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Customizing Ribbon Sets
The Enterprise Architect ribbons provide access to the functions and facilities of the system, grouped according to work area. If you only work with the facilities of a certain area, such as Coding or Simulation, you can create a Ribbon Set to present just those facilities and hide other facilities that you do not use. You might hide certain panels of a ribbon, or the whole ribbon.
When you open Enterprise Architect, the Start ribbon is expanded in the ribbon bar by default. You can also set a different ribbon to be the default expanded on opening the system.
Access
Ribbon |
Start > View > Workspace > My Workspaces > My Ribbon Sets |
Create a Ribbon Set
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When you click on the 'My Ribbon Sets' tab, the 'Create Ribbon Set' and 'Configure Ribbons' panels display. |
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Click on the , and in the 'Create New Ribbon Set' dialog type a name for the Ribbon Set. Click on the to add the new name to the 'Create Ribbon Set' panel and to make it the focus of the 'Configure Ribbons' panel. |
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To hide a complete ribbon, clear the 'Enable' checkbox against the ribbon name. To hide selected panels within a ribbon, click on the white arrowhead to the left of the ribbon name, to display a list of panels that the ribbon contains. For each panel to hide, clear the 'Enable' checkbox against the panel name. Clearing all the panel checkboxes for a ribbon also hides the complete ribbon (you cannot display an empty ribbon). |
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If you want to redisplay a panel or ribbon, select the corresponding 'Enable' checkbox. Selecting a panel within a hidden ribbon shows the ribbon again. Selecting to show a hidden ribbon selects the checkboxes against all its panels; you can then clear individual panels as required. If you have cleared a number of ribbons and/or panels, you can restore the complete set of ribbons and panels by clicking on the . |
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If you want to change the default ribbon expanded on opening Enterprise Architect, click on the drop-down arrow in the 'Default Ribbon' field at the foot of the page and select the appropriate ribbon name. If you have hidden a complete ribbon in the 'Configure Ribbons' panel, that ribbon is not available for selection in the 'Default Ribbon' field. The also sets the field back to the 'Start' ribbon. |
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Click on the to save your settings, and on the to close the Perspectives window. |
Notes
- You cannot hide the 'Start' ribbon, 'Specification - Specify' ribbon or 'Document - Edit' ribbon, or any panels that they contain
- If you no longer want to keep a Ribbon Set, click on the name in the 'Create Ribbon Set' panel and click on the and on the in the confirmation prompt; if there are no Ribbon Sets left, the system reverts to the default of a full set of ribbons with all panels