Customizing Designer

The Designer interface provides a powerful working environment for creating and managing Web sites. When you first open Designer, you see five main areas to work in: the Site Hierarchy pane and the on-screen Properties pane on the left, the workspace and Site Assets pane in the middle, and the Toolbox on the right (see Main Designer Window).

The arrangement of the workspace and each pane is only a default. Like most applications, you can completely customize the interface if you like. You can, for example, hide, move, and resize panes; modify the available menus and toolbars; and add or modify keyboard shortcuts.

This section covers the following topics:

• Customizing the Panes in Designer

• Using the Customize Dialog

• Creating a New Menu

• Customizing Toolbars

• Adding Shortcuts to the Tools Menu

• Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts

• Customizing Menus

• Setting Display Options

• Formatting the Code in Source View

• Showing or Hiding Warning Messages

• Setting Miscellaneous Options

• Changing Log File Settings