Tool Palettes (experimental) panel

The Tool Palettes (experimental) panel offers a central location to access blocks, hatches, and command tools.

It includes default tabs with sample tools. You can easily create and customize your own tabs and tools using the right-click menu.

  1. Palettes
  2. Tools
  3. Add button
  4. Search
  5. View modes
Note: Pressing the Beta button will open a dialog that explains that the panel is in experimental mode. Synchronization with the old Tool Palettes panel will happen reliably only after application restart.

Palettes

Displays a list of available palettes.
Note: The current palette is highlighted with a blue line.

Tools

Displays a list of available tools in the current palette.

Right-click menus offer additional functionality:

Update tool image
Updates tool image for hatches and blocks.
Specify Image…
Allows you to specify another image for the tool.
Note: To restore the original tool image, right-click the tool and choose Remove Image... in the context menu.
Manage Flyout options...
Opens the Flyout Options dialog box which allows you to enable tool flyouts.
Note: Tool flyouts via .xtp import are supported.
Properties…
Opens the Component Tool Properties dialog box, which allows you to edit a tool.
View Options…
Opens the View options dialog box, which allows you to modify the display of the tool icons.
New Palette
Allows you to add a new palette.
Delete Palette
Allows you to delete the current palette.
Rename Palette
Allows you to rename the current palette.
Customize Palettes…
Opens the Customize dialog box, which allows you to customize the palettes. You can import and export palettes or create, import and export palettes groups.

Add button

Allows you to add new tools, texts and separators.
Note:
  • Texts and separators can be cut, copy and pasted from the context menu.
  • Texts and separators can be drag & dropped.

Search

Allows you to search for specific tools in the current palette. The list is shortened to display only the tools that contain the entered sequence of characters, regardless of where they are located in the tool's name.

View modes

Icon with text
Displays tools in a grid view in icon and text mode.
Icon only
Displays tools in a grid view in icon mode only.
List view
Displays the tools in a list view in the current palette.