# Customizing the Web palette

The Web tools palette lets you drag an item from a drawer in the palette view and drop the item to the JSP or HTML file that you are editing. To customize the palette, complete the following steps:

1. If the palette is not open, click Window > Show View > Other > Basic > Palette.
2. Right-click inside a drawer in the Palette view to display the pop-up menu. From this menu, you can select Layout, Use Large Icons, Context, Customize, and Settings.
3. Select Layout to adjust the following options
   - Columns - the number of columns depends on the width of the particular view
   - List - items appear with minimal description
   - Icons only - each item appears as an icon with no text
   - Details - descriptions of each item are included
4. Select Use Large Icons to increase the size of the items that appear in each drawer.
5. Select Context to determine which drawers appear. By default, the drawers that appear are automatically determined based on the type of file you are editing. For example, HTML context contains drawers appropriate for HTML pages. To display other types of drawers, select a different context. You should use caution when selecting a context, as the type of objects you add to the page may not be appropriate for the given page type.
6. Select Customize to change the items (and their attributes) that appear in a drawer. Customize enables you to perform any of the following actions:
   - Move or delete items within the drawer. Use caution when deleting an item because you cannot add it back.
   - Change the names and descriptions of items within the drawer
   - Specify a default drawer to be opened when the Palette view first appears
   - Hide items within a drawer
   - Change attributes for an item within a drawer
   - Add separators
7. Select Settings to change the following:
   - Font settings
   - Layout settings
   - Drawer options, such as whether to close a drawer when another is opened

Related concepts
Palette view

Related tasks
Using the Web palette

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