User interface enhancements

Notes 14.5.1 provides the following user interface enhancements:

Enhanced the user interface framework

  • Improvements include:.
    • The colors of the tabs have been refined to achieve a more cohesive visual presentation.
    • The Open menu is now docked by default, making its navigation icons readily available.
    • The focus color on the navigator has been updated to enhance visibility.
    • The color of the action bar has been revised to elevate the overall visually appeal.

      This image the example of mail enhancement of the user interface.

Enhanced Properties panel

The Properties panel offers a modern interface within the side shelf, allowing for user-friendly navigation. You can choose to open it in a new window for increased flexibility. Additionally, it supports round-trip editing. When you’re finished, the panel can easily be closed to free up your area.

If Designer is installed, old Properties panel will be shown in Notes and Designer. Contact you administrator to turn off this new properties panel in the Notes ini: DISABLE_ENCHANTED_INFOBOX=1.

this image shows the Properties panel from the right shelf of the Notes Interface

Enhanced Preferences

The Preferences dialog box now has a 2-column layout, simplified panels, updated colors, and icon indicators.

New Preferences dialog showing 2 columns with icons beside text labels, Also shows side panels

Enhanced forms

The user interface of Notes Mail, Calendar, Contact, Notebooks and To Do forms are more visually appealing and user-friendly experiences.This image is the new mail form starting Notes 14.5.1this image is the new calendar forms starting Notes 14.5.1

Enhanced dialog boxes

The following dialog boxes are updated: Quick find, Create folder, Move folder, Login, Add calendar, Sametime, Alarms panel and Replication schedule dialog box.This image is the new Create folder dialog box

Updated Controls

The following controls are updated: radio box, check box, time-zone control, date picker, list box, picker fields, text field delimiters and tabbed table.
this image is the updated controls for all the controls such as check boxes, options and tabbed table

Restyled templates

The following popular templates have been given a new look and feel:

  • Notes Log

  • Directory

  • Directory Catalog

  • Widget Catalog

  • Monitoring Configuration

  • Subscriptions

  • IdP Catalog

  • Cluster Analysis

  • Others

The teal color is used in templates for Notes, while blue is used in those for the Administrator client.
This is the image of a Notes log from a Restyle template
this is the image of a Monitoring configuration from Restyle template