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| Window menu</H1> |
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| This menu allows you to display, hide, and otherwise manipulate the various views, perspectives, and actions in the Workbench.</p> |
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| New Window</h2> |
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| This command opens a new Workbench window with the same perspective as the current perspective.</P> |
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| New Editor</h2> |
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| This command opens an editor based on the currently active editor. It will have the same editor type and input as the original.</P> |
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| Open Perspective</h2> |
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| This command opens a new perspective in this Workbench window. |
| This preference can be changed on the <b>General > Perspectives</b> |
| preference page. All of the perspectives that are open within the Workbench window are |
| shown on the shortcut bar.</P> |
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| The perspectives you will likely want to open are |
| listed first. This list is dependent on the current perspective. From the <b>Other...</b> submenu you can open any perspective.</P> |
| <P CLASS="Para"><img src="../images/Image207_persp_sel.png" alt="Select Perspective dialog" border="0" ></P> |
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| Show View</h2> |
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| This command displays the selected view in the |
| current perspective. You can configure how views are opened on the <b>General > |
| Perspectives</b> preference page. Views you are likely to want to open are listed |
| first. This list is dependent on the current perspective. From the <b>Other...</b> submenu you can open any view. The views |
| are sorted into categories in the Show View dialog.</P> |
| <P CLASS="Para"><img src="../images/Image208_view_sel.png" alt="Show View Dialog" border="0" ></P> |
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| <h2> Customize Perspective</h2> |
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| <P CLASS="Para"> Each perspective includes a predefined set of actions that are |
| accessible from the menu bar and Workbench toolbar. </P> |
| <P CLASS="Para"><img src="../images/Image258_perps_custom.png" alt="Customize Perspective Dialog" border="0" > |
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| Save Perspective As</h2> |
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| This command allows you to save the current perspective, |
| creating your own custom perspective. You can open more perspectives of |
| this type using the <b>Window > Perspective > Open Perspective > Other</b> menu item once you have |
| saved a perspective. </P> |
| <P CLASS="Para"> <img src="../images/Image206_persp_saveas.png" alt="Save Perspective As dialog" border="0" >x</P> |
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| Reset Perspective</h2> |
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| This command changes the layout of the current perspective to its original |
| configuration.</P> |
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| Close Perspective</h2> |
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| This command closes the active perspective.</P> |
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| Close All Perspectives</h2> |
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| This command closes all open perspectives in the |
| Workbench window.</P> |
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| <h2> Navigation</h2> |
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| This submenu contains shortcut keys for navigating between the views, perspectives, and editors in the Workbench window.</P> |
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| <LI CLASS="Item"> <b>Show System Menu</b>: Shows the menu that is used |
| for resizing, closing or pinning the current view or editor.</LI> |
| <LI CLASS="Item"> <b>Show View Menu</b>: Shows the drop down menu that |
| is available in the toolbar of the active view.</LI> |
| <LI CLASS="Item"> <strong>Maximize active view or editor: </strong>Causes |
| the active part to take up the entire screen, or if it already is, returns |
| it to its previous state. </LI> |
| <LI CLASS="Item"> <strong>Minimize active view or editor: </strong>Causes |
| the active part to be minimized. </LI> |
| <LI><b>Activate Editor</b>: Makes the current editor active.</LI> |
| <LI CLASS="Item"> <b>Next Editor</b>: Activates the next open editor |
| in the list of most recently used editors.</LI> |
| <LI CLASS="Item"> <b>Previous Editor</b>: Activates the previous open |
| editor in the list of most recently used editors.</LI> |
| <LI CLASS="Item"> <strong>Switch to editor:</strong> Shows a dialog that allows |
| switching to opened editors. Shows a dialog that allows switching to opened |
| editors. </LI> |
| <LI CLASS="Item"> <strong>Quick switch editor:</strong> Shows a searchable |
| popup that allows switching to a new editor. </LI> |
| <LI><b>Next View</b>: Activates the next open view in the list of most |
| recently used views.</LI> |
| <LI CLASS="Item"> <b>Previous View</b>: Activates the previous open |
| view in the list of most recently used editors.</LI> |
| <LI CLASS="Item"> <b>Next Perspective</b>: Activates the next open perspective |
| in the list of most recently used perspectives.</LI> |
| <LI CLASS="Item"> <b>Previous Perspective</b>: Activates the previous |
| open perspective in the list of most recently used perspectives.</LI> |
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| Working Sets</h2> |
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| This submenu contains entries to select or edit working sets. |
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| Preferences</h2> |
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| This command allows you to indicate your preferences for using the Workbench. There |
| are a wide variety of preferences for configuring the appearance of the Workbench and its views, |
| and for customizing the behavior of all tools that are installed in the Workbench. |
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