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I suggest to extend the `Change button bar` dialog with a command to copy the current button. Often it is easier to modify a copy of an existing button than to create a new one from scratch.

I would prefer the new command to be presented as `Copy` button between the buttons `Add` and `Delete`.
Alternatively it could be added to the menu of the `Change >>` button (cheaper but less user-friendly).

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jb wrote: 2023-05-13, 17:13 UTC I suggest to extend the `Change button bar` dialog with a command to copy the current button. Often it is easier to modify a copy of an existing button than to create a new one from scratch.

Till that you can copy an button from its own context menu
and paste it to another place on the buttonbar as copy.
Next open the `Change button bar` dialog and modify that copy.




 

Stefan2 wrote: 2023-05-13, 19:37 UTC Till that you can copy an button from its own context menu ...

Indeed I forgot the context menu of the buttons. Thanks for the tip.

Admittedly late I consulted the wealthy help of the `Change button bar` dialog (and the `Change single button` dialog) which states right at the start:

By pressing the right mouse button on the button bar, you can open a local menu which allows you to change or delete the button under the mouse cursor. The Change button dialog box has exactly the same structure as the lower part of the Change button bar dialog box.

Often the button context menu offers more than described, while the button bar context menu differs of course. If a command of a button is not an internal command then the corresponding button context menu normally offers also the command `As Administrator` except in the following cases:

Put an asterisk '*' in front of the name (full path required) to start it with administrative rights, or two '**' to start is as a different user (Windows 7 or newer).

I think a little screenshot of a button with its context menu in the help would be a good basis to communicate these nice features more efficiently.
Example:
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Stefan2 wrote: 2023-05-13, 19:37 UTC

jb wrote: 2023-05-13, 17:13 UTC I suggest to extend the `Change button bar` dialog with a command to copy the current button. Often it is easier to modify a copy of an existing button than to create a new one from scratch.

Till that you can copy an button from its own context menu
and paste it to another place on the buttonbar as copy.
Next open the `Change button bar` dialog and modify that copy. 

That doesn't help while inside of editing a linked bar for example