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<h1 class="Head">Workbench window layout</h1>
<p class="Para">You can rearrange the layout of Workbench windows as follows:</p>
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<li class="Item">Drag views to different positions within the Workbench window.</li>
<li class="Item">Drag editors such that they are simultaneously visible beside, above, or below another
editor.</li>
<li class="Item">Resize views and editors by dragging the sashes which separate them.</li>
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<h2>Drop cursors</h2>
<p class="Para"><i>Drop cursors</i> indicate where a view will dock when you release your mouse button. This
indication is relative to the view or editor area underneath the cursor.</p>
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Drop Cursors
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<th rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="54">
<p class="Para">Cursor</p>
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<th rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="113">
<p class="Para">Name</p>
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<th rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="480">
<p class="Para">Description</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="54"><img src="../images/ref-1.png" align="top" alt="Up arrow" /></td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="113">
<p class="Para">Dock above</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="480">
<p class="Para">The view will appear above the view underneath the cursor.</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="54"><img src="../images/ref-2.png" align="top" alt="Down arrow" /></td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="113">
<p class="Para">Dock below</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="480">
<p class="Para">The view will appear below the view underneath the cursor.</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="54"><img src="../images/ref-3.png" align="top" alt="Right arrow" /></td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="113">
<p class="Para">Dock to the right</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="480">
<p class="Para">The view will appear to the right of the view underneath the cursor.</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="54"><img src="../images/ref-4.png" align="top" alt="Left arrow" /></td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="113">
<p class="Para">Dock to the left</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="480">
<p class="Para">The view will appear to the left of the view underneath the cursor.</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="54"><img src="../images/ref-5.png" align="top" alt="Stack" /></td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="113">
<p class="Para">Stack</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="480">
<p class="Para">The view will appear as a tab in the same pane as the view underneath the cursor.</p>
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<h2 class="Head">Double-Click</h2>
<p class="Para">Double-clicking a view or editor's title bar maximizes the part in the Workbench window.</p>
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<h2 class="Head">Title bar context menu</h2>
<p class="Para">From the context menu of a view or editor's title bar, you can select how you want the view to
appear within the Workbench window.</p>
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View and editor title bar context menu options
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<th rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<p class="Para"><a name="pgfId-1096571" id="pgfId-1096571">O</a>ption</p>
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<th rowspan="1" colspan="1">
<p class="Para">Description</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">
<p class="Para">Restore</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">
<p class="Para">Restores the view to its originating (non-maximized/non-minimized) size and position
within the Workbench.</p>
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<td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Restore</td>
<td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Restores the view or editor to its originating
(non-maximized/non-minimized) size and position within the Workbench.</td>
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<td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Move</td>
<td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Move the part or part group.</td>
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<td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Size</td>
<td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Change the size of the part in the direction specified.</td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">
<p class="Para">Maximize</p>
</td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">
<p class="Para">Maximizes the part in the Workbench window.</p>
</td>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">
<p class="Para">Minimize</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">
<p class="Para">Minimizes the part in the Workbench window.</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">
<p class="Para">Close</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">
<p class="Para">Closes the part.</p>
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<td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">
<p>Close Others</p>
<p>(editors only)</p>
</td>
<td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Closes all editors except the current editor.</td>
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<td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">
<p>Close All</p>
<p>(editors only)</p>
</td>
<td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Closes all editors.</td>
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<p>Here is what a view's context menu looks like:</p>
<p><img src="../images/Image229_view_popup.png" alt="View's context menu" border="1" /></p>
<p>Here is what an editor's context menu looks like:</p>
<p><img src="../images/Image229_editor_popup.png" alt="Editor's context menu" border="1" /></p>
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