Dialog ‘Customize’ - ‘Menu’

Function: With this dialog, you define the structure and contents of the user interface.

Call: Main menu Tools ‣ Customize (Menu).

When you click OK to close the dialog, the changes are visible in the menu bar of the CODESYS user interface.

Menu
Display of currently defined menus, submenus, and included commands. In CODESYS, a menu or submenu caption is identified by the caption symbol (). The layout from top to bottom corresponds to the layout displayed later in the CODESYS menu.
Add command

Enabled when a command is selected.

Adds a command above the selected command. Opens the Add Command dialog.

Use the Add Command dialog for selecting one or more commands. Left part: List of categories. Right part: List of commands in the selected category.

Add separator Adds a separator above the selected command.
Add popup menu Adds a popup menu above the selected menu, submenu, or command. Opens the Add Popup Menu dialog.
Edit popup menu Opens the Edit Popup Menu dialog.
Reset Resets the default settings of the entire menu.
Load Loads the settings from a stored file (<file name>.opt.menu).
Add popup menu
In CODESYS, a new menu is shown in the menu bar only when the menu contains at least one command.
Default text Select this check box when localization is available.
Localized texts List: Languages and localized texts.
Add language

Opens a drop-down list of available languages.

In CODESYS, the selected language is displayed in the area Localized texts. Use the Text column for typing the localized texts.

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