Designer

You can use HCL Nomad for web browsers to design Notes databases.

Nomad Designer will open in a separate browser window from HCL Nomad. To open Nomad Designer:

Select Open in Designer from the workspace icon of a database to which you have design access.
Select Open in Designer from the tab of an open database.
Utilize the following Notes URL as a web browser bookmark for Nomad for web browsers including the URL, the Application Switcher, or the StartupURL notes.ini:
```
notes:///ClientBookmark?OpenDesigner
```

Access to Nomad Designer is enabled by default, but is only available when the user has the appropriate access to the database. To explicitly disable access to Nomad Designer, choose one of the following options:

Set the notes.ini mentioned in Setting notes.ini values in the Nomad Administrator documentation.
Use the MarvelClient Application Restriction. For more information, see Configuring application restrictions on Nomad for web browsers in the Nomad Administrator documentation.

For more information, see the Designer limitations.

Designer Preview

When you use preview in Nomad Designer as documented in Previewing your design work.

There is an additional header to allow you to visualize a design element in various screen sizes. On the left is the name of the design element, in the center is a pulldown selector for platforms, and on the right is a button to close the current design element and return to Designer.

The pulldown selector for platforms in the center allows you to select between Phone, Tablet, and Desktop. When the selection changes, the size of the design element will immediately change. When the size changes, the Formula elements are evaluated such that formulas like @Platform, @ResolutionWidth <linked to ???>, @ResolutionHeight <linked to ???> can be used to adjust the layout of the element. If the platform differentiates between landscape and portrait modes, there will be an additional button to the right of the pulldown selector for platforms to toggle between landscape and portrait modes.

Customizing the platform choices:

The list of choices in the pulldown can be modified by creating a local designPreview.nsf and specifying additional choices in there:

Select File > Application > New
Leave Server as local, In File Name, enter “designPreview.nsf” (it must be this name)
Check “Show Advanced Templates”
Select the “Design Preview customization” template
Click Ok (the new application will open).
Modify the records in the database as you wish to change the pulldown list. You can duplicate the existing elements with copy/paste to make it easier to customize.