Organizing Macro and Single-Press Items into Groups

When you first use PTFB Pro, all the macro and single-press items you create are held together in a single group, and the tab bar shown above is not displayed. However, you can create additional groups and split your items between them for easier management. Please read through the topics below for more information.

Forcing the tab bar to display at all times

PTFB Pro shows the tab bar automatically when there is more than one group (tab), but you can make PTFB Pro show the tab bar even when there is only one group. To do so,

1. Press the Options button
2. Select "Always Show Tabs" from the resulting menu

Creating a new group

There are several ways to create a new group:

1. Right-click on the list and choose "New Tab..." from the resulting popup menu, OR
2. Right click on an existing tab and choose "New Tab..." from the resulting popup menu, OR
3. Use the keyboard shortcut CTRL +T

Whichever method you use, PTFB will ask you to choose a non-blank name for the new group.

Deleting a group

To delete a group, right-click on the corresponding tab and choose "Delete Tab" from the resulting menu.

Some important points to note about deleting groups:

• If the group is not empty, PTFB Pro will warn you that deleting the group will also delete the items it contains - heed the warning if you don't want to lose those items!
• You can't delete the last remaining group - one group must always exist to provide a home for any new items you create

Renaming a group

To rename a group, either:

1. Right-click on the corresponding tab and choose "Rename Tab..." from the resulting menu, OR
2. Double-click on the corresponding tab

Remember that you can't have a tab with a blank name!

Switch to another tab

Click on the tab in question, or use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + Tab to cycle through all tabs one at a time.

Re-ordering tabs

To change the tab order, right-click on a tab and choose either "Move Tab Left" or "Move Tab Right" to swap it with its neighbor.

Moving items from one group to another

You can use drag and drop to move one or more items from one group to another. Here's how, step-by-step:

1. Switch to the tab containing the items you want to move, and select those items. Remember you can select multiple items if you hold down the shift key (for contiguous selection) or ctrl key (for noncontiguous selection) as you click on the list.
2. Left-click on the items and without releasing the mouse button, drag the mouse over the destination tab and release.

Moving items within a group

This can only be done if you have turned off the "Sort List Automatically" option on the configuration screen (or on the popup menu displayed when you right-click on the list).

To re-order items within a group, just select the items in question and drag them to their new position.

Deleting or toggling all the items in a group

First select all the items in the group, either using the shift-click method or by right-clicking on the list and choosing "Select All" from the resulting menu. Next, either hit the delete button or tap the space bar.