Showing additional controls in your Domino Designer

By default the Domino Designer only shows limited controls in Controls view. Some controls have to be accessed from "Other..." like the Hidden input and Output script.

To show this controls in the Controls view go to "File > Preferences" in your Domino Designer.

Installing and running XPages Extension Library in your local machine

I had been hearing a lot about XPages Extension Library and finally got to try it out in XPages code-a-thon held at Mumbai. So I decided to try it on my local machine along with little help from experts on StackOverflow. Its a simple two-step procedure - install extension library and run extension library.

Install XPages Extension Library

First of all get the latest release of extension library from OpenNTF. Unzip the file and find "updateSiteOpenNTF-designer.zip". Unzip it and you will get two folders of "features" & "plugins" and a file "site.xml". In Lotus Notes sidebar, go to My Widgets and select "Options > Configure a Widget from... > Features and Plugin on an Update Site". If you are unable to see My Widgets in your sidebar then click here.

Importing script library in Domino Designer

Domino Designer provides facility to import image resources, style sheets and file resources.

But for script libraries, there is no such option.

So when I need to import a third-party JavaScript script library I usually would create one and then copy-paste the contents into it. But there's an easier way to do it.

Opening design elements with single click in Domino Designer on Eclipse

With Domino Designer on Eclipse one change IBM made was that you needed to double click on the design elements to open them. Very irritating for a Lotus Notes developer who has been developing applications in Lotus Notes 7 or before for quite some time. But thankfully IBM provided an option in the preferences to get the previous behavior.

Open your Domino Designer on Eclipse and go to "File > Preferences". In the “General” section you see option of “Open Mode” where you can select either “Double click” or “Single click”. Select "Single click". Use the image below for reference.

And good old days are back again… :)