The Workbench

When the Workbench is launched a single window is displayed. The Workbench window offers one or more1 perspectives. A perspective contains editors and views, such as the Navigator. Multiple Workbench windows can be opened simultaneously. Initially, the Resource perspective is displayed.

A shortcut bar appears at the far left of the window, this allows the user to open new perspectives and switch between ones already open. The name of the active perspective is shown in the title of the window and its icon in the shortcut bar is a pushed-in icon.

The title bar of the Workbench window indicates which perspective is active. In this example, the Resource perspective is in use. The Navigator, Tasks, and Outline views are open, along with an editor on the welcome page. The welcome page provides a quick overview explaining how to customize the Workbench and provides information about other features.

Workbench

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