Enabling the "Show Widget Toolbar and the My Widgets Sidebar panel" option allows for full Widgets and Live Text access. The My Widgets sidebar panel and the Widgets menus and toolbar will be visible and the user can create and publish widget components, actions, content, types, and recognizers. However, the administrator can use IBM® Lotus® Domino® policy or Eclipse preferences to control user access to various aspects of Widgets and Live Text functionality, often based on end user or power user type.

As well, users can browse the widgets catalog and obtain widgets from it, as well as optionally add widgets to the catalog, provided their catalog ACL settings enable that ability.

Before install, the administrator can change the default behavior specified above using Domino policy or the install kit's PLUGIN_CUSTOMIZATION.INI file. These settings can also be changed after install using Domino policy or the installed PLUGIN_CUSTOMIZATION.INI (for example, <install dir>\framework\rcp\plugin_customization.ini).

If no Domino policy or PLUGIN_CUSTOMIZATION.INI file Eclipse® preference settings are specified, default Widgets and Live Text functionality is available to users as supplied out-of-box.

Whether the user can see the My Widgets sidebar and toolbar or not, she can see and act on Live Text.

Default policy and preferences

By default, the following conditions exist when no policy or preferences changes have been made:

• The Catalog server preference is blank.
• The Catalog name preference is toolbox.nsf.
• The Categories to install preference is blank.
• The Show Widget Toolbar and the My Widgets Sidebar panel preference is available but unchecked.

  If the option is checked, the following default settings are set and their associated behaviors are available.

• The Create and manage an action setting is enabled.
• The Create and manage recognizers and content types setting is enabled.
• The Send widgets using e-mail setting is enabled.
• The Install widgets from e-mail or other setting is enabled.
• The Publish to catalog setting is enabled.
• The Enable default recognizers (these are the supplied advanced recognizers of People (names), Address, and Organization) setting is enabled.

Widgets and Live Text overview
Understanding Widgets and Live Text user types
Controlling Widgets and Live Text access using Domino policy
Controlling Widgets and Live Text access using Eclipse preferences
Configuring and using Widgets and Live Text
Using a widget to deploy a client plug-in
Deploying client plug-ins with widgets and the widget catalog

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