Toolbars

Menubar

Not really a toolbar but it shows the Menu Reference and Workspace Layouts.

It can be switched on/off in Settings ‣ Show Menubar or by Ctrl+M.

This switches between having a menubar or having a hamburger menu button in the main toolbar showing the menu items.

If the main tool bar is switched off you get a warning:

Main Toolbar

The main toolbar can be configured in Settings ‣ Configure Toolbars or right-click on the toolbar and choose Configure Toolbars…. It can be switched on/off in Settings ‣ Toolbars Shown.

Extra Toolbar

The extra toolbar contains by default the Render button. The extra toolbar can be configured in Settings ‣ Configure Toolbars or right-click on the toolbar and choose Configure Toolbars…. It can be switched on/off in Settings ‣ Toolbars Shown.

Timeline Toolbar

The timeline toolbar can be configured in Settings ‣ Configure Toolbars or right-click on the toolbar and choose Configure Toolbars…. It cannot be switched off.

Statusbar

Not really a toolbar but the statusbar shows on the left hints what you can do, and on the right has switches and the zoom slider. It can be switched on and off in Settings ‣ Show Statusbar.

For more info on the statusbar see Editing, Status Bar .

Configuring the Toolbars

The tools and actions/commands that are available in the toolbars are defined in Settings ‣ Configure Toolbars. Alternatively, right-click anywhere in a toolbar and select Configure Toolbars….

1:

Select which toolbar you want to configure

2:

List of available actions/commands/tools. You can search for them in the Filter field. Select the item you want to add to the toolbar and click on the right-arrow in (4)

3:

List of actions/commands/tools already available in the selected toolbar. You can search for items in the Filter field. Select the item you want to process and click on an arrow in (4). Arrows up and down move the selected item up or down in the list. Arrow left deletes it from the list.

4:

Arrows to move items around in the list (up or down) and into or out of the lists (left or right).

Tip If you are running out of screen space because you have many tracks it is a good idea to move commands or actions from the menu to the Extra or Timeline Toolbar, and also from the Status Bar to the Timeline Toolbar. Then switch off the menu bar in Menu ‣ Settings ‣ Show Menubar or with Ctrl+M and the Status Bar in Menu ‣ Settings ‣ Show Statusbar. Please note that with the Status Bar off you will not get any keybinding information.

Hiding and Showing the Toolbars

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