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694 Chapter 21: User Interface
Edit B utton Appearance—Displays the Edit Macro
Button d ialog, which lets you change the button’s
appearance and its tooltip. This is documented
in the MAXScript Reference: see C
ustomizing
MacroScript Buttons.
Delete B utton—Deletes the button from the
toolbar .
Note: There is no Undo for Delete Button, although
Customize > Revert To Startup Layout will restore
the toolbar to its original appearance.
E dit Macro Script—Opens a MAXScr ipt Editor
window, which lets you edit the button’s script.
Customize— Opens the Toolbars panel (page 3–794)
of the Customize User Interface dialog, which lets
you customize the contents of the current toolbar
(oranyothertoolbar).
Qua d M enu
Whenyouclicktherightmousebuttonanywhere
in an active viewport, except on the viewport label
(see View por t Right-Click Menu (page 3–731)),
a quad menu is displayed at the location of the
mouse cursor. The quad menu can display up
to four quadrant areas with various commands.
These commands can be customized on the Quads
panel (page 3–795) of the Customize User Interface
dialog (page 3–792).
Thequadmenuallowsyoutofindandactivate
most commands without having to travel b ack
and forth between the viewport and rollouts on
the command panel.
The two right quadrants of the default quad menu
display generic commands, which are shared
between all objects. The two left quadrants
contain context-specific commands, such as mesh
tools and light commands. Each of these men us
provides convenien t access to functions found in
the command panel. You can also repeat your
last quad menu command by clicking the title of
the quadrant.
The quad menu contents depe nd on what is
selected,aswellasanycustomizationoptions
you may have selected in the Quads panel of the
CustomizeUIdialog. Themenusaresetupto
displayonlythecommandsthatareavailablefor
the current selection; therefore, selecting different
types of objects displays different commands
in the quadrants. Consequently, if no object is
selected, all of the object-specific commands w i l l
be hidden. If all of the commands for one quadrant
are hidden, the quadrant will not b e displayed.
Cascading menus display submenus in the same
manner as a right-click menu. T he menu item that
contains submenus is hig hli ghted when expanded.
The submenus are highlighted when you move the
mouse cursor over them.
Some of the selections in the quad menu have
a sma ll icon next to them in the quad menu.
Clicking this icon opens a dialog where you can set
parameters for the command.
To close the menu, right-click anywhere on the
screen or move the mouse cursor away from the
menu and click the left mouse button. To reselect
the last s elected command, click in the title of the
quadrantofthelastmenuitem. Thelastmenu
item selected is highlighted when the quadra nt is
displayed.
Additional, specialized quad menus become
available when you are working in ActiveShade
(page 3–17),theEdit UVWs dialog (page 1–888),
or when you press an y combination of
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