The Appearance ribbon tab controls TRAK's appearance.
The following options are available discussed below.
Use Skins
Determines if the application is skinned. Skins provide user interface appearance, color and design.
Skins
If Use Skin is selected, select the skin to use. Note that clicking on the down arrow button to the bottom-right of the skins selector will display a larger pop-up window displaying the name of each skin available
The different skins can have quite a difference in appearance in the application. Here are different screen shots using different skins.
Blue (default)
Metropolis
Visual Studio 2013
Ribbon Options
Minimize Ribbon Bar
Determines if the ribbon bar is minimized or displayed normally.
Quick Access Toolbar
Determines if the Quick Access Toolbar is visible. The Quick Access Toolbar is displayed on the top-left of the application.
Buttons on the tabs of the ribbon bar may be added to the Quick Access Toolbar by right clicking over the desired button and selecting "Add Quick Access Toolbar".
Buttons on the Quick Access Toolbar can be quickly accessed by pressing the "Alt" key and the numeric key automatically associated with the button.
Buttons can be removed by right clicking over the respective button and selecting "Remove from Quick Access Toolbar".
Program Options
Minimize Program Header and Minimize Program Tabs
Clicking either of these buttons will toggle the visibility of the respective items. The image below labels the Program Tab and Program Header that the buttons refer to.
Other Options
The other options ("Minimize Ribbon" and "Show Status Bar") determine the state of the respective controls. The options below "Show Status Bar" determine the content of the status bar (if visible).