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| <h1>Views</h1> |
| <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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| <li class="Item">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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| <p class="Para">A view might appear by itself or stacked with other views in a tabbed notebook.</p> |
| <p class="Para"><img src="../images/Image3_single.png" width="534" alt="Task View" border="0"></p> |
| <p class="Para">To activate a view that is part of a tabbed notebook simply click its tab.</p> |
| <p class="Para"><img src="../images/Image3_tabbed.png" width="272" alt= |
| "Two views with tabs, project explorer view active" border="0"></p> |
| <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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| <p class="Para">The second menu, called the "view pull-down menu", is accessed by clicking the down arrow <img src= |
| "../images/view_menu.svg" 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> |
| <p class="Para"><img src="../images/Image7_view_pulldown.png" width="550" alt= |
| "Project Explorer view menu, arrow pulldown" border="0"></p> |
| <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")'><img src= |
| "PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <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> |
| <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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