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<H1 CLASS="Head">Workbench</H1>
<P>The term <i>Workbench</i> refers to the desktop development environment.
The Workbench aims to achieve seamless tool integration and controlled openness by providing a common paradigm for the creation, management, and navigation of workspace resources.</P>
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Each Workbench window contains one or more
perspectives.&nbsp; Perspectives contain views and editors and control
what appears in certain menus and tool bars.&nbsp; More than one Workbench window can exist
on the desktop at any given time.</P>
<h3 class="related">Related concepts</h3>
<a href="concepts-25.htm">Features</a><br>
<a href="concepts-12.htm">Resources</a><br>
<a href="concepts-4.htm">Perspectives</a><br>
<a href="concepts-5.htm">Views</a><br>
<a href="concepts-6.htm">Editors</a><br>
<a href="concepts-27c.htm">CVS Repositories</a>
<h3 class="related">Related tasks</h3>
<a href="../tasks/tasks-9f.htm">Opening perspectives</a><br>
<a href="../tasks/tasks-3.htm">Opening views</a><br>
<a href="../tasks/tasks-28.htm">Switching between perspectives</a><br>
<a href="../tasks/tasks-9n.htm">Showing and hiding menu items and toolbar buttons</a><br>
<a href="../tasks/tasks-9m.htm">Configuring perspective command groups</a><br>
<a href="../tasks/tasks-9k.htm">Configuring perspective shortcuts</a><br>
<a href="../tasks/tasks-124.htm">Installing new software</a>
<h3 class="related">Related reference</h3>
<a href="../reference/ref-68.htm">Toolbar buttons</a>
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