The C1CommandLink or C1Command Toolbar appears for the C1CommandLinks/C1Commands in the C1MainMenu and C1ToolBar controls.

Exposing the C1CommandLink Toolbar

To expose the C1CommandLink toolbar select the C1Command item in the C1ToolBar or C1MainMenucontrol. The C1CommandLink toolbar appears below the menu item or toolbar item like the following image:

C1CommandLink Toolbar Buttons

The C1CommandLink toolbar consists of the following command buttons:

Toolbar Button	Description
	Insert command link: Adds a new command before the selected command.
	Delete command link: Deletes the selected command.
	Edit command link properties: Apply style, layout, and tab layout to the C1DockingTab control.
	Edit command properties: Set the text and font styles and apply images to the commands.
	Change linked command: Opens the Link to Command designer where you can change the link to command in the link to existing command list box.

Insert command link

Clicking on the Insert command link button adds a new command before the selected command.

Delete command link

Clicking on the Delete command link button deletes the selected command.

CommandLink properties

Clicking on the CommandLink properties button opens the CommandLink properties dialog box where you can apply settings to the selected command.

The following table defines the items included in the C1CommandLink CommandLink properties dialog box:

Item	Description
Command
Command	The Command drop-down list box displays the list of command types that pertain to the selected C1CommandMenu.
Text	The Text textbox displays the text name that appears on the selected command. To rename the text name for the command, select the text in the Text textbox and type the desired text name.
Tooltip	The Tooltip textbox displays ToolTip that appears on the selected command. If there is no ToolTip defined, then the ToolTip textbox is empty. To modify or create a ToolTip, enter text in the ToolTip textbox.
Appearance
Button look	The Button look drop-down list box contains the following values for you to select from: Default, Text, Image, and TextAndImage to set the button look for the command link
Owner draw	Selecting the Owner draw check box enables the C1CommandLink.OwnerDraw property.
Default item	Selecting the Default item check box gets the default appearance for the selected command link.
Behavior
Merge type	The Merge type drop-down list box contains the following merge type values for you to select from: Add, Replace, MergeItems, and Remove to get the merge type for the command link. The default value is Add.
Merge order	The Merge order NumericUpDown box gets the value indicating the relative position of the menu item when its merged with another.
Delimiter	Selecting the Delimiter check box draws a delimiter before the selected command link.
New column	Selecting the New column check box enables the C1CommandLink.NewColumn property.
Always recent	Selecting the Always recent check box enables the C1CommandLink.AlwaysRecent property.
Reset properties to default	Selecting the Reset properties to default item resets the modified C1Command properties back to their default values.

C1Command properties

Clicking on the C1Command properties button opens the C1CommandMenu Command properties dialog box where you can apply settings to the selected command.

The following table defines the items included in the c1CommandMenu Command properties dialog box:

Fields	Description
General
Text	The Text textbox displays the text name that appears on the selected command. To rename the text name for the command, select the text in the Text textbox and type the desired text name.
Show text As ToolTip	The Show text as Tooltip check box displays the value of the C1Command.Text property as the ToolTip when the check box is selected.
Tooltip	The Tooltip textbox displays a ToolTip that appears on the selected command. If there is no ToolTip defined, then the ToolTip textbox is empty. To modify or create a ToolTip, enter text in the ToolTip textbox. Note, that the C1CommandLink.ToolTipText property takes precedence over the C1Command.ToolTipText property.
Shortcut	The Shortcut drop-down box displays a list of keys for you to select from to associate a keyboard shortcut with the selected command.
Show shortcut	The Show shortcut check box indicates whether the shortcut for the selected command will be shown. The C1Command.ShowShortCut is enabled by default.
Category	The Category drop-down list box displays the category for the selected command.
C1ContextMenu	The C1ContextMenu drop-down list box displays the name(s) of the C1ContextMenu(s) so you can easily select the C1ContexMenu you want to associate with the selected command.
Image
Icon	The Icon drop-down list box opens an Open dialog box for you to locate the icon to attach to the selected command.
Image	The Image drop-down list box displays the current image attached to the selected command. Clicking on the drop-down arrow opens the Open dialog box where you can locate the image you would like to associate with the selected command.
Image index	The Image index drop-down list box displays the index value of the command image.
Behavior
Visible	The Visible check box indicates whether the selected command will be shown at run time. By default, the C1Command.Visible property is set to True.
Enabled	The Enabled check box indicates whether the selected command will be enabled at run time. By default, the C1Command.Enabled property is set to True.
Pressed	The Pressed check box indicates whether the selected command is pressed. By default, the C1Command.Pressed property is set to True.
Show drop down arrow	The Show drop down arrow check box indicates whether or not to show the drop down arrow when the selected command is in a toolbar.
Checked	The Checked check box indicates whether or not the command is checked.
Auto-toggle checked state	The Auto-toggle checked state check box indicates whether the C1Command.Checked property is toggled automatically when this command in invoked.
Reset properties to default	Selecting the Reset properties to default item resets the modified C1Command properties back to their default values.

Change linked command

Clicking on the Change linked command button opens the Link to Command designer where you can change the link to command in the link to existing command list box.