Window menu

This menu allows you to display, hide, and otherwise manipulate the various views, perspectives, and actions in the Workbench

Window Menu

NameFunctionKeyboard Shortcut
New Window Window menu commands:  
Open Perspective This command opens a new perspective in this Workbench window. This preference can be changed in the Window > Preferences > Workbench > Perspectives page. All of the perspectives that are open within the Workbench window are shown on the shortcut bar. The perspectives you will likely want to open are listed first.This list is dependent on the current perspective. From the Other... submenu you can open any perspective.  
Show View This command displays the selected view in the current perspective. You can configure how views are opened in the Window > Preferences > Workbench > Perspectives page. Views you are likely to want to open are listed first.This list is dependent on the current perspective. From the Other... submenu you can open any view. The views are sorted into categories in the Show View dialog.  
Show/Hide Editors This command can be toggled to show or hide the editor area in the active perspective.  
Lock the Toolbars This command toggles whether or not the Workbench tool bar can be manually reorganized.  
Customize Perspective Each perspective includes a predefined set of actions that are accessible from the menu bar and Workbench toolbar. Related actions are grouped into action sets. This command allows you to customize the current perspective by showing or hiding various action sets. The first three (File > New, Window > Open Perspective, Window > Show View) control which actions appear as top level items in their respective menus. The last category (Other) controls which action sets are visible in the perspective.  
Save Perspective As This command allows you to save the current perspective, creating your own custom perspective. You can open more perspectives of this type using the Window > Open Perspective > Other menu item once you have saved a perspective.  
Reset Perspective This command changes the layout of the current perspective to its original configuration.  
Close Perspective This command closes the active perspective.  
Close All Perspectives This command closes all open perspectives in the Workbench window.  
Navigation This submenu contains shortcut keys for navigating between the views, perspectives, and editors in the Workbench window.
  • Show System Menu: Shows the menu that is used for resizing, closing or pinning the current view or editor.
  • Show View Menu: Shows the drop down menu that is available in the toolbar of the active view.
  • Mazimize Active View or Editor: Mazimizes the current view or editor to fill the workbench.
  • Activate Editor: Makes the current editor active.
  • Next Editor: Activates the next open editor in the list of most recently used editors.
  • Previous Editor: Activates the previous open editor in the list of most recently used editors.
  • Next View: Activates the next open view in the list of most recently used views.
  • Previous View: Activates the previous open editor in the list of most recently used editors.
  • Next Perspective: Activates the next open perspective in the list of most recently used perspectives.
  • Previous Perspective: Activates the previous open perspective in the list of most recently used perspectives.
 
Switch to Editor Opens a dialog that allows you to manage all editors that are open, and rapidly switch to other open editors. Here is what the switch editors dialog looks like:
  • Switch to Editor: By selecting an editor from the list and hitting OK, that editor will be made active. If the chosen editor is in a different window or perspective, that window and perspective will be made active
  • Close Selected Editors: Closes all editors selected in the list.
  • Save Selected Editors: Saves the contents of all editors selected in the list.
  • Select Clean Editors: Selects the editors in the list that have not been modified since their last save.
  • Invert Selection: Reverses the selection in the list of editors.
Ctrl + Shift + E
Preferences This command allows you to indicate your preferences for using the Workbench. There are a wide variety of preferences for configuring the appearance of the Workbench and its views, and for customizing the behavior of all tools that are installed in the Workbench. See the C/C++ Page Preference Window section for more details on the CDT preferences.  

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