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Toolbar types

Customize the toolbar

Create and manage toolbars

Work with the toolbar

Applies to: Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator

Last Published: 12 February 2019

Learn about the Basic and Advanced toolbars, and how to customize a toolbar, create a new toolbar, and manage multiple toolbars.

When you start Illustrator, a toolbar appears at the left of the screen that includes various tools you need to use while working on your document. The tools in the toolbar let you perform various tasks, such as create, select, and manipulate objects and select, type, paint, draw, sample, edit, and move images.

Toolbar types

Illustrator provides the following types of toolbar:

Basic: This toolbar is displayed by default when Illustrator is launched. It includes a selective set of tools that you frequently need while working on Illustrator. To view the complete list of tools, click the Edit Toolbar (...) icon displayed at the bottom of the Basic toolbar. The All Tools drawer appears listing all the tools available in Illustrator