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= Workbench =


When the console is launched, a single Workbench window is displayed. A Workbench window offers one or more perspectives. A perspective contains views, such as the Object Browser. Multiple Workbench windows can be opened simultaneously. Initially, in the first Workbench window that is opened, the ''Default'' perspective is displayed, with Object Browser and Object Details views visible.
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A shortcut bar appears in the top right corner of the window. This allows you 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 item in the shortcut bar is highlighted.
 
 
= Views =
 
The primary use of Views is to provide navigation of the information in the Workbench. A view might appear by itself or stacked with other views in a tabbed notebook. To activate a view that is part of a tabbed notebook simply click its tab. Views have two menus. The first, which is accessed by right clicking on the view's tab, allows the view to be manipulated in much the same manner as the menu associated with the Workbench window. The second menu, called the "view pull-down menu", is accessed by clicking the down arrow [[Image:console_viewdownarrow.png]]. The view pull-down menu typically contains operations that apply to the entire contents of the view, but not to a specific item shown in the view.
 
A view can be displayed by selecting it from the appropriate '''View''', '''Monitor''', or '''Configuration''' menu, or via '''Window > Show View menu'''. A perspective determines which views may be required and displays these on the Show View sub-menu. Additional views are available by choosing command link '''Other...''' at the bottom of the Show View sub-menu. This is just one of the many features that provide for the creation of a custom work environment.
 
Through the normal course of using the Workbench you will open, move, resize, and close views. If you'd like to restore the perspective back to its original state, you can select the '''Window > Reset Perspective''' menu operation.
 
== Rearranging views==
 
The position of any view in the Workbench window can be changed.
 
# Click in the title bar of the view and drag the view across the Workbench window. Do not release the mouse button yet.
# While still dragging the view around on top of the Workbench window, note that various drop cursors appear. These drop cursors (see next section) indicate where the view will dock in relation to the view underneath the cursor when the mouse button is released. Notice also that a rectangular highlight is drawn that provides additional feedback on where the view will dock.
# Dock the view in any position in the Workbench window, and view the results of this action.
 
== Drop cursors ==
 
Drop cursors indicate where it is possible to dock a part in the Workbench window. Several different drop cursors may be displayed when rearranging a part.
 
{| class="wikitable"
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| [[Image:drop_top_source.png]] || Dock above: If the mouse button is released when a dock above cursor is displayed, the part will appear above the part underneath the cursor.
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| [[Image:drop_bottom_source.png]]|| Dock below: If the mouse button is released when a dock below cursor is displayed, the part will appear below the part underneath the cursor.
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| [[Image:drop_left_source.png]] || Dock to the left: If the mouse button is released when a dock to the left cursor is displayed, the part will appear to the left of the part underneath the cursor.
|-
| [[Image:drop_right_source.png]] || Dock to the right: If the mouse button is released when a dock to the right cursor is displayed, the part will appear to the right of the part underneath the cursor.
|-
| [[Image:drop_stack.png]] || Stack: If the mouse button is released when a stack cursor is displayed, the part will appear as a tab in the same pane as the part underneath the cursor.
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| [[Image:drop_invalid_source.png]] || Restricted: If the mouse button is released when a restricted cursor is displayed, the part will not dock there.
|}
 
== Maximizing and minimizing views ==
 
The console presentation provides a rich environment consisting of one or more View Stacks (each containing one or more views). These various parts compete for valuable screen real-estate and correctly managing the amount of screen given to each can greatly enhance your productivity within the console. The two most common mechanisms for managing this issue are 'minimize' (i.e. make me use as little space as possible) and 'maximize' (i.e. give me as much space as you can). The console presentation provides a variety of ways to access these operations:
# Using the minimize and maximize buttons provided on a stack's border
# Selecting the 'Minimize' or 'Maximize' item on the context (right-click) menu for a stack
# Double-clicking on a stack
# Using 'Ctrl + M': this is a key binding for a command that will toggle the currently active part between its 'maximized' and its 'restored' (i.e. normal) states.
[[Image:console_minmaxOptions.png]]
 
'''Maximize:'''
 
It is desirable at times to focus your attention on one particular view to the exclusion of the others. Console implements the maximize behavior by minimizing all stacks except the one being maximized. This allows the maximized stack to completely occupy the main presentation while still allowing access any open views in your perspective by using the icons in their Trim Stack (the area around the edges of the window is called the 'trim').
 
'''Minimize:'''
 
Another way to optimize the use of the screen area is to directly minimize stacks that are of no current interest. Minimizing a stack will cause it to be moved into the trim area at the edges of the workbench window, creating a Trim Stack. View Stacks get minimized into a trim representation that contains the icons for each view in the stack:
[[Image:console_TrimStack.png]]
 
 
= Perspectives =
 
A perspective defines the initial set and layout of views in the Workbench window. One or more perspectives can exist in a single Workbench window. Perspectives can be opened in one of two ways:
# In the same (existing) Workbench window.
# In a new Workbench window.
Perspectives define visible action sets, which can be changed to customize a perspective. A perspective that is built in this manner can be saved, creating a custom perspective that can be opened again later.
 
== New perspectives ==
 
There are several ways to open a new perspective within this Workbench window:
# Using the Open Perspective button [[Image:console_perspective_button.png]] on the shortcut bar.
# Choosing a perspective from the '''Window > Open Perspective''' menu.
 
To open one by using the shortcut bar button:
# Click on the Open Perspective button [[Image:console_perspective_button.png]].
# A menu appears showing the same choices as shown on the Window > Open Perspective menu. Select perspective from the list or choose '''Other''' (in that case additional '''Select Perspective''' dialog will be opened).
 
Icons of recently used perspectives will be placed on shortcut bar for quick selection.
 
== Saving perspectives ==
 
The Workbench allows any current view layout to be saved for future use. To save current layout as new perspective:
# Choose '''Window > Save Perspective As...''' from main menu.
# The '''Save Perspective As''' dialog allows for an existing perspective to be redefined or for a new perspective to be created. Select existing perspective to redefine or type name of new perspective, and click '''OK'''.
# Answer '''Yes''' to the subsequent confirmation dialog. The new perspective layout will be used if the perspective is reset or if a new one is opened.

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