Customizing Sherlock

There are a number of ways you can customize Sherlock so it works the way you want it to. Make your own collections of channels, customize the toolbar, and add channels to the Channels menu. This part of the chapter explains how.

Tip

• You cannot modify the Apple Channels or Other Channels collections.

To move or copy a channel from one collection to another

1.	Display the collection in which the channel you want to move or copy appears.
2.	Drag the channel name from the channel list to the name of the collection you want to move or copy it to (Figure 45). The channel appears in that collection list. Figure 45. Drag a channel from one collection to another to move or copy it.

Tips

• Dragging a channel from the Apple Channels or Other Channels collection copies the channel. Dragging a channel from any other collection list moves the channel.

• You can force a channel to be copied (rather than moved) by holding down while dragging it to the destination collection.

• Modifying the Toolbar or Channels Menu collection automatically modifies the toolbar or Channels menu.

To remove a channel from a collection

1.	Display the collection you want to modify.
2.	Select the channel you want to remove.
3.	Press . The channel is removed from the collection.

To customize the toolbar

Follow the instructions on the previous page and this page to add or remove channels in the Toolbar collection.

Or

1.	Choose View > Customize Toolbar (Figure 46). A dialog sheet like the one in Figure 47 appears. Figure 46. Sherlock's View menu. Figure 47. The Customize Toolbar dialog sheet.
2.	To change toolbar icons, use any combination of the following techniques: To add a button to the toolbar, drag its icon from the dialog to the toolbar. To remove a button, drag it off the toolbar. To restore the toolbar to the default buttons, drag the default set of buttons to the toolbar.
3.	To change the way icons are displayed on the toolbar, choose an option from the Show pop-up menu (Figure 48). Figure 48. The Show pop-up menu lets you specify how the toolbar should appear.
4.	To display smaller icons, turn on the Use Small Size check box.
5.	When you're finished making changes, click Done.

Tip

• It is not necessary to display the Customize Toolbar dialog sheet (Figure 47) to add channel buttons to the toolbar. Simply drag a channel from any list to the toolbar to add an icon for it.

To create a shortcut for a channel

1.	Open the channel you want to create a shortcut for.
2.	Choose Channel > Make a Shortcut (Figure 3), or press .
3.	A dialog like the one in Figure 49 appears. Enter a name and choose a disk location for the shortcut file. Figure 49. Use a dialog like this one to name and save a channel shortcut.
4.	Click Make. A shortcut file is saved in the location you specified with the name you entered (Figure 50). Figure 50. Here's what a shortcut for the Flights channel looks like.

Tips

• Sherlock shortcuts offer a quick way to open a specific Sherlock channel. Simply double-click the file's icon to launch Sherlock and display the channel.

• I explain how to use a Save As dialog in Chapter 7.