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docs/user_manual/introduction/qgis_configuration.rst

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Customization
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=============
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The :guilabel:`Customization` dialog lets you (de)activate almost every element in the QGIS
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The :guilabel:`Interface Customization` dialog lets you (de)activate almost every element in the QGIS
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user interface, and create your own custom toolbars and menus. This can be very useful if you
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want to provide your end-users with a 'light' version of QGIS, containing only the icons, menus
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or panels they need, or a focused workspace built around a specific set of actions.
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* a **Toolbar**: the whole bar or some of its icons
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* or any **widget** from any dialog in QGIS: label, button, combobox...
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In addition to showing or hiding existing interface elements, you can also create
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user-defined toolbars and menus. To do so, select the :guilabel:`Menus` or
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:guilabel:`Toolbars` item in the customization tree and click the |add| :sup:`Add a user defined menu or toolbar`
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button. To populate it with actions, open the action panel by clicking the
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|listActions| button, search for the desired actions and drag and drop them onto
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the user-defined menu or toolbar in the customization tree. Items within user-defined
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toolbars and menus can be reordered using drag and drop.
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To remove a user-defined toolbar or menu, select it and click the |deleteSelected|
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:sup:`Delete selected item` button.
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With |select| :sup:`Switch to catching widgets in main application`, you
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can click on an item in QGIS interface that you want to be hidden and
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QGIS automatically unchecks the corresponding entry in the Customization dialog.
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You can also use the :guilabel:`Search` box to find items by their name or label.
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Once you setup your configuration, click :guilabel:`Apply` or :guilabel:`OK` to validate your
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In addition to showing or hiding existing interface elements, you can also create
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user-defined toolbars and menus. To do so, follow these steps:
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#. Select the :guilabel:`Menus` or :guilabel:`Toolbars` item in the customization tree.
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#. Click the |add| :sup:`Add a user defined menu or toolbar` button.
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Alternatively, right-click the :guilabel:`Menus` or :guilabel:`Toolbars` item and select
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|add| :sup:`Add user item`.
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#. To populate it with actions, open the action panel by clicking the
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|listActions| button, search for the desired actions and drag and drop them onto
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the user-defined menu or toolbar in the customization tree.
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#. To remove a user-defined toolbar or menu, select it and click the |deleteSelected|
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:sup:`Delete selected items` button, or right-click it and select
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|deleteSelected| :sup:`Delete user item` from the context menu.
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Once you set up your configuration, click :guilabel:`Apply` or :guilabel:`OK` to validate your
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changes. This configuration becomes the one used by default by QGIS at the next startup.
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Use the :guilabel:`Reset` button to revert any changes made in the dialog since the last saved or applied configuration.
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The modifications can also be saved in a ``.xml`` file using |fileSave|
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The modifications can also be saved in a :file:`.xml` file using |fileSave|
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:sup:`Save To File` button. This is a handy way to share a common QGIS
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interface among multiple users. Just click on |fileOpen| :sup:`Load from File`
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from the destination computer in order to import the ``.xml`` file.
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from the destination computer in order to import the :file:`.xml` file.
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You can also run :ref:`command line tools <custom_commandline>` and save various
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setups for different use cases as well.
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Enabled` variable under :menuselection:`Settings --> Options` menu,
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:guilabel:`Advanced` tab (see the :ref:`warning <optionsadvanced>`).
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In most cases, you need to restart QGIS in order to have the change applied.
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.. index:: Keyboard shortcuts
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.. _shortcuts:
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