GUI

For upgrading users that have a connection history grid from previous Toad versions, connection colors will have to be selected from the previous connections grid in order to take affect. A connection color can be chosen for an existing connection using the last column in the connection grid on the LEFT side of the login window. Clicking on a cell in this column will give you various colors to choose from, and your selected color will be applied to your connection. For new connections, you can use the connection color dropdown on the RIGHT side of the login window.

To change your connection color for an existing connection go to the login window, select your connection and click on the color for that connection. A drop-down box will appear with the color choices. Select one and connect to the database to save the new color for that connection.

Note: The color drop-down on the right side of the login window is only used for "New" connections.

This is a bug. At some point, there was an access violation in TOAD which caused problems with the saving of the list. To get your list back:

1. Right-click over the main toolbar and choose Customize.
2. In the "Customize" dialog that comes up, select the Commands tab.
3. Select "Window" from the listview on the left hand side.
4. On the right, select "List of Current Windows"
5. Drag "List of Current Windows" up to your Window menu.
6. Close the "Customize" dialog.

If you are encountering this frequently, you may prefer to go to Options → Toolbars and choose a read only toolbar, which will not have this problem.

The "Show windows by connection" button does a "restore" on all of your windows that are associated with the selected connection, and it minimizes all of the windows that are associated with another connection. If your windows are currently maximized inside of the main TOAD window, then the choices under "Show windows by connection" will be grayed out.