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A toolbox provides tools to toggle the major mode of operation for an application. These tools are used to create or manipulate elements within the current document.

Guidelines

Toolbox appearance/behavior

Provide only one toolbox for your application.
Use a docker for the toolbox.
Use the header "Tools".
Make a toolbox two items wide by default.

Tool appearance/behavior

Use only icons in the toolbox, assign a tooltip to each tool.
Make the tools modal.
Provide a simple selection tool and make it the default when the application is started.
Don't use tools in a toolbox that open other windows. Use the toolbar for those.

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	A toolbox provides ~~convenient access~~ to ~~a set~~ of ~~actions and toggles through a set of small toolbar-like buttons~~. These tools are used to create or manipulate elements within the current document.		A toolbox provides tools to toggle the major mode of operation for an application. These tools are used to create or manipulate elements within the current document.

	[[Image: toolbox.png\|A toolbox]]		[[Image: toolbox.png\|A toolbox]]