Modifying multiple design elements
About this task
To save time, you can select multiple design elements and set their common design properties. For example, you might want to prevent all of the forms in your application from inheriting changes from a template or hide a collection of views from Web users or Mobile users.
Procedure
- Open a database in Domino® Designer.
- In the Applications Navigator, click the name of a design element (for example, Forms). The names of all the design elements of the specified type appear in the Work pane.
- In the Work pane, select the name of a design element that you want to modify, then hold down SHIFT and select the other contiguous elements you want to modify, or hold down CTRL and select the elements you want to modify.
- The Design tab in the Properties view shows only the properties that you can set for the selected elements. The tab displays initial values that are the same for all selected design elements. Properties that are set differently for different design elements display with a green box.
- Set properties for the selected elements. For example:
- Enter a template name to have the selected elements inherit from one template.
- Check "Prohibit design refresh or replace to modify" to prevent the selected elements from being modified during a refresh or replace.
- Check "Propagate this prohibition of design change" so that if a database inherits the selected design elements, the "Prohibit design refresh or replace to modify" option will be inherited also, and it will apply to the same elements in replicas of the database.
- Hide the design elements from Web browsers or Notes® clients.