The Menu Bar (1) provides access to all ETS features.

Details
| Menu name | Scope |
| ETS | This button toggles between the ETS Dashboard and a currently active project. |
| Edit | Summarizes all editing functions. |
| Workplace | Modifies the current ETS work area layout or opens extra windows. |
| Commissioning | All required functionality in order to download ETS project data into KNX devices. Enabled if any "downloadable" content is selected. |
| Diagnostics | To diagnose and debug KNX installations. |
| Apps | Shows all the installed ETS Apps and allows their invocation in the projects whenever possible. |
| Window | To arrange the windows within a project |
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Collapses/Expands the main tool bar |
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Opens the local ETS help file |
Edit
| Element | Action |
| Set as Current Line | Sets the selected Line as the current Line |
| Print Labels | Invokes the Labels app |
| Add | Adds an additional element on the selected structure (Topology, Buildings, Group Addresses, etc.) |
| Transfer Parameters and Flags | Invokes the function Transfer Parameters and Flags |
| Unlink | Unlinks the selected devices from the building structure. |
| Add to Device templates | Invokes the Device Templates app. |
| Add channels | Triggers the (initial) manual creation of device channels by the ETS user |
| Suggest channels | ETS suggests device channels |
| Delete | Deletes the selected element(s) |
| Cut | Cuts the selected element(s) |
| Copy | Copies the selected element(s) |
| Paste | Pastes the previously copied element(s) |
| Paste Special | Triggers the Paste Special function |
| Paste Extended | Invokes the Extended Copy app |
| Split project | Invokes the Split & Merge app |
| Read value | Reads the Group Address value of the selected Group Address(es) |
| Write value | Writes the Group Address value of the selected Group Address |
| Export Group Addresses | Triggers a Group Address export |
| Import Group Addresses | Triggers a Group Address import |
| Preview Filter Table | Triggers the Preview Filter Table function |
| Properties | Shows the properties of the selected element |
Workplace
| Element | Action |
| Close Project | Closes the currently active project. |
| Hide Menu Bar | This setting is persistent (remains active after an ETS restart). |
| Hide Context Menu Bar | This setting is persistent (remains active after an ETS restart). |
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The following settings can be defined: Containers to be shown in the sidebar:
Position of the sidebar:
Reset to default:
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| Open New Panel | Opens a new ETS Panel |
| Catalogs | Opens the product catalog window |
| Bus Monitoring | Opens the bus monitoring window |
| Group Monitoring | Opens the group monitoring window |
Commissioning
| Element | Action |
| Download | Shows all the available Download variants and executes the selected one upon the selected device(s). |
| Unload |
Shows the following Unload options:
and executes the selected one upon the selected device(s). |
| Info |
Shows the following Device Information read options:
and executes the selected one upon the selected device(s). |
| Reset device | Resets the selected device(s). |
| Compare device | Invokes the Device Compare app. |
Diagnostics
More details can be found here.
Apps
More details can be found here.
Window
| Element | Action |
| Catch All Floating Windows | Resets all windows to their original docking positions. |
| Split Windows Horizontally | Splits the windows of the active project horizontally. This setting is made for each project individually. |
| Split Windows Vertically | Splits the windows of the active project vertically. This setting is made for each project individually. |
| Next tab | Switches to the next open tab |
| Previous tab | Switches to the previous open tab |
Some of the menu entries are context sensitive and therefore not always visible. They can either be:
- Disabled, i.e. the function cannot currently be used, e.g. paste without previously using copy, or a non-licensed function)
- Unavailable, i.e. the function cannot be used with the currently selected items or the function is not installed, e.g. ETS Apps


