Tools are grouped into categories to enable run-time customization and to make finding and managing them easy. For example, all document and file related actions such as Open, Save, and Print can be grouped into a File category, while editing functions such as Cut, Copy, and Paste can be grouped into the Edit category. Start your design by creating the categories for the tools, then add the tools into each category. Use tool id numbers and names that reflect a numbering and naming convention that provides easy identification. Below is a set of categories and action tools of a simple word processing application. The naming convention used here is not mandatory; you can change these to suite your own naming convention. The tools listed in the table below use lower case Camel Casing. The notation used in this user guide states the tool name followed by the tool type. For example, the tool name newMIFile is the New menu item for the File menu.
| Category | Tool ID | Tool Name | Caption |
|---|---|---|---|
| File | 101 | newMIFile | New |
| 102 | openMIFile | Open | |
| 103 | saveMIFile | Save | |
| 104 | saveasMIFile | Save As | |
| 105 | printMIFile | ||
| 106 | exitMIFile | Exit | |
| Edit | 201 | cutMIEdit | Cut |
| 202 | copyMIEdit | Copy | |
| 203 | pasteMIEdit | Paste | |
| Format | 301 | leftMIFormat | Left |
| 302 | centerMIFormat | Center | |
| 303 | rightMIFormat | Right | |
| 304 | boldMIFormat | Bold | |
| 305 | italicMIFormat | Italic | |
| 306 | underlineMIFormat | Underline | |
| Help | 401 | contentsMIHelp | Contents |
| 402 | indexMIHelp | Index | |
| 403 | aboutMIHelp | About |
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