Follow the steps below to create a custom Content Element Context Menu that utilizes the Open with VirtualViewer Action provided by the plugin when opening documents from the Content Elements tab of the ICN Properties view. Not all versions of ICN contain the Content Elements tab. This section can be skipped if yours does not.

  1. Open the IBM Content Navigator Administration View:

    • http://<your IBM Content Navigator Server>:<port>/navigator/?desktop=admin
  2. Select Menus.

  3. Find and Select the Default content element context menu

  4. Click Copy.

  5. Rename the copy Snowbound content element context menu.

Custom Content Element Context Menu Step

  1. From the “Available:” section, select “Open with VirtualViewer” and move it to the top of the Selected section.

  2. From the “Selected:” section, select “Open” and move it to the “Available:” section

Custom Content Element Context Menu Step

  1. Move “Open with Virtual Viewer” into “Selected:” and move it to the top of the list

Custom Content Element Context Menu Step

  1. Click Save and Close.

Update the ICN Desktop

  1. Open Desktops in the ICN Administration View, select the Desktop that will utilize the VirtualViewer and click the Edit button.

  2. On the General tab, scroll down to the “Plug-ins” section. Confirm that the “Snowbound VirtualViewer Plugin” is selected:

    • Indirectly by selecting “Enable all deployed plug-ins for use with this desktop”

    • Directly by selecting “Select the deployed plug-ins to enable for use with this desktop” and checking the box next to “Snowbound VirtualViewer Plugin”

Custom Content Element Context Menu Step

  1. Open the “Menus” tab

  2. Scroll to the “Content Context Menus” section and change the following values:

    • Document context menu -> Change to “Snowbound Document Context Menu”

    Custom Content Element Context Menu Step

    • Document version context menu -> Change to “Snowbound Document Version Context Menu”

    Custom Content Element Context Menu Step

    • If needed, Content Element context menu -> Change to “Snowbound content element context menu”

    Custom Content Element Context Menu Step

  3. Click Save and Close