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 h1. Menu Editor 

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 The menu editor allows editing various context menus in AdiIRC. 

 it can be opened by clicking [[Menubar_Control|Menubar]] -> Tools -> Edit Menus or by pressing the %(key)ALT% + %(key)P% shortcut or by typing [[/edit]] -m. 

 The editor shares characteristics with all the other editors. 

 _See also [[Scripting Menus]]._ 

 h2. Defaults 

 When no menu ini file exists, AdiIRC internally uses some defaults menus. When opening the menu editor in this case, AdiIRC inserts the defaults into the editor and all the menu sections are marked as being edited/not saved, saving the menus once creates the menu ini file and the marking goes away. 

 h2. Status section 

 Edit the [[Server Windows]] right-click menu. 

 h2. Channel section 

 Edit the [[Channel Windows]] right-click menu. 

 h2. Query section 

 Edit the [[Private Windows]] right-click menu. 

 h2. Nicklist section 

 Edit the [[Nicklist_Control|Nicklist]] right-click menu. 

 h2. Menubar section 

 Edit the [[Menubar_Control|Menubar]] *Commands* menu. 

 h2. Channel Link section 

 Edit the [[Textarea_Control|Text Area]] #channel link right-click menu. 

 h2. Link section 

 Edit the [[Textarea_Control|Text Area]] link/url right-click menu. 

 h2. Saving menus to a different ini file 

 To save the current menu items to a different ini file, click the Menubar (inside the editor) -> File -> Save As menu item. 

 h2. Loading menus from a different ini file 

 To load menu items from a different ini file, click the Menubar (inside the editor) -> File -> Load menu item or use the [[/load]] command. 

 When loading menu items using the [[/load]] or [[/unload]] command, the menu editor will be automatically updated with the new menu items. 

 h2. Search/replace text 

 Clicking the Menubar (inside the editor) -> Edit -> Find or pressing the %(key)CTRL% + %(key)F% shortcut opens the search and replace panel. 

 You can search or search and replace using a [[Scripting_Regex|Regular Expression]] by checking the *Regex* checkbox. 

 Pressing the %(key)ESCAPE% key closes the search panel. 

 h2. Checking brackets 

 Checking for balanced brackets can be done by clicking the *{}* menu item to the far right of the Menubar (inside the editor) or by pressing the %(key)CTRL% + %(key)H% shortcut. 

 h2. Reset a menu section to default 

 Clicking the reset button resets the current selected menu section to the default menus for that section. 

 h2. Testing menus 

 The *Popup* menu item in the Menubar (inside the editor) can be used to show how the menu items will be shown in the real menu. 

 h2. Font 

 The font of the editor can be changed by clicking the Menubar (inside the editor) -> File -> Change Font menu item. 

 _Note: only "truetype":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueType fonts can be used._