The editor area

An editor opens in a separate tab group called the editor area. The editor area shares many features with the other tab groups, but there are some differences, for example, when repositioning this area.

You can open the editor for a resource in the following ways:
  • When you create a new resource definition, select the Open editor check box in the wizard to open the corresponding resource editor after the wizard completes.
  • For resources that you have already defined, from a resource definition view or from a project view, either double-click the resource name, or right-click the resource name, then click Open.

The following screen capture shows an example of an editor.

Workbench showing the editor area and the Pipeline editor.

You can minimize, maximize, or resize the editor area in the same way as other tab groups.

To reposition the editor area in the workbench, you must move the other tab groups around the editor area. For example, to reposition the editor area towards the middle of the workbench, drag the tabular views tab group past the editor area to the edge of the workbench, as shown in the following example screen.

Workbench showing the editor area and the Pipeline editor more central in the workbench

If you open more than one instance of the editor, you can move the views around in the editor area; for example, you can position them vertically or horizontally as shown in the following screen capture, but you cannot move the editor instances into a different tab group.

Two Pipeline Definition editor instances side by side in the editor area

If you reset the perspective, the perspective is restored to the default layout. However, any open editors are not changed and remain in the workbench.