Define the menu and toolbar options available in CCMS Desktop

You can hide unneeded UI elements from various perspectives and menus in CCMS Desktop. You can also show items that are currently hidden. These changes apply to all users.

Before you begin

Before beginning this process, be sure you fully understand how the eclipseui.xml file works. For details, see Obtaining a template for customizing the eclipseui.xml file and Understanding the eclipseui.xml file.

About this task

Note: In a dedicated SaaS deployment, submit a support ticket to request that IXIA CCMS Customer Support perform this task for you.

Procedure

In the TEXTML Administration perspective, connect to your server.
Check out and open the /system/conf/eclipseui.xml file in a text editor.

This file lists all the UI elements that are currently hidden in CCMS Desktop.
Open (do not check out) the /system/conf/eclipseui_template.xmlfile in a text editor.

This file is extremely helpful for customizing eclipseui.xml. If this file is not present in your system configuration, see Obtaining a template for customizing the eclipseui.xml file for information on how to get a copy.
To display a currently hidden UI element, either comment out the corresponding <removeditem> element or delete the <removeditem> element from the file.
To hide a currently visible UI element, add a <removeditem> element for it to the appropriate perspective.

To add an element, you need its ID. To obtain a list of item IDs, use the trace log provided by MadCap Software or copy the appropriate item from eclipseui_template.xml and paste it into eclipseui.xml.

eclipseui_template.xml includes the <removeditem> and <item> elements for each UI element that you can hide in the CCMS Desktop interface.
For example, to remove the Edit menu from the main menu when the DITA perspective is open, you add the following:
```
<perspective id="com.ixiasoft.dita.eclipse.gui.perspective.DitaPerspective">
  <section id="menu">
      <removeditem id="edit"/>
   </section>
</perspective>
```
Save, close, and check in the file.
Inform users of the changes.
The changes are automatically applied once users close and then reopen their CCMS Desktop. Users can also apply the changes without restarting their CCMS Desktop by clicking IXIA CCMS > Synchronize Configuration. Additionally, refresh IXIA CCMS Web so that users see the change reflected there.