide icons defined for a toolbar, see
“Toolbars” and Figure 6 on page 22.
To add functions to a toolbar, move tools between toolbars, or create new toolbars:
1) Select View > Toolbars > Customize on the main menu bar, or right click in an empty area
on a toolbar and select Customize Toolbar from the context menu to open the Customize
dialog (Figure 14).
2) Select the Toolbars tab and the toolbar you want to change from the Toolbar drop-down
list.
3) Select the desired function for that toolbar from the Commands list.
4) If necessary, reposition the new function on the Commands list using the up and down
arrows.
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