The results of recent testing suggest that the User Toolbar Buttons may be more trouble than they are worth. These buttons seem to have more scope than they should, i.e., when added to one watershed, they may show up in other watersheds. You may find yourself Removing the Toolbar Buttons repeatedly from both the original watershed as well as watersheds that shouldn't show them. And, the Reload Default Button function doesn't appear to clear them out everywhere or permanently.

A User Toolbar Button acts as a shortcut for controlling the view of a layers in your Map Display without having to open the Layer Selector. These buttons are useful when you need to have frequent control over layers that are being displayed. User Toolbar Buttons are module specific, which means that if you create a button in the Watershed Setup module, it will not appear in the Simulation module unless you create it (again) in that module.

Clicking a User Toolbar Button turns the associated layer ON or OFF in the Map Display, in much the same way as the checkbox in the Layers Tree in the Layer Selector.

Right-clicking on a toolbar button opens a context menu that gives you access to the layer's properties editor and the ability to select and deselect sub-layers to be displayed. The options available from a toolbar button's context menu depend upon the associated layer's layer type.

Hovering your cursor over a toolbar button displays a tooltip with a description of the button or the layer it is associated with.

To create a toolbar button:

  • Open the Layer Selector and select a layer in the Layers tree.

  • From the Edit menu, select Add Toolbar Button. The Toolbar Button Editor ("Figure: Toolbar Button Editor") opens.

    Figure: Toolbar Button Editor

  • The layer's name appears in the Tool Tip field, but you can enter a more descriptive tooltip if desired.
  • Select an icon from the Icon list to display on the button. If you forget to select an icon, a toolbar button will not be created.
  • Select OK to finish creating the Toolbar Button. Cancel will abort the process.

The toolbar button will appear in the Module toolbar above the Map Display Area as shown in "Figure: User Toolbar Button Added to Main ResSim Window".

Figure: User Toolbar Button Added to Main ResSim Window


To remove a toolbar button:

  • Select the layer in the Layers Tree of the Layer Selector
  • From the Edit menu, select Remove Toolbar Button.

To remove all toolbar buttons that you have defined:

  • Select Reload Default Button from the Edit menu in the Layer Selector.