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| <H1 CLASS="Head">Toolbars </H1> |
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| <p>There are four kinds of toolbars in the Workbench.</p> |
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| <p>The <i> main toolbar</i>, sometimes called the Workbench toolbar, |
| is displayed at the top of |
| the Workbench window directly beneath the menu bar. The contents of this toolbar change based on the active perspective. Items in the toolbar |
| might be enabled or disabled based on |
| the state of either the active view or editor. Sections of the main toolbar can be rearranged using the mouse. |
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| <p>There are also individual <i>view toolbars</i>, |
| which appear in the title |
| bar of a view. Actions in a view's toolbar apply only to the view in which |
| they appear. Some view toolbars include a <b>Menu</b> button, shown as an |
| inverted triangle, that contain actions for that view.</p> |
| <p CLASS="Head">A third type of toolbar is the perspective switcher. The |
| perspective switcher allows quick access to perspectives that are currently |
| open. It also has a button that can open new perspectives. The perspective |
| switcher is normally located in the top-right, next to the main toolbar. |
| However, it is also possible to position it below the main toolbar |
| ("top-left"), or to position it vertically on the left-hand side of the |
| workbench ("left"). The name of the perspectives is shown by default, but |
| it is possible to hide the text and show only the icons. To reposition the |
| perspective or hide the text, right-click on it and choose the appropriate |
| item from the context menu.</p> |
| <p CLASS="Head">Minimizing a view stack will also produce a toolbar |
| in the trim at the outer edge of the workbench window (a <i>Trim Stack</i>). This bar will contain |
| an icon for each of the views in the stack. Clicking on one of these icons will |
| result in the view being displayed as an overlay onto the existing presentation.</p> |
| <p CLASS="Head">In all cases, you can find out what toolbar buttons do by moving |
| your mouse pointer over the button and reading the tooltip that opens. See the |
| list of related reference topics below for a table of all toolbar buttons.</p> |
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| <h3 class="related">Related concepts</h3> |
| <a href="concepts-2.htm">Workbench</a><br> |
| <a href="concepts-5.htm">Views</a><br> |
| <a href="concepts-4.htm">Perspectives</a><br> |
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| <h3 class="related">Related tasks</h3> |
| <a href="../tasks/ttoolbars.htm">Rearranging the main toolbar</a> |
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| <h3 class="related">Related reference</h3> |
| <a href="../reference/ref-68.htm">Toolbar buttons</a> |
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