I've been struggling with the ribbon interface. I've tried creating a custom ribbon. I've tried the laggy shortcuts Q & space. But then I thought what about toolboxes. If I minimise the ribbon and then open and dock all the most common used toolboxes and then remove the commands I never or rarely use then I get to something like this. All the tools I use just 1 click away. Maybe obvious but it was a bit of a revelation to me.
Good solution! While I do not think it will replace what you have done try this:
1. Go to > C:\Program Files\Bentley\MicroStation CONNECT Edition\MicroStation\config\system\BaseRibbon.cfg
2. Uncomment line 23 - MS_RIBBONRSCLIST < $(MSDIR)Ribbon\Advanced\MstnAdvanced.rsc
This will give you the "Advanced" ribbon which is a compressed version of the regular ribbon and MIGHT be a good place to do your ribbon customizations so you get the highly desired "one-click" access to commands.
Please copy the line from the delivered config into your organization (or other level) standards.cfg, don't edit the delivered configs...e.g.:
#----------------------------------------------------------------------# Ribbon#----------------------------------------------------------------------MS_RIBBONRSCLIST < $(MSDIR)Ribbon\Advanced\MstnAdvanced.rsc
I have a 05_TestVars.cfg file alongside my other standards.cfg files for testing things.
Also:
Under user preferences > Ribbon, try setting Ribbon Size to medium. That should make the icons large enough for standard resolution (still a bit small on a 4k monitor). Maybe we need to add a 'Large' setting. The 'Touch mode' option spaces the medium size icons out which helps with legibility.
Marc
Thanks Marc