Customize the toolbar

The toolbar is shown by default, but you can choose to hide it. You can also add, delete, and rearrange toolbar buttons and controls.

Hide the toolbar

  • Choose View > Hide Toolbar (or press Shift-T).

Show a toolbar that has been hidden

  • Choose View > Show Toolbar (or press Shift-T).

Customize the toolbar

Aperture provides a simple drag-and-drop interface for adding, deleting, and rearranging the toolbar buttons and controls. You can also choose whether items in the toolbar appear as icons, as text, or as both.

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Choose View > Customize Toolbar.

    • Control-click the toolbar, then choose Customize Toolbar from the shortcut menu.

    A dialog appears, showing icons for toolbar buttons and controls.

    Figure. Customize Toolbar dialog showing buttons and controls that can be added to the toolbar.

    Note: Because you can customize the toolbar by adding and removing buttons and controls, your toolbar may look different from the one shown above.

  2. Configure the toolbar by doing any of the following:

    • To add items to the toolbar: Drag their icons from the dialog to the location where you want them to appear in the toolbar.

    • To remove items from the toolbar: Drag items out of the toolbar, or Control-click the item you want to remove and choose Remove Item from the shortcut menu.

    • To change the order of the items in the toolbar: Drag each item to its new position.

    • To control whether each item’s icon and text appear in the toolbar: Choose Text Only, Icon Only, or Icon & Text from the Show pop-up menu in the lower-left corner of the dialog, or Control-click the toolbar and choose Text Only, Icon Only, or Icon & Text from the shortcut menu.

    • To use small icons in the toolbar: Select the “Use small size” checkbox.

  3. When you finish configuring the toolbar, click Done.

Reset the toolbar to its default state

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Choose View > Customize Toolbar.

    • Control-click the toolbar, then choose Customize Toolbar from the shortcut menu.

    A dialog appears, showing icons for toolbar buttons and controls.

    Figure. Customize Toolbar dialog showing buttons and controls that can be added to the toolbar.
  2. Drag the default toolbar up from the bottom of the dialog into the toolbar area.

  3. Click Done.