# Using the Menu Bar Editor

A menu bar contains menus which can contain either menu items, or other menus. The menu bar editor allows you to construct a menubar by interactively dragging and dropping icons representing menus and menu items onto a menu bar icon.

Menus and menu items are created and added to the menubar via the mode palette on the left hand side of the window. To create a menu, first press the menu button on the mode palette. Position the pointer over where you want the menu to go onto the menu bar and press the mouse button. The menu will automatically be inserted into the menu bar.

Menu panes can be displayed by simply clicking on the menu label. Unlike a “real” menu bar, multiple menu panes can be dropped down at the same time allowing you to transfer their menu items from one menu to another. A new menu item can be added to a menu by first dropping down the menu pane, then dragging a menu item from the mode palette to the position in the pane where you want it to go.

A usable menu bar can be interacted with using the “Layout/Show Menu bar” option. A temporary window will be displayed containing a “test” menu bar. Double click on the “-“ in the header bar of the temporary window to make it go away.

SEE ALSO

Selecting and Moving (Transferring) of Menus and Menu Items

Cut, Copy, and Paste Applied to Menus and Menu Items

Editing the Menu Bar

Editing Menus

Editing Menu Items