Customize DWA and hide the search bar?

Does anyone know how to customize the mail8 template or forms so that I can hide the search bar? Thanks in advance!

Subject: Edit the Forms8 file

First of all, note that the search bar only appears if the user’s mail file is full-text indexed. So if you remove the index, the search bar will not appear.

Otherwise, you can do it like this:

You’ll want to Edit the Forms8.nsf file, found in \data\inotes. Copy the file to another location and edit it using Designer. When you’re finished:

  1. clear the server cache:

dbc f

  1. Copy the Forms8 file back to the server

  2. Restart the HTTP process:

tell http restart

In the Forms8 file, go to the Resources - Files section. The “skin” for the main page is called h_ListFolder. There are different versions for each browser. And also different versions for Full and Lite modes. Make sure to update all of them.

Full:

h_ShimmerSkin-h_ListFolder = IE

h_ShimmerSkin_Gecko-h_ListFolder = Firefox

h_ShimmerSkin_Safari-h_ListFolder = Safari

Lite:

l_ShimmerSkin-h_ListFolder = IE

l_ShimmerSkin_Gecko-h_ListFolder = Firefox

l_ShimmerSkin_Safari-h_ListFolder = Safari

The skin is just HTML. For Full mode, look for and remove the following component:

Then, for Lite mode, look for this component:

and add the “s-nodisplay” class:

class=“s-rightpanel s-nodisplay”

That should do it.

For more information on customization of DWA, check the iNotes Customization section of the Lotus Notes and Domino wiki. In particular, check out this article.