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| Navigator view</H1> |
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| The Navigator view provides a hierarchical view of the resources in the Workbench. |
| From here, you can open files for editing or select resources for operations such |
| as exporting. |
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| <img src="../images/Image241_nav_view.gif" alt="Picture of Navigator view showing a simple hierarchy (project, folders, files)" border="0" width="157" height="166"></P> |
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| Right-click on any resource in the Navigator view to open a pop-up menu that |
| allows you to perform operations such as copying, moving, creating new |
| resources, comparing resources with each other, or performing team |
| operations. To see a description of what each menu item does, move selection |
| highlight to that menu item and press F1. </P> |
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| By default, the Navigator view is included in the Resources perspective. To add it |
| to the current perspective, click <b>Window > Show View > Navigator</b>.</P> |
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| Toolbar</h2> |
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| The toolbar of the Navigator view contains the following buttons:</P> |
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| <dt>Back</dt> |
| <dd>Displays the hierarchy that was displayed immediately prior to the current display.</dd> |
| <dt>Forward</dt> |
| <dd>Displays the hierarchy that was displayed immediately after the current |
| display.</dd> |
| <dt>Up</dt> |
| <dd>Displays the hierarchy of the parent of the |
| current highest level resource.</dd> |
| <dt>Collapse All</dt> |
| <dd>Collapses the tree expansion state of all resources in the view.</dd> |
| <dt>Link with Editor</dt> |
| <dd>Toggles whether the Navigator view selection is linked to the active editor. |
| When this option is selected, changing the active editor will automatically update the |
| Navigator selection to the resource being edited.</dd> |
| <dt>Menu</dt> |
| <dd>Provides menu items that allow you to sort or filter the contents of the |
| Navigator view as well as select a working set.</dd> |
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| Icons</h2> |
| <p CLASS="Para">The following icons can appear in the Navigator view.</p> |
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| <p CLASS="Para">Icon</p> |
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| <p CLASS="Para">Description</p> |
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| <td ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"><img src="../images/ref-10.gif" alt=" Open project icon" border="0" width="16" height="16"></td> |
| <td ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> |
| Project (open) </td> |
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| <td COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"><img src="../images/ref-11.gif" alt="Closed project icon" border="0" width="16" height="16"></td> |
| <td COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left">Project (closed)</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"><img src="../images/ref-12.gif" alt="Folder icon" border="0" width="16" height="16"></td> |
| <td ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> |
| Folder |
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| <td COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"><img src="../images/ref-15.gif" alt="File icon" border="0" width="16" height="16"></td> |
| <td COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> File</td> |
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| <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelc.gif" alt="Related concepts" width="159" height="27"><br> |
| <a href="concepts-12.htm">Resources</a><br> |
| <a href="concepts-5.htm">Views</a> |
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| <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.gif" alt="Related tasks" width="159" height="27"><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-46bg.htm">Narrowing the scope of the Navigator view</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-48.htm">Sorting resources in the Navigator view</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-48b.htm">Showing or hiding files in the Navigator view</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-3.htm">Opening views</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-3e.htm">Moving and docking views</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-9b.htm">Creating fast views</a> |
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| <a href="../reference/ref-27.htm">Navigator view</a> |
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