Two tracks to twisting twistie
Normally, a Twistie is represented by the little, blue triangle images we've all come to know and love, as shown in Figure A. Two triangle orientations dictate the expanded and collapsed categories, as well as provide links to expand and collapse the category displayed. However nicely these two images work, there is always a desire for a better replacement.

FIGURE A


Here's a snapshot of a view in the browser, with categorized columns and the pretty, little default twisties. Roll over picture for a larger image.

In this article, I'll look at two different ways you can change your twistie without getting your knickers in a twist.

Twist them all
Here's the core of the secret: Domino displays two images EXPAND.GIF (arrow pointing down) and COLLAPSE.GIF (arrow pointing to the right) located in the DOMINO/ICONS folder in the Notes DATA directory. If you want it in URL form, they're /icons/expand.gif and /icons/collapse.gif.

So, if you're willing to change the twistie shape for all the views in all the databases on your server, just replace these files. This is an easy job.

And, Hurrah! You got it. Just replace these two images with whatever images you want and they are all changed in one go.

Other icons you can hack
For extra credit, look into the ICONS directory and you'll find lots of other images you can change. Just don't get too twisted.

Table A lists some of the other interesting images to give an idea of what you can change.