BlueZone VT and 6530 toolbars

There are several toolbars that allow quick access to many functions. You can customize the toolbars or the display session may come pre-customized by the BlueZone administrator.

Toolbar types include:
  • Menu Buttons: Provide one click access to any function accessible through the menu system.
  • Function Keys: Are used to send the indicated function key to the host.
  • Quick Colors: Allows the user to quickly select and change emulation colors.
  • Connection ToolBar: Provides quick access to related functions including a drop-down box showing the configured connections, launching the session configuration dialog, starting, stopping and viewing traces.
    Note: This is the only toolbar that cannot be customized.

BlueZone toolbars are completely user definable. Buttons can be removed, added, and rearranged on the BlueZone toolbar.

To customize a toolbar, click View Properties from the BlueZone menu bar. The View Properties window opens. Click the ToolBars tab.

ToolBars tab

The ToolBars tab is used to control which toolbars will be displayed in the BlueZone display session and the look and feel of the buttons. It is also used to customize the toolbars.

The Settings group is used to set the availability of the toolbars on the desktop:

Show Menu Buttons
If selected, the main BlueZone Iconic toolbar (Menu Buttons) displays.
Show Function Keys
If selected, the VT Function Keys toolbar displays.
Show Quick Colors
If selected, the Quick Colors toolbar displays.
Show Connection
If selected, the Quick Access toolbar displays.

Customizing the toolbars

Menu Buttons and VT Keys
The interface used for customizing the Menu Buttons toolbar and VT Function Keys toolbar, is exactly the same. Click Customize to the right of the toolbar to be changed.
  • Available Buttons: Displays the buttons that you can add to the toolbar in the active window. To make a button available on the toolbar, highlight a button and click Add.
  • ToolBar Buttons: Displays the buttons in the order they appear (from left to right) on the toolbar in the active window. To remove a button from the toolbar, highlight it and click Remove. To reposition a button, highlight it and drag it to the new position. You can also use Move Up or Move Down to reposition it.
  • Close: Click to close the dialog, accepting the changes you have made but are not saved to the registry until the File Save menu item is selected.
  • Reset: Click to restore the default set of buttons on the toolbar in the active window.
Quick Colors
To customize the Quick Colors toolbar, click Customize associated with this toolbar. The Define Custom Colors dialog opens. Select the desired color and click OK to accept the changes. The changes are not saved until File Save is selected from the BlueZone menu bar.
Note: To use the Quick Colors toolbar, position your mouse pointer over the desired color on the Quick Colors toolbar and click once with the left mouse button. Drag the mouse pointer to the desired area on the display screen to change colors and click once with the left mouse button. If the color of letters is to be changed, make sure the cross-hatch is directly over a spot on the letter. If the cross-hatch is off by just a little bit, the background color will change.

Select this button to remove all entries from the Auto-Entry drop-down list.