====== Easily modify your ActionBar ======

This macro for ImageJ can be very useful in conjunction with the plug-in [[plugin:utilities:action_bar:start|ActionBar]]. It offers operations to edit, extend and modify an ActionBar of your choice.  

===== What it does =====
{{ :howto:working:actionbar_modifier.png|actionbar_modifier - screenshot}}
  * **run**: simply starts the chosen ActionBar
  * **open for edit**: opens the txt-file of your bar inside the editor
  * **backup (create)**: creates a backup name like your ActionBar + *.backup
  * **backup (restore)**: restores a backup if there is one available (if the ActionBar to be restored is currently open, it won't work)
  * **add row (after)**: creates a new row of buttons (tip: check "create empty.png" to create a placeholder image)  
  * **add column (after)**: creates a new column of buttons (refer to the above)
  * **add column (before)**: creates a new column of buttons (refer to the above)
  * **switch button positions**: switches positions of two buttons and their underlying functionality 
  * **trim rows**: trims the rows of buttons to a desired layout
  * **delete rows**: deletes a row  
  * **delete column**: deletes a column
  * **delete bar/content**: if possible and not in use, the defined bar will be deleted, wiped and erased till it's all gone (bar + images + their folder)



===== Requirements =====
The macro should work with all ActionBars that follow a given convention. That means every button consists of six lines.. \\
<code>
<button> 1 line 1
label=button_1_1
icon=new_action_bar/image1_1.png
arg=<macro>
showMessage("You pressed button 1 line 1");
</macro>
</code>


===== What might come (no commitments) =====
  * "update" operation (like ActionBar_Updater macro)
  * "delete/blank button" to wipe a button and make it blank
  * "create button (wizard)" could be nice to create a button step by step without using an editor

===== Change-Log / Download =====
**{{:howto:working:actionbar_modifier_v05.ijm|ActionBar_Modifier_v05.ijm}}**\\
  * first "public" version of macro 
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Feel free to use and modify it. This macro was written to ease some processes here and other people may have other needs. 

Regards, Rainer