Guidelines for adding pages and shortcuts in the Shortcut pane

Modifications that you make to the DevOps ClearCase® Explorer Shortcut pane affect the current and future instances of ClearCase Explorer on the current host only. Your modifications remain after upgrading to a new DevOps Code ClearCase release.

General guidelines

When adding shortcuts and pages in the Shortcut pane, consider the following guidelines:

• You cannot move a shortcut to another page. You must remove the shortcut and create it on another page.
• You cannot add empty pages to the Shortcut pane. When you add a new page, add a shortcut to the page. ClearCase Explorer removes any pages that are empty.

Guidelines for view shortcuts

When viewing shortcuts, consider the following guidelines:

• You can add shortcuts to views only on pages that are on the Views page.
• ClearCase Explorer creates a page on the Views page for each UCM project that you join. A shortcut to a view that is associated with a project must be on the project's page on the Views page.
• We recommend that you do not place shortcuts to non-UCM views on a page that was created for a UCM project.
• You cannot export view shortcuts. ClearCase Explorer adds shortcuts to views that you own.

Guidelines for URL and tool shortcuts

When using URL and tool shortcuts, consider the following guidelines:

• You can add shortcuts to URLs and executable files only on pages that are on the Toolbox page.
• You can export your modifications to an external file, and you can import site-specific default tool shortcuts from an external file.