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| <h1>Moving and docking views</h1> |
| <p>To change the location of a view in the current perspective:</p> |
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| <li>Drag the view by holding its tab. Do not release the left mouse button yet.</li> |
| <li>As you move the view around the Workbench, the mouse pointer changes to one of the <i>drop cursors</i>, |
| providing <i>feedback</i> on where where the view will be docked if you release the left mouse button. To see the |
| drop feedback, drag the view over the left, right, top, or bottom border of another view or editor. You may also |
| drag the view <i>outside</i> of the Workbench area to turn it into a "Detached" view.</li> |
| <li>When the view is in the location that you want, relative to the view or editor area underneath the drop cursor, |
| release the left mouse button.</li> |
| <li>(Optional) If you want to save your changes, select <a class="command-link" href= |
| 'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.savePerspective")'><img src= |
| "PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link" /> <b>Window > Perspective > Save |
| Perspective As...</b></a> from the main menu bar.</li> |
| <li>Note that a group of stacked views can be moved by holding and dragging the empty space to the right of the |
| view tabs.</li> |
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| <p>While dragging the view, you will see an overlay to indicate <i>where the view will be positioned</i>.</p> |
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| <th colspan="1" valign="bottom" align="left" height="38">Feedback</th> |
| <th colspan="1" valign="bottom" align="left" height="38">View positioning</th> |
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| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" align="center" height="38"><img align="top" border="0" src="../images/drop_vert_bar.svg" alt= |
| " Stack views" /></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" height="38"><em>drop, vertical bar</em>: marks the insertion between |
| other view tabs.</td> |
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| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" align="center" height="38"><img align="top" border="0" src="../images/drop_rect_area.svg" alt= |
| " Tear off icon " /></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" height="38"><em>drop, rectangular area</em>: shows the positioning of |
| the view in an empty area: either in the IDE or as detached view.</td> |
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| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" align="center" height="38"><img align="top" border="0" src="../images/drop_invalid_source.svg" |
| alt=" Restricted icon" /></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" height="38"><em>prohibition</em>: signals you can not dock the view |
| in this area.</td> |
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| <h3 class="related">Related concepts</h3><a href="../concepts/concepts-5.htm">Views</a><br /> |
| <a href="../concepts/concepts-21a.htm">Detached views</a><br /> |
| <a href="../concepts/concepts-4.htm">Perspectives</a> |
| <h3 class="related">Related tasks</h3><a href="tasks-3.htm">Opening views</a><br /> |
| <a href="tasks-9l.htm">Detaching views and editors</a><br /> |
| <a href="../gettingStarted/qs-39g.htm">Maximizing a view or editor</a><br /> |
| <a href="tasks-9i.htm">Saving a user defined perspective</a><br /> |
| <a href="tasks-9j.htm">Resetting perspectives</a> |
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