Creating and editing custom menu sets (FileMaker Pro Advanced)
You can create custom
menu sets to include the menus you require. You can then specify a menu set for the file and for individual layouts.
Important Duplicating a custom menu set creates a copy of the menu set and references the same custom menus as the original menu set. It does not duplicate the custom menus. If you change a menu item, you change the menu for all menu sets in which the menu is included.
To create, edit, duplicate, or delete menu sets:
1. Choose File menu > Manage > Custom Menus > Custom Menu Sets tab.
2. Do one of the following in the Manage Custom Menus dialog box, then click OK:
To | Do this |
Create a menu set | Click Create. |
Edit an existing menu set | Select the menu set from the list, then click Edit. |
Duplicate a menu set | Select the menu set from the list, then click Duplicate. |
Delete a menu set | Select the menu set from the list, then click Delete. |
Sort the menu set list | For View by, choose menu set name, custom order (which you create by dragging items in the list), or creation order. Tip You can also click the Menu Set Name column heading to sort the list alphabetically by name. |
List the menus in each menu set or display comments describing the menu sets | Click the Menus/Comments column heading. |
3. Specify which menus you want to include in the menu set.
To duplicate and edit the standard FileMaker Pro menu set:
1. Choose File menu > Manage > Custom Menus > Custom Menus tab.
2. Click Create.
3. In the Create Custom Menu dialog box, click Start with a standard FileMaker menu, select a menu from the list, then click OK.
4. In the Edit Custom Menu dialog box, change Custom Menu Name and modify other settings as desired, then click OK.
5. Repeat steps
2 through
4 for each standard FileMaker Pro menu.
6. In the Manage Custom Menus dialog box, click the Custom Menu Sets tab, then click Create.
7. In the Edit Custom Menu Set dialog box, for Menu Set Name, enter a descriptive name (for example, Standard FileMaker Menus Copy), then click Add.
8. In the Select Menu dialog box, select the menus you want to add to this menu set, then click Select.
9. In the Edit Custom Menu Set dialog box, drag an arrow
up or down to change the order of the menus in the list, then click
OK.
10. In the Manage Custom Menus dialog box, click OK.
Notes
•OS X:
•If you do not include a Help menu in your menu set, the operating system will install an empty Help menu. You cannot remove this menu, change its position on the menu bar, or change its title.
•The FileMaker Pro menu is added after the Apple menu. You cannot customize the Quit or Preferences menu items. You can only customize the About FileMaker Pro menu item.
•Windows: The Exit menu item is added at the end of the first unlocked (modifiable) menu. You cannot customize the Exit menu item.
•After you create menu sets, you must specify options for installing them. You can:
•specify a default menu set for a file
•You can Shift-click, or Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (OS X) additional menus to add multiple menus to the menu set.
•Each time you switch layouts, FileMaker Pro installs the menu set specified in the Menu Set option in the Layout Setup dialog box.