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Introduction >>     Configuration >>         Saving Settings >>         Loading Settings         Profile Settings >>         Global Settings >>         Customize     Connecting >>     Terminal Window >>     File Transfer >>     Toolbar Reference >>     Menu Reference >>     Advanced Information >>     Troubleshooting >>     Appendices >>

Customize

Select the Customize option from the View menu to modify the menu options, toolbars layout, keyboard mapping, menu settings and general preferences. Note that you can have only one terminal window open when using the Customize option.

Figure : Use the Customize dialog to modify the user interface settings.

Click on the tabs on the top of the dialog to switch between different pages:

• Commands tab

  Select the Commands tab to move individual menu options. Select the menu category from the list on the left, and then use the mouse to drag menu options into the menus or toolbars displayed in the SSH Secure Shell for Workstations window.

• Toolbars tab

  Select the Toolbars tab to define which toolbars are displayed on the SSH Secure Shell for Workstations window.

  If you have made any changes, you can select the toolbars you want reset and then click the Reset button to return the default toolbar configuration. Click the Reset All button to reset all the toolbars and menus.

  • Reset

    Select a toolbar that you want to restore to its initial settings and then click the Reset button to discard the changes you have made.

  • Reset All

    Click the Reset All button to discard the changes you have made to all of the toolbars.

  • Show Text Labels

    Select either the Profiles or the Toolbar option and then select the Show text labels check box to display text labels on these toolbars. Text labels clarify the toolbar icons, but also take up space.

• Keyboard tab

  Select the Keyboard tab to define accelerator keys (keyboard shortcuts) for the menu commands.

  Use the Category menu to select the category of the accelerator key you want to modify. The categories are based on the menu hierarchy.

  Use the Commands menu to select a specific command from the selected category.

  The Description box displays a brief description of the currently selected command.

  Use the Set Accelerator for menu to select the profile that you want to associate with the current keyboard configuration.

  The Current Keys field shows the currently assigned accelerator keys.

  Click on the Press New Shortcut Key field to activate it. Then press the combination of keys on the keyboard that you want to associate with the currently selected command.

  • Assign

    Click the Assign button the add the definition from the Press New Shortcut Key field to the Current Keys field.

  • Remove

    Select a key assignment from Current Keys field and click the Remove button to delete the selected assignment.

  • Reset All

    Click the Reset All button to lose all your changes and reset the keyboard assignments. A confirmation dialog will be displayed, asking if you really want to do this.

• Menu tab

  Select the Menu tab to define the menu settings.

  • Application Frame Menus

    Select the menu setup you want to change from the Show Menus For dropdown menu. By default, only the Default Menu is available for editing.

    Click the Reset button to reset the menus to their original configuration.

  Use the Menu animations dropdown menu to select the type of menu animations. The available options are None, Unfold, Slide and Fade.

  Select the Menu shadows check box to display shadows under open menus.

  • Context Menus

    Use the Select context Menu dropdown menu to display any of the shortcut (or popup) menus:

    • File Local Menu 1 (displayed in the local view of the File Transfer window when you do not have a file selected)
    • File Local Menu 2 (displayed in the local view of the File Transfer window when you have a file selected)
    • File Remote Menu 1 (displayed in the remote view of the File Transfer window when you do not have a file selected)
    • File Remote Menu 2 (displayed in the remove view of the File Transfer window when you have a file selected)
    • Terminal Popup menu (displayed when you right-click in the terminal window).

    Then you can click the Commands tab and drag menu options into the shortcut menus (and remove items from the shortcut menus by dragging them off the menu).

  • Reset

    Click the Reset button to reset the menus to their original configuration.

• Options tab

  Select the Options tab to change general user interface options.

  Select the Show Screen Tips on toolbars check box to display a short help text, when you place the mouse pointer over a toolbar button.

  Select the Show shortcut keys in Screen Tips check box to see the possible keyboard shortcut displayed in addition to the short help text.

  Select the Large Icons check box to display big toolbar icons.

  Select the Look 2000 check box to enable Windows 2000 style features in the user interface. This option affects mainly the style of the toolbar handles.

• Help

  Click the Help button to display the online help.

• Close

  Click the Close button to stop the customization process.