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Chapter 10 Personalizing JMP 371
Customizing Menus (Windows and Linux Only)
Figure 10.32 The Menu Item Properties General Tab
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2 Under the General tab, select either Command, Submenu, or Separator.
– Command menu items are the items you click to execute a command.
– Submenu items are menu items that you click to reveal more menu options. An example of a
menu item that is of the submenu type is the File menu item. Also, within the file menu, New is
a submenu item because it also contains other menu items.
– Separator menu items ( ) are lines you can add between menu items to help separate or
group them. Separators will not issue any commands and cannot be clicked.
Step 3: Apply a Caption
A caption is the name that you give your menu item. It is the name that will appear in the main menu.
To give the menu item a caption, type a unique name for the menu in the Caption box under the
General tab. You cannot have two or more menu items with the same name, including the name
Untitled.
Note: You cannot apply captions to separator menu items.
Step 4: Assign Menu Item Functionality
When selected, menu items can either execute a predefined command, or it can run a JSL script.
Use the table below to specify what you want your command menu item to do:
Table 10.4 Assigning Actions to Menu Items
Action
Instructions
Have the menu item 1 From the General tab, select Builtin command from the Action to
access an existing JMP be Performed When This Command is Selected box.
command when clicked 2 Click the drop-down menu and select a command from the list,
which contains all platform level commands in JMP, including those
that appear in submenus, such as Nonlinear or Partition.