Window Menu

The Window menu allows you to customize your workbench display.

 

The options available from the Window menu are:

Name

Shortcut

Description

New Window

 

Opens the workspace in a new window.

Clicking on the window's X icon will close only that window and not the whole workspace.

New Editor

 

Opens the active editor in a new window.

Open Perspective

 

Opens a selected perspective, containing a selection of views.

See the Workbench User Guide for more on Perspectives .

Note:

Additional user guides can be accessed from inside PDT by going to Help | Help Contents, or from the Eclipse Online Documentation site (http://help.eclipse.org/ganymede/index.jsp).

Show View

 

Displays a selected view.

See the Workbench User Guide for more on Views Views .

Note:

Additional user guides can be accessed from inside PDT by going to Help | Help Contents, or from the Eclipse Online Documentation site (http://help.eclipse.org/ganymede/index.jsp).

Customize Perspective

 

Configures settings for the active perspective, including settings for:

- The quickly accessed settings on the New, Open Perspective and Show View submenus.

- Which options appear in the menu and toolbar.

Save Perspective As..

 

After configuring the perspective, you can select to save it under a different name for future use.

Reset Perspective

 

Resets the perspective to its default view, menu bar and toolbar settings.

Close Perspective

 

Closes the active perspective and reverts back to the last viewed perspective.

 

Close All Perspectives

 

Closes all perspectives.

No views or functionality will be available.

Click the open perspective icon open_perspective.png to open a perspective.

Navigation

 

 

Allows quick access and Navigation between views and perspectives.

For a list of commands available from this menu option, see the " Navigation " subtopic.

Web Browser

 

Choose which web browser to use in PDT . Options are:

- Internal Web Browser (default)

- Default system Web browser

- Firefox

- Internet Explorer

Preferences

 

Opens the preferences dialog to configure all aspects of the workspace.

See the PHP Preferences section for more on PHP Preferences .

 

 

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