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Tool Bar

The tool bar is the column of buttons on the left of the RustEdit window. Its menus call it the sidebar. You can change every button on it except RustHQ Account. The Interface shows the tool bar RustEdit starts with.

Add a button​

  1. Right-click a menu item on the menu bar, or a panel's tab.
  2. Click Pin to Sidebar.
  3. Pick a group, or New Group. A menu item has no picture, so RustEdit asks you to pick an icon.

Change a button​

Right-click a button on the tool bar:

ItemWhat it does
Unpin from SidebarTakes the button off the tool bar.
Move to GroupMoves the button to the end of another group, or to a new group.
Move Up, Move DownMoves the button in its group.
Change Icon...Opens the Pick an Icon box.
Assign Hotkey...Gives the button's command keys to press. It says Change Hotkey... when the command has keys. See Hotkeys.
Edit Sidebar...Opens the Edit Sidebar window. See Edit the groups.
The right-click menu of the Map button on the tool bar: Unpin from Sidebar, Move to Group, Move Up, Move Down, Change Icon, Assign Hotkey and Edit Sidebar

Pick an icon​

The Pick an Icon box has about 1700 icons.

  1. Type a name in the search box, such as tree or map.
  2. Scroll the list. Point at an icon to see its name.
  3. Click the icon. The button shows it.

Default puts back the button's own picture, or a square when it has none. Cancel changes nothing.

The Pick an Icon box: a search box and a grid of icons that scrolls

Edit the groups​

Thin lines split the tool bar into groups. To change the groups, right-click the tool bar, then click Edit Sidebar....

The Edit Sidebar window: the Panels section open on the left, and the tool bar's groups with their buttons on the right

On the left are the commands that are not on the tool bar, in sections by type.

  • Click a section's name to open it, or type in the search box.
  • Drag a command into a group on the right. Or pick a group in Add to, then click + beside the command.

On the right are the groups. Each group has:

  • a name box,
  • a list for its part of the tool bar: Top, Middle or Bottom,
  • a delete button,
  • its buttons under it. Click a button's picture to change its icon, or the cross to take it off.

To change the order:

  • Drag a button to move it, also into another group.
  • Drag a group by its name row to move the whole group.

A line shows where it goes.

ButtonWhat it does
New Group at Top, New Group at BottomAdds an empty group.
Reset SidebarPuts back the tool bar RustEdit comes with.

Where it is saved​

Your tool bar is saved in Configuration/sidebar.json in the RustEdit folder. It is the same for every layout. A button that a later version of RustEdit adds also comes onto your tool bar.