Monday 1st, February 2010
Domino 8.5 DDE Tip - How to edit multiple design elements in the same window. (Agents, Forms, Views, XPages, etc. )02/01/2010 05:50 AM Domino 8.5
Now that Domino Designer 8.5 is based on Eclipse, you can take advantage of some built in Eclipse features. Eclipse provides the capability for editing multiple elements in the same design window by splitting the window either horizontally or vertically.
Let's say you want to edit an XPage and a Custom Control together. Open up both the XPage and Custom Control as you normally would. Open up the Custom Control. Now drag the XPage tab onto the currently opened Custom Control in the design pane. Release the mouse when the icon turns to a black arrow and a black shaded outline appears:
Once the mouse is released the screen will split and contain both design elements:
This is not limited to XPages. If you want to edit a Lotusscript agent and view the associated Notes Form at the same time you don't need to flip back and forth between tabs anymore. You open both design elements as normal. Click on the Form tab. Now drag the Lotusscript Agent tab onto the opened window toward the right side of the screen this time:
Here you can see the Form and Agent side by side:
If you need more real estate temporarily, you can double click on the design elements title and it will maximize that window. Double clicking again will restore the window size.
To move the split window back to it's original tab you can drag the window back to the Tab bar and the window will return to normal.
Good stuff....
-John
Technorati: Domino 8.5
Let's say you want to edit an XPage and a Custom Control together. Open up both the XPage and Custom Control as you normally would. Open up the Custom Control. Now drag the XPage tab onto the currently opened Custom Control in the design pane. Release the mouse when the icon turns to a black arrow and a black shaded outline appears:
Once the mouse is released the screen will split and contain both design elements:
This is not limited to XPages. If you want to edit a Lotusscript agent and view the associated Notes Form at the same time you don't need to flip back and forth between tabs anymore. You open both design elements as normal. Click on the Form tab. Now drag the Lotusscript Agent tab onto the opened window toward the right side of the screen this time:
Here you can see the Form and Agent side by side:
If you need more real estate temporarily, you can double click on the design elements title and it will maximize that window. Double clicking again will restore the window size.
To move the split window back to it's original tab you can drag the window back to the Tab bar and the window will return to normal.
Good stuff....
-John
Technorati: Domino 8.5
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