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From: magma on 15 Dec 2009 07:24 On Dec 14, 6:05 am, Albert Retey <a...(a)gmx-topmail.de> wrote: > Hi, > > > Is it just me or others as well would appreciate a toolbar in Mathemati= ca? > > I've missed it at the first time I've encountered Mathematica 4, but, s= ince > > then, I've simply got used to the routine to kill the kernel or delete = all > > output using key-combinations. I wonder why there is no useful toolbar = at > > all, with these functionalities, and perhaps more. This is a must for a= ll > > interactive interfaces from decades now. Palettes are good, but actu= ally > > I never use them, knowing how to access characters and code. And even i= f > > I write a palette to sport the buttons "Kill kernel", "Delete output", = I > > cannot dock it in the main window, below the file menu. For me it seems > > so obvious to have a toolbar, but I don't remember seeing any info or p= ost > > about it in the group. Am I missing something here? > > Although it would be nice, it is not of the top on the list of my > wishes: my personal preference is to use the keyboard shortcuts. After > all, interaction with Mathematica usually means to input code with the > keyboard anyway... > > Since version 6 it is also quite easy to make your own toolbar (per > notebook though), e.g.: > > SetOptions[EvaluationNotebook[], > DockedCells -> { > Cell[BoxData[ToBoxes[ > Row[{ > Button["\[Dagger]", > FrontEnd`FrontEndExecute[ > FrontEnd`FrontEndToken["EvaluatorQuit"]], > Evaluator -> None > ], > Button["\[DeleteKey]", > FrontEnd`FrontEndExecute[ > FrontEnd`FrontEndToken["DeleteGeneratedCells"]], > Evaluator -> None > ] > }] > ]], "DockedCell"] > } > ] > > hth, > > albert WRI has been a bit slow in implementing the latest fashion of GUI gadgets sported in Adobe or MS commercial software (for example). Let us not forget that powerful palettes only came with V.6 and expecially with V.7. Dockable palettes still do not exists and collapsible palettes neither. >Since version 6 it is also quite easy to make your own toolbar (per > notebook though).... I disagree in part with Albert on this: it is indeed possible to make toolbars, but it is not too easy because: 1 it is not very well documented (where is the info page on BoxData?) 2 there are no serious examples in the documentation (See for ex. the DockedCell info o page) I am afraid to say that most people learn how to make docked cells or complex GUI interfaces only by looking at code posted here or elsewhere, written by WRI staff/insiders. Officially released code examples or videotrainings do not exists. Am I wrong?
From: Albert Retey on 16 Dec 2009 06:18 Hi, > WRI has been a bit slow in implementing the latest fashion of GUI > gadgets sported in Adobe or MS commercial software (for example). Let > us not forget that powerful palettes only came with V.6 and expecially > with V.7. Dockable palettes still do not exists and collapsible > palettes neither. > >> Since version 6 it is also quite easy to make your own toolbar (per >> notebook though).... > > I disagree in part with Albert on this: it is indeed possible to make > toolbars, but it is not too easy because: > 1 it is not very well documented (where is the info page on BoxData?) > 2 there are no serious examples in the documentation (See for ex. the > DockedCell info o page) True, it might not be that easy, especially because one has to learn about the new Dynamic stuff before successfully writing more complicated stuff. The fact that DockedCells are basically undocumented is actually another story, but for someone who doesn't know the difference might be > I am afraid to say that most people learn how to make docked cells or > complex GUI interfaces only by looking at code posted here or > elsewhere, written by WRI staff/insiders. > Officially released code examples or videotrainings do not exists. Am > I wrong? I don't know, I have learned a lot here, on the other hand I think the tutorials on Dynamic and Manipulate have almost all information in them that I know. The problem with these is that most of the more advanced parts do assume fairly good knowledge of Mathematica, and especially the Evaluation process. cheers, albert
From: Michael Weyrauch on 16 Dec 2009 06:21 > WRI has been a bit slow in implementing the latest fashion of GUI > gadgets sported in Adobe or MS commercial software (for example). Let > us not forget that powerful palettes only came with V.6 and expecially > with V.7. Dockable palettes still do not exists and collapsible > palettes neither. Good so... I am glad, WRI cares more about content and less about packaging... Michael
From: Chris Degnen on 23 Dec 2009 02:48
On 14 Dec, 05:06, Helen Read <h...(a)together.net> wrote: > On 12/13/2009 4:48 AM, Istv=E1n wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > Is it just me or others as well would appreciate a toolbar in Mathemati= ca? > > I've missed it at the first time I've encountered Mathematica 4, but, s= ince > > then, I've simply got used to the routine to kill the kernel or delete = all > > output using key-combinations. I wonder why there is no useful toolbar = at > > all, with these functionalities, and perhaps more. This is a must for a= ll > > interactive interfaces from decades now. Palettes are good, but actu= ally > > I never use them, knowing how to access characters and code. And even i= f > > I write a palette to sport the buttons "Kill kernel", "Delete output", = I > > cannot dock it in the main window, below the file menu. For me it seems > > so obvious to have a toolbar, but I don't remember seeing any info or p= ost > > about it in the group. Am I missing something here? > > Well, there is the Edit toolbar, which I set in the Options Inspector to > be always on, but there isn't a lot on it, and I don't use it as much as > I used to, now that we have context menus. It would be nice to have a > customizable toolbar where one could put buttons for Abort Evaluation, > Delete All Output, Evaluate Notebook and the like. > > -- > Helen Read > University of Vermont You can edit the main toolbar menu fairly easily. C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\7.0\SystemFiles\FrontEnd \TextResources\Windows\MenuSetup.tr |