How Toolbars Work - Adobe 38040334 - Dreamweaver CS3 User Manual

Chapter 11: Toolbars
You can create a toolbar for Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 simply by creating a file that defines the
toolbar and placing that file in the Configuration/Toolbars folder. Within a toolbar file, you can
define items such as check buttons, radio buttons, text boxes, and pop-up menus using a
few custom XML tags. You can assign attributes and commands to toolbar items to specify how
they look and behave, include other toolbar files, and reference toolbar items that are defined in
other toolbars.
The following table lists the files you use to create a toolbar:
Path
Configuration/Toolbars/
Configuration/Toolbars/
Configuration/Toolbars/
Configuration/Commands/

How toolbars work

Toolbars are defined by XML and image files that are stored in the Toolbars folder of the main
Dreamweaver Configuration folder. The default Dreamweaver toolbars are stored in the
toolbars.xml file in the Configuration/Toolbars folder. When Dreamweaver starts, it loads all the
toolbar files in the Toolbars folder. You can add new toolbars simply by copying a file into the
Toolbars folder rather than modifying the original toolbars.xml file.
Toolbar XML files define one or more toolbars and their toolbar items. A toolbar is a list of items
such as buttons, text boxes, pop-up menus, and so on. A toolbar item represents a single control
that a user can access in a toolbar.
File
toolbars.xml
newtoolbar.xml
imagefile.gif
MyCommand.htm
Description
Edit this file to change the contents of the
toolbar.
Create this file to create a new toolbar.
Icon image for toolbar control.
Command file associated with toolbar item.