4. Display the Toolbar, Menu and/or Status Bar

About this task

If your CimView screen is designed so that you can control the display of the CimView toolbar, menu and/or status bar, CimView provides you with a few methods for doing this.

  • Toolbar
  • Status bar
  • Menu/Title Bar
  • Example

Toolbar

Procedure

  1. Click View on the CimView menu bar.
  2. Select Toolbars.

    An Options dialog box opens.

  3. Select your preferences as follows.
    Checkbox Description
    Standard Check Standard toolbar displays.
    Clear No toolbar displays for the CimView screen.
    Navigation Check Navigation bar displays in CimView
    Clear The Navigation bar does not display in CimView.
    Note: If your system does not have a Navigation toolbar, this option is disabled.
    Show tool tips Check Tool tips display when the mouse hovers over a toolbar button.

    Status Bar

  4. Click View on the CimView menu bar.
  5. Check Status bar.

    Menu/Title Bar

    Do one of the following.

    • Click View on the CimView menu bar; check Menu/Title Bar.
    • Right-click the CimView screen; check Menu/Title Bar on the Popup menu.

    Result: All of the features that you checked display in CimView. The features you cleared do not display.

    Tip: You can position the toolbar anywhere you want on the CimView screen.
  6. Click and hold down the right-mouse button.
  7. Grab the toolbar along the edge.
  8. Drag it to another location.
    Note: The Status bar provides information about objects and values. The Title bar displays the screen file name.

    Example: CimView with and Without Toolbars, Menu and Status Bar

    Following is a CimView screen with a title bar, menu, toolbar, status bar and Navigation bar.

    Following is a CimView screen with no title bar, menu, toolbar or status bar.