MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER 8-EXTENDING DREAMWEAVER Manual page 192

To move a menu:
1. Quit Dreamweaver.
2.
Make a backup copy of the menus.xml file.
3.
Open menus.xml in a text editor such as BBEdit, HomeSite, or Wordpad. (Don't open it
in Dreamweaver.)
4.
Cut an entire menu and its contents, from the opening
5.
Place the insertion point at the new location for the menu. (Make sure it's between a
tag and the corresponding
menubar
6.
Paste the menu into its new location.
Changing the name of a menu command or menu
You can easily change the name of any menu command or menu by editing the menus.xml
file.
To change the name of a menu command or menu:
1. Quit Dreamweaver.
2.
Make a backup copy of the menus.xml file.
3.
Open menus.xml in a text editor such as HomeSite, BBEdit, or Wordpad. (Don't open it
in Dreamweaver.)
4.
If you're changing a menu command, find the appropriate
value of its attribute. If you are changing a menu, find the appropriate
name
change the value of its
5. Save and close menus.xml; then start Dreamweaver again to see your changes.
Changing keyboard shortcuts
If the default keyboard shortcuts aren't convenient for you, you can change or remove existing
shortcuts or add new ones. The easiest way to do this is to use the Keyboard Shortcut Editor.
(For more information, see Dreamweaver Help). However, you can also modify keyboard
shortcuts directly in menus.xml if you prefer, but it's much easier to make mistakes entering
shortcuts in menus.xml than in the Keyboard Shortcut Editor.
To change a keyboard shortcut:
1.
Quit Dreamweaver.
2.
Make a backup copy of the menus.xml file.
192 Menus and Menu Commands
/menubar
attribute. In either case, do not change the
name
tag to the closing
menu
tag.)
menuitem
tag.
/menu
tag, and change the
tag, and
menu
attribute.
id