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TuxGuitar Help

Version 9.99-SNAPSHOT

# Menus and Toolbars

All functions of TuxGuitar can be accessed in the classical Pulldown Menu at the top of the main window. The most used functions are also accessible over two toolbars: The Main Toolbar just below the pulldown menu, and the Edit Toolbar on the left side of the main window. Many actions can also be accessed over Context Menus by right-clicking in the score, the tablature or the track table.

## The Pulldown Menu

You know this kind of menu from many other desktop programs: Just click on the entries in the menu bar to unfold all the available menu items. Many items have the same graphical icon in front of the description as the function has in the toolbars. Keyboard shortcuts are shown after the text label. Pre-assigned shortcuts can be re-assigned according to your own preferences, and most unassigned options can be assigned via the Tools → Shortcuts menu.

## The Toolbars

The Main Toolbar and the Edit Toolbar give you one-click access to some of the most used options in TuxGuitar. While they can be a bit intimidating, they are actually quite simple when you break them down and can save you a lot of time with some of the more common tasks associated with tablature editing.

Both bars can be enabled and disabled by clicking on the menu items Show Main Toolbar and Show Edit Toolbar in the View menu.

## The Context Menus

Right-clicking in the score or the tablature gives you quick access to the main entries to edit the track at the current position. The menu items are the same as in the pulldown menu.

When you right-click on a track in the track list on the bottom of the main window, you can directly call all functions from the Track pulldown menu.