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<h1 CLASS="Head">General</h1>

<div CLASS="Intro">The term <i>Workbench</i> refers to the desktop development
environment.</div>


<p CLASS="Para" Label="Type">Each Workbench window contains one or more
perspectives.&nbsp; Perspectives contain views and editors and control
what appears in certain menus and tool bars.&nbsp; More than one Workbench
window can exist on the desktop at any given time.</p>

<p CLASS="Para">The following preferences can be changed on the General page. </p>
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    <td><strong>Option</strong></td>
    <td><strong>Description</strong></td>
    <td><strong>Default</strong></td>
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    <td>Always run in background</td>
    <td>If this option is turned on, then the Workbench will perform certain actions 
      in the background without disturbing the user.<br></td>
    <td>Off<br></td>
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    <td>Keep next/previous part dialog open </td>
    <td>If this option is turned on then the editor and view cycle dialogs will 
      remain open when their activation key is let go. Normally the dialog closes 
      as soon as the key combination is release.</td>
    <td>Off </td>
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    <td>Open mode...</td>
    <td><div CLASS="Para">You can select one of the following methods for opening 
        resources:</div>
      <div CLASS="Para"></div>
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        <li CLASS="Item"> Double click - Single clicking on a resource will select 
          it and double clicking on it will open it in an editor.</li>
        <li CLASS="Item"> Single click (Select on hover) - Hovering the mouse 
          cursor over the resource will select it and clicking on it once will 
          open it in an editor.</li>
        <li CLASS="Item"> Single click (Open when using arrow keys) - Selecting 
          a resource with the arrow keys will open it in an editor.
         <p CLASS="Para"><strong>Note:</strong> Depending on which view has focus, 
          selecting and opening a resource may have different behavior. </p></li>
      </ul></td>
    <td>Double click</td>
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<p>Here is what the General preferences page looks like:</p> 
<p><img src="../images/Image217_pref_wb.png" alt="Preference dialog"></p>

<P><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelr.png" alt="Related reference" >
<br><a href="ref-23.htm">Workbench Window Layout</a>
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