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      Workbench window layout
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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>
    <ul class="UnorderedList">
      <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>
    </ul>
    <div class="Topic">
      <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>
      <table border="1" width="669" cellspacing="0">
        <caption>
          Drop Cursors
        </caption>
        <thead>
          <tr>

            <th rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="54">
              <p class="Para">
                Cursor
              </p>
            </th>
            <th rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="113">
              <p class="Para">
                Name
              </p>
            </th>

            <th rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="480">
              <p class="Para">
                Description
              </p>
            </th>
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          <tr>

            <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="54">
              <p class="Para">
                &nbsp;
              </p><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>

            </td>
            <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="480">
              <p class="Para">
                The view will appear above the view underneath the cursor.
              </p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="54">

              <p class="Para">
                &nbsp;
              </p><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>
            </td>

            <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="480">
              <p class="Para">
                The view will appear below the view underneath the cursor.
              </p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="54">
              <p class="Para">

                &nbsp;
              </p><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>
            </td>
            <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="480">

              <p class="Para">
                The view will appear to the right of the view underneath the
                cursor.
              </p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="54">
              <p class="Para">
                &nbsp;

              </p><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>
            </td>
            <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="480">
              <p class="Para">

                The view will appear to the left of the view underneath the
                cursor.
              </p>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="54">
              <p class="Para">
                &nbsp;
              </p><img src="../images/ref-5.png" align="top" alt=
              "Stack" />

            </td>
            <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" width="113">
              <p class="Para">
                Stack
              </p>
            </td>
            <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>

            </td>
          </tr>
        </tbody>
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    <div class="Topic">
      <div class="Subtopic">
        <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>
      </div>
      <div class="Subtopic">

        <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>
        <table border="1" cellspacing="0">
          <caption>
            View and editor title bar context menu options
          </caption>

          <thead>
            <tr>
              <th rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                <p class="Para">
                  <a name="pgfId-1096571" id="pgfId-1096571">O</a>ption
                </p>
              </th>
              <th rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                <p class="Para">

                  Description
                </p>
              </th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <tr>
              <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">
                <p class="Para">

                  Restore
                </p>
              </td>
              <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>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <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>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">

                Move
              </td>
              <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">
                Move the part or part group.
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <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>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <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>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">
                <p class="Para">

                  Minimize
                </p>
              </td>
              <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">
                <p class="Para">
                  Minimizes the part in the Workbench window.
                </p>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>

              <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">
                <p class="Para">
                  Close
                </p>
              </td>
              <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">
                <p class="Para">
                  Closes the part.&nbsp;&nbsp;
                </p>

              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <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>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <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>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>

      </div>
    </div>
    <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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