Original menus

introduction

This page describes the menu structure in Blender version 2.10. Menus are found in the main menu bar of Blender and in the Toolbox. The following sections show the two menu systems side by side for corresponding menus (if they are present both in the main menu system and the toolbox).

file menu

The file menu and toolbox file menu are shown below. The location of the file menu in the menu bar and the toolbox menu do not correspond. In the menu bar, the file menu is the first one listed and in the toolbox it is the last one. In addition, menu items do not correspond. For instance, 'ReopenLast' in the menu bar file menu is not found in the toolbox file menu.

file menu	toolbox file menu

edit menu

The original edit menu and toolbox edit menu are shown below. Again, menu items do not correspond.

edit menu	toolbox edit menu

add menus

The original add menus of the toolbox and its submenus are shown below. The add menu has no menu bar equivalent. It has three submenus that allow users to add meshes, curves or surfaces. A submenu is indicated with the string '>>' and expanded by clicking on the item. When expanded, the name of the ADD menu item is replaced by the name of the submenu (MESH, CURVE and SURF). The items in a submenu are preceded by a '>' character to indicate that they are part of a submenu.

• There is inconsistency between the names in the Mesh and Surf menus. For example a plane is called Plane in the Mesh menu while the Surf menu calls it a Surface.
• The sequence of items is different in the Mesh and Surface menus.
• For many items (that do not have a shortcut key) the character 'A' is drawn at the location where shortcut keys are normally drawn. These characters have no use for the user and are used in the menu implementation.

add menu	toolbox add mesh submenu
toolbox add curve submenu	toolbox add surface subenu