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| <h1>Views</h1> |
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| <P CLASS="Para">The primary use of Views is to provide navigation of the information |
| in the Workbench. For example:</P> |
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| The Bookmarks view displays all bookmarks in the Workbench along with the names |
| of the files with which the bookmarks are associated.</LI> |
| <LI CLASS="Item"> The Project Explorer view displays the Workbench projects, their folders and files.</LI> |
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| A view might appear by itself or stacked with other views in a tabbed notebook. </P> |
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| <img src="../images/Image3_single.png" alt="Task View" border="0"> |
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| <P CLASS="Para"> To activate a view that is part of a tabbed notebook simply click |
| its tab.</P> |
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| <img src="../images/Image3_tabbed.png" alt="Two views with tabs, project explorer view active" border="0"> |
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| <P CLASS="Para">Views have two menus. The first, which is accessed by right clicking on the |
| view's tab, allows the view to be manipulated in much the |
| same manner as the menu associated with the Workbench window.</P> |
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| <img src="../images/Image8_view.png" alt="Project Explorer view menu, top left" border="0"> |
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| <P CLASS="Para">The second menu, called the "view pull-down menu", is accessed by clicking the down arrow <img src="../images/Image9_viewdownarrow.png" alt="View down arrow" border="0" >. |
| The view pull-down menu typically contains operations that apply to the entire |
| contents of the view, but not to a specific item shown in the view. Operations |
| for sorting and filtering are commonly found in the view pull-down. </P> |
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| <img src="../images/Image7_view_pulldown.png" alt="Project Explorer view menu, arrow pulldown" border="0"> |
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| <P CLASS="Para"> A view can be displayed by selecting it from the <b>Window > |
| Show View</b> menu. A perspective determines which views may be required and |
| displays these on the <b>Show View</b> sub-menu. Additional views are available |
| by choosing |
| <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.views.showView")'> |
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| <b>Other...</b></a> |
| at the bottom of the <b>Show View</b> sub-menu. This |
| is just one of the many features that provide for the creation of a custom work |
| environment. </P> |
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| <img src="../images/Image4_showview.png" alt="Show View menu" border="0"> |
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| <P CLASS="Para">Through the normal course of using the Workbench you will open, move, resize, and close views. |
| If you'd like to restore the perspective back to its original state, you can |
| select the <b>Window > Perspective > Reset Perspective</b> menu operation.</P> |
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