Programmer's Cookbook

The dockbar is a Struts portlet, so it isn't something that you can control in a theme. Instead, you can modify the JSP that the portlet view uses.

View Files
/webapps/ROOT/html/portlet/dockbar/init.jsp
/webapps/ROOT/html/portlet/dockbar/view.jsp

Whether or not to display the dockbar is controlled in the theme. So in theory you could create your own portlet or vm file to display a completely custom dockbar. The theme file portal_normal.vm, and in the default portal_normal.vm you will see this.

#if($is_signed_in)
  #dockbar()
#end

The dockbar portlet is referenced in the ROOT application (/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/) as portlet name/number 145. Snippets of these references are below.

liberay-portlet.xml

<portlet>
   <portlet-name>145</portlet-name>
   <icon>/html/icons/default.png</icon>
   <struts-path>dockbar</struts-path>
   <use-default-template>false</use-default-template>
   <show-portlet-access-denied>false</show-portlet-access-denied>
   <show-portlet-inactive>false</show-portlet-inactive>
   <private-request-attributes>false</private-request-attributes>
   <private-session-attributes>false</private-session-attributes>
   <render-weight>50</render-weight>
   <add-default-resource>true</add-default-resource>
   <system>true</system>
</portlet>

portlet-custom.xml

<portlet>
   <portlet-name>145</portlet-name>
   <display-name>Dockbar</display-name>
   <portlet-class>com.liferay.portlet.StrutsPortlet</portlet-class>
   <init-param>
       <name>view-action</name>
       <value>/dockbar/view</value>
   </init-param>
   <expiration-cache>0</expiration-cache>
   <supports>
       <mime-type>text/html</mime-type>
   </supports>
   <resource-bundle>com.liferay.portlet.StrutsResourceBundle</resource-bundle>
   <security-role-ref>
       <role-name>power-user</role-name>
   </security-role-ref>
   <security-role-ref>
       <role-name>user</role-name>
   </security-role-ref>
</portlet>

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