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Switching perspectives

There are two ways to open another perspective:

Click the Open a perspective icon () in the top right corner of the Workbench working area and select the appropriate perspective from the list.

Select Window Æ Open Perspective and select one from the drop-down list shown.

In both cases, there is also an Other option, which when selected displays the Open Perspective dialog that shows a list of perspectives. To show the complete list of perspectives, select the Show all check box, if it exists. Here you can select the required perspective and click OK.

Figure 4-2 Open perspective dialog

In all perspectives, a group of buttons appears in the top right corner of the Workbench (an area known as the shortcut bar). Each button corresponds to an open perspective, and the >> icon will show a list if there are too many. Clicking one of these displays the associated perspective.

Figure 4-3 Buttons to switch between perspectives

Tips: The name of the perspective is shown in the window title area along with the name of the file open in the editor, which is currently at the front. To close a perspective, right-click the perspective's button on the shortcut bar (top right) and select Close. To display only the icons for the perspectives, right-click somewhere in the shortcut bar and clear the Show Text option. Each perspective requires memory, so it is good practice to close perspectives that are not used to improve performance.

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