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Story toolbar

The story toolbar is where all actions, tools and templates are found in Tines.

Written by Jamie Gaynor
Updated today

The story toolbar in Tines includes our actions, tools, and templates. It is a fully customizable floating toolbar that appears as a floating panel on the storyboard, designed to help you build faster. Actions are grouped by function so you can find what you need at a glance.

Read about the storyboard in Tines in this article.

Accessing the toolbar

The story toolbar appears as a floating panel on your storyboard.

Click on the toolbar to expand it and access the full set of actions, tools, and templates.

Note: By default, you'll see the most commonly used actions

Opening action modes

Some actions in Tines have different modes, such as the event transform and AI agent actions.

To access these action's modes in the toolbar, click on the actions that have an arrow in the corner of the icon.

Read about actions in Tines here.

Template library

Templates in Tines are pre-built actions that are ready to deploy in seconds rather than building from scratch.

Read about templates in Tines here.

The template library can be found within the HTTP request action.

Click on the HTTP action to open up the library. Here, you can use the search functionality or navigate through the templates.

Tip: Press T on your keyboard to go straight to the templates menu

Customizing the toolbar

There are a number of ways you can modify the story toolbar to suit your own preference.

A custom toolbar is saved for each user, per tenant — so every team member gets a toolbar tailored to how they work.

Add an item to the toolbar

Simply search for a template or action, then drag and drop it onto the toolbar.

You can search by either using the search functionality in the toolbar or by navigating through the actions.

Tip: Press A on your keyboard to open the search in your toolbar

It is possible to add specific action modes to the toolbar.

For example, you can add the explode mode for the event transform action directly on your toolbar.

Note: There is a 14 tool limit on the toolbar.

Remove an item from the toolbar

To remove an item from the toolbar, open up the popup menu and drag the item you wish to remove.

Rearranging the toolbar

You can easily rearrange the order of your items in the toolbar. Just drag and drop the items you wish to move around.

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