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Quads Panel 797
Group—
Displays a drop-down list that lets you
select the context you want to customize, such as
Main UI, Track View, Materia l Editor, and so on.
Cate gory—Displays a drop-dow n list of the
available c ategories of user interface ac tions for the
selected context.
Action W indow—Displays all the available actions
for the selected group and category. To add an
action to a specific quad s et, select it and drag it
to the quad menu window on the right side of
this dialog. R ight-click an act ion in this window
to edit the macro script that defines the action ( if
there is one).
Separator Window—Displays a separator line that
canbeusedtoseparategroupsofmenuitemsin
a quadrant. To add a sep ar ator line to a specific
quad set, select it and drag it to the quad menu
window on the righ t side of this dialog.
Menus Window—Displays the names of al l 3ds Max
menus.Toaddamenutoaspecificquadset,select
it and drag it to the quad menu window on the
right side of this dialog. Right-click a menu in this
window to delete the menu, rename it, or create a
new, empty menu.
Quad Set L ist—Displays the available quad sets.
Additional quad menus (page 3–696) appear
in this list. T hey can b e edited, renamed, and
reorganized; however, they cannot be deleted.
New—Displays the New Quad Set dialog. Enter the
nameofthequadsetyouwanttocreateandclick
OK. The new quad set appears in the Quad Set list.
Delete—Deletes the item displayed in the Quad Set
list.
Rename—DisplaystheRenameQuadSetdialog.
Select a quad set from the Quad Set list to activate
the Rename button. Click Rename, change the
name of the quad set, and click OK to change the
name.
Qua d Sh or tcut—Allows you to define a keyboard
shortcut for displaying the quad set. Enter the
shortcut and click Assign to make the change.
Show All Quads—When on, a viewport right-click
shows all four quad menus. When off, a viewport
right-click shows only one quad at a time.
Label—Displays the label for the highlighted
quadrant (shown in yellow to the left of the Label).
Quad M enu Window—Displays the menu options
for the currently selected quad menu and quad set.
To add menus and commands, drag options from
the Action and Menus windows to this window.
Items included in the quad menu are displayed
only when they are available. For example, if
your quad menu contains Track View Selected,
thecommandwilldisplayonlyifyouhavean
object selected when you open the quad menu.
The quadrant will not be displayed if none of the
commandsareavailablewhenyouopenthequad
menu.
Thereareseveralactionsavailablewhenyou
right-click any item in the quad menu window:
Delete M enu I tem—Removes the selected action,
separator, or menu from the quad menu.
Edit Menu I tem Name—Opens the Edit Menu Item
Name dialog. The Customize Name check box
must be on to edit the name. Enter the desired
nameinthenametextfieldandclickOK.The
item’s name is changed in the quad menu, but not
in the quad menu window.
Flatten S ub-Menu—Displays contents of selected
submenu on top level of quad. When this is
selected, the menu name will be followed by the
string: [FLAT].
E dit Macro Script—Opens the macro script for the
selected act ion in a MA X Script editor window.
Advanced Opti ons—Opens the Advanced Quad
Menu Options dialog (page 3–801).