Perspectives

Use the Preferences Perspectives window to manage the perspectives defined in the workbench.

In the Preferences Perspectives window The Preferences Perspective window showing a list of the available perspectives and the Open in a new view radio buttons. you can manage the available perspectives and determine how a new view opens.

Open a new view

These options determine how a new view opens:
  • Select the Within the perspective radio button to open the new view in the current perspective.
  • Select the As a fast view to open the view as a Fast view, and place an icon in the Shortcut bar

Available perspectives

The table shows all the available perspectives and identifies the default perspective. You can change the default perspective or delete perspectives, but you cannot delete the supplied perspectives.
  • To delete a perspective, click the perspective name and click Delete. In the confirmation dialog click Yes and the perspective is deleted.
  • To change the default perspective, click a perspective name and click Make default. The (default) label is moved and the selected perspective is now the default perspective.
  • If you have made changes to the supplied perspectives you can reset the perspectives to the system defaults by clicking the perspective in the table, and clicking the Reset button.