Each Workbench window contains one or more
perspectives. A perspective defines the initial set and layout of views
in the Workbench window. Within the window, each perspective shares the same set
of editors. Each perspective provides a set of functionality aimed
at accomplishing a specific type of task or works with specific types of
resources. For example, the Java perspective combines views that you would
commonly use while editing Java source files, while the Debug perspective
contains the views that you would use while debugging Java programs. As you work
in the Workbench, you will probably switch perspectives frequently.
Perspectives control what appears in certain menus
and toolbars. They define visible action sets, which you
can change to customize a perspective. You can save a perspective that you
build in this manner, making your own custom perspective that you can open again
later.
You can use the
General > Perspectives
preference page to open perspectives
in the same window or in a new window.
