## Customizing Carbide: Toolbars and Menus

You can customize which commands appear on toolbars and menus using the Customize Perspective dialog. For purposes of customizing Carbide there are two perspectives of interest, the Carbide C/C++ perspective where project management and editing occurs and the Debug perspective used for debugging a project.

Click Window > Customize Perspectve... to open the Customize Perspective dialog which allows you to customize the current perspective. There are four tabs enabling you to customize the Carbide commands in multiple ways. The tabs include:

- Toolbar Visibility
- Menu Visibility
- Command Group Availability
- Shortcuts

Its best to start with the Command Group Availability tab as it controls the command groups that appear in the Toolbar and Menu Visibility tabs. An unchecked group will not be editable in the other tabs.

NOTE You can reset to the perspectives default by clicking Window > Reset Perspective menu option. This removes ALL changes made to the perspective.

### Toolbar Visibility

Use the Toolbar Visibility tab to control which commands appear on the perspective toolbar.

Customize Perspective dialog (Toolbar Visibility tab)

### Menu Visibility

Use the Menu Visibility tab to control which menu commands appear on the perspective menus.

Customize Perspective dialog (Menu Visibility tab)

### Command Group Availability

Use the Command Group Availablity tab to control which command groups to use in the perspective.

Customize Perspective dialog (Command Group tab)

### Shortcuts

Use the Shortcuts tab to control the shortcuts used in the perspective.

Customize Perspective dialog (Shortcuts tab)

#### Other references

- Customizing Carbide