Menu Designer

1.Open an existing panel in the Panel Designer.

2.Click the Wizard button on the Standard toolbar. The Add Buttons wizard opens.

3.Click Next to continue to the Select Items tab.

4.Click the Expand button to expand the Menu Tree until you find the groups, items, or modifiers you want to add to the panel. Highlight the item, modifier, or group to add, and then click the Add button. Repeat until you have added all of the items you would like buttons for.

5.Click the Move Up or Move Down buttons to arrange the items in the desired order. Click Next to continue to the Item Options tab.

6.Leave the Only Make Buttons for Active Items check box selected, unless you want buttons for inactive menu items (for example, seasonal items that cannot currently be ordered) to display in Terminal. Click Next to continue to the Button Options tab.

7.Select the button options (these options can be adjusted later if needed using the Components Property Editor):

a.Choose between a vertical or horizontal arrangement of buttons. See Panel Designing Tips for panel layout information.

b.Use the arrows to specify the size and spacing of buttons.

c.Click the Button Font button to choose the font, font style, and size for button captions.

8.Choose a style for the button from the Style drop-down list. Button styles determine the button background and caption color, and are set in Store Manager. See Set Colors for Menu Buttons in the Store Manager Help.

9.Click Next to continue to the Place First Button tab. A green First Button outline appears on the panel.

10.Press and drag to move the First Button box into the desired position. (Press and drag the title bar of the wizard window if you need to move the window out of the way to position the first button.) The first button will be at the top left of the group. Remaining buttons will be arranged vertically below or horizontally to the right of this button, depending on the arrangement selected in step 7.

11.Click Done to confirm the first button placement and exit the wizard. Panel Designer will automatically arrange the remaining buttons in the group relative to the location of the first button. The new group of buttons is displayed on the panel.

12.Click on the buttons to view their properties. The properties are displayed in the Components Property Editor on the left-hand side of the screen.

1.Open an existing panel in the Panel Designer.

2.Click the Simple Item button on the Components toolbar.

3.Press and drag in the Panel Designer workspace to add the button.

4.To align the new button with others, drag it until the alignment guides indicate that it is in position, and then release the mouse button. The position ToolTip displays the button coordinates (pixels from left, pixels from top) any time you click and hold on the button.

The alignment guides indicate alignment with the buttons above and to the left of the new button.

5.With the new button selected, in the Components Property Editor, click Menu Link and select Link to Menu Item from the list.

6.Select the linked item or modifier on the Menu Tree, and then click OK. The button caption set in the menu node General tab for the item appears on the button.

7.If you want to use a caption that is different from the one set on the item's General tab, clear the Caption from Menu Link check box, and then enter the new caption in the Caption field.

8.In the Button Style list, select a style to determine button and caption color (colors will only be visible in Terminal).

9.Change the other properties of the button, if desired (see About Editing Menu Panels).

10.On the File menu, click Close to close the Panel Designer.

11.Run a Menu Check.

12.Save the menu file and refresh Terminal to see your changes.