Overview

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 capabilities aimed at accomplishing a specific type of task or working with specific types of resources. For example, the JavaTM perspective combines views that you would commonly use while editing Java source files, while the Debug perspective contains views that you would use while debugging a program. Perspectives contain views and editors and control what appears in certain menus and tool bars.

Views in ARCAD-API are context sensitive. To see a view that is not currently active, open it by accessing the Show View dialog (Window > Show view > Other) and selecting the view. Re-position views by dragging and dropping them to the desired location in the studio. Click an edge and drag to re-size a view. Double-click on any view's toolbar to maximize it. This is helpful when a view contains a lot of information; maximizing the view makes it fill the entire window. Double-click again to minimize the view.

To re-set the perspective to the default layout, click Window > Reset Perspective.

This primary view provides access to all of the features available in the ARCAD-API product.