1. Open a database in IBM® Lotus® Domino(TM) Designer.

2. In the Design pane, 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.

3. 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.

4. Choose Design - Design Properties. The Design Properties box shows only the properties that you can set for the selected elements. The properties box displays initial values that are the same for all selected design elements. Properties that are set differently for different design elements display with a gray check.

5. 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.

If you use a template to refresh or replace the database design, to ensure that the option "Prohibit design refresh or replace to modify" takes effect, select this option as well as the option "Propagate this prohibition of design change" in the design properties of the template.
• 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, IBM® Lotus® Notes® clients, or Mobile users.

Restricting design changes
Changing database and design properties

Glossary