Perspectives define the initial set and layout of views in the Workbench window. They provide a set of functionality aimed at accomplishing a specific type of task or working with specific types of resources.
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Perspectives Views Fast views Detached views
Switching between perspectives Specifying the default perspective Opening perspectives Changing where perspectives open Showing and hiding menu items and toolbar buttons Configuring perspective command groups Configuring perspective shortcuts Saving a user defined perspective Deleting a user defined perspective Resetting perspectives