Customize the UI

Disable UI elements

Apache Hop has a system to disable UI elements and perspective. This could be useful for managed instances where the user should not have full control of Hop.

You can add the following file to the Hop installation folder or your Hop Config location (default: /hop/config). The final list of disabled UI elements is the aggregation of both files. This allows you to remove GUI elements on a global level (Hop Installation) and extend it with specific excludes for specific users (on config level).

Add the following file:
disabledGuiElements.xml

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<!--
This file can be used to add code snippets and strings that can not be executed.
Example to block calls using any System. methods:
<exclusions>
<exclusion>System.</exclusion>
</exclusions>
-->

<exclusions>
    <exclusion>200-HopMetadataPerspective</exclusion>
    <exclusion>toolbar-50000-environment-label</exclusion>
    <exclusion>HopGuiPipelineGraph-ToolBar-10010-Run</exclusion>
</exclusions>

For each element that needs to be disabled, you can add an extra <exclusion> line. The value equals the ID element used in @GuiWidgetElement, @GuiToolbarElement , @GuiContextAction or @HopPerspectivePlugin