# Creating a panel with a tool bar

To add a tool bar to a panel, follow these steps:

1. From the File Builder window, click . This opens the Tool Bar Builder. From here you can define the items contained within the tool bar. You must repeat this step if you want to include more than one tool bar on your panel. Right-click on any menu item to modify it's properties. For example, add an icons to the tool bar item from the Properties window.
2. Create the Java panel to which you want to add the tool bar.
3. From the Panel Builder window, click to open the Tool Bar Editor.
4. From the Tool Bar Editor, click to add the tool bar you defined in the first step. The Resource value specifies in which PDML file the tool bar is defined. To select a different PDML file from the drop down list, the file must be open in the GUI Builder. The Name value specifies the name of the tool bar to include in the tool bar. To change either of these values, double-click in the appropriate field and select a different PDML file or tool bar from the drop down list. You can also select an existing menu as a tool bar
5. Click to preview what the menu bar will look like.

Click here for more things you can do with the GUI Builder.