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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" lang="en">Customizing Toolbar Layout</h1>
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<div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div class="intro">Audacity's <a href="toolbars_overview.html" title="Toolbars Overview">toolbars</a> can all be re-positioned (in the tooldocks or free-floating) and some can be resized.
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<ul><li> One reason to resize a toolbar is to lengthen it to get more precise results from a slider or audio level meter.</li>
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<li> If you do not use the device toolbar much, you may want to resize it down to its minimum size, or <a href="#hide">hide it completely</a>.</li></ul>
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<td align="left" valign="top"> The command <span class="menu">View > Toolbars > Reset Toolbars</span> can be used to reset all toolbars to their default position and size.
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<div class="note"> See <a href="toolbars_overview.html" title="Toolbars Overview"><b>Toolbars Overview</b></a> for details of the various toolbars. </div>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Repositioning_and_Resizing_Toolbars">Repositioning and Resizing Toolbars</span></h2>
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<p>Toolbars can be re-positioned using the <i><b>grabber</b></i> and resized using the <i><b>resizer</b></i>.
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<td align="left" valign="top">If you change your mind part way through a drag or a resize of a toolbar, you can use the Escape key <span class="kbrd" style="background-color: #e0e0f0">Esc</span> to abort the action.
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<div id="grabber"></div>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="The_Grabber">The Grabber</span></h3>
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<p>The <i><b>grabber</b></i>, the serrated edge at the left of most <a href="toolbars_overview.html" title="Toolbars Overview">toolbars</a>, allows repositioning of the toolbar.
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<dl><dd><img alt="Grabber.png" src="../m/images/e/ee/grabber.png" width="151" height="36" /></dd></dl>
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<p>Most <a href="toolbars_overview.html" title="Toolbars Overview">toolbars</a> have a grabber on their left hand edge. Click and drag on the grabber to move the toolbar. Any toolbar can be:
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<ul><li> Moved within a tooldock</li>
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<li> <a href="#docking">Docked</a> in one of the Audacity <a href="toolbars_overview.html#tooldock" title="Toolbars Overview">tool docks</a></li>
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<li> Free floating above the Audacity window</li></ul>
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<p>Toolbars can be docked or floated by dragging on their grabber to move the toolbar, and then releasing.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="The_Resizer">The Resizer</span></h3>
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<p>The <i><b>resizer</b></i>, the two vertical lines at the right edge of some <a href="toolbars_overview.html" title="Toolbars Overview">toolbars</a>, allows resizing of the toolbar.
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<dl><dd><img alt="Resizer.png" src="../m/images/2/26/resizer.png" width="152" height="42" /></dd></dl>
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<p>Some <a href="toolbars_overview.html" title="Toolbars Overview">toolbars</a> have a resizer at their right edge (the <b>Meters</b>, <b>Device</b>, <b>Time</b> and <b>Play-at-Speed</b> toolbars). Click and drag on the resizer to resize the toolbar.
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<ul><li> When undocked, the meter toolbars can be resized vertically as well as horizontally.</li>
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<li> A double height meter can be made by undocking, resizing, and then docking again.</li></ul>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Docking_In_the_Docks">Docking In the Docks</span></h2>
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<p>Toolbars can be docked in either of the two tooldock areas of the Audacity Project window, providing there is space available: either above the <a href="timeline.html" title="Timeline">Timeline</a>, or above the <a href="status_bar.html" title="Status Bar">Status Bar</a> at the bottom of the window (Selection Toolbar is in this location by default). Toolbars can also be dragged to move them to new position in the tooldock. The toolbar positions on exiting Audacity are always remembered when restarting Audacity next time.
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</p><p>When docking a toolbar into a tooldock area, a black triangle will appear, indicating an available docking position. The default toolbar docked positions can be restored at any time by clicking <span class="menu">View > Toolbars > <a href="view_menu_toolbars.html#reset_toolbars" title="View Menu: Toolbars">Reset Toolbars</a></span>.
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<dl><dd><b>Timer Toolbar being docked in the upper tooldock:</b></dd>
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<dd><span title="The black triangle indicates an available docking position for Timer Toolbar at the left of the upper tooldock"><img alt="Timer Toolbar relocation to top tooldock.png" src="../m/images/c/ce/timer_toolbar_relocation_to_top_tooldock.png" width="800" height="64" /></span></dd></dl>
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<dl><dd><b>Timer Toolbar now docked in the upper tooldock, note that this causes the existing toolbars to be moved to accommodate this change:</b></dd>
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<dd><span title="Image of Timer Toolbar now docked in the upper tooldock"><img alt="Timer Toolbar in the upper tooldock.png" src="../m/images/3/38/timer_toolbar_in_the_upper_tooldock.png" width="800" height="85" /></span></dd></dl>
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<dl><dd><b>The lower tooldock with the Timer Toolbar moved:</b></dd>
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<dd><span title="The lower tooldock with Time Toolbar moved/removed"><img alt="Lower Tooldock with Timer toolbar removed.png" src="../m/images/d/d8/lower_tooldock_with_timer_toolbar_removed.png" width="817" height="71" /></span></dd></dl>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Floating_outside_the_Dock">Floating outside the Dock</span></h2>
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<p>Toolbars may also be floated anywhere else in or outside the project window, including on a secondary monitor.
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<dl><dd><b>The image below shows the Timer and Recording Meter toolbars floated effectively outside the Project window, <p>with the Playback Meter dragged wider and taller:</p></b></dd>
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<dd><span title="Audacity Project Window with some toolbars floated outside the window"><img alt="Floated Toolbars 3-6-0.png" src="../m/images/1/16/floated_toolbars_3_6_0.png" width="800" height="525" /></span></dd></dl>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Showing.2FHiding_Toolbars">Showing/Hiding Toolbars</span></h2>
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<p>You can select which toolbars to show using the <span class="menu">View > <a href="view_menu_toolbars.html" title="View Menu: Toolbars"> Toolbars</a></span> command.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Resizable_toolbars">Resizable toolbars</span></h2>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Play-at-Speed_Toolbar"><a href="play_at_speed_toolbar.html" title="Play-at-Speed Toolbar">Play-at-Speed Toolbar</a></span></h3>
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<p>The <a href="play_at_speed_toolbar.html" title="Play-at-Speed Toolbar">Play-at-Speed toolbar</a> can also be resized horizontally to give greater accuracy for the slider setting. You can resize it by clicking and dragging the resizer at the toolbar's right edge.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Meter_Toolbars"><a href="meter_toolbar.html" title="Meter Toolbar">Meter Toolbars</a></span></h3>
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<p>Both <a href="meter_toolbar.html" title="Meter Toolbar">Meter toolbars</a> can be resized. Resizing gives longer scales for the meters and hence a more accurate view of the volume levels.
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<ul><li> If a meter is docked, you can resize it horizontally by clicking and dragging the resizer at the toolbar's right edge.</li>
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<li> To undock a meter, click the <b>Grabber</b> on the left edge and drag. You can drag outside the Audacity project window, too. </li>
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<li> To resize when undocked, click on the triangular resize handle that appears at the bottom right of the toolbar and drag horizontally or vertically. The meters display in vertical orientation when their toolbar height exceeds their width.</li></ul>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Time_Toolbar"><a href="time_toolbar.html" title="Time Toolbar">Time Toolbar</a></span></h3>
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The <a href="time_toolbar.html" title="Time Toolbar">Time Toolbar</a> can be resized larger and smaller within the tooldock - and enlarged further when floated outside the tooldocks.</div>
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