Switching Perspectives | |
| A perspective is simply a combination of views and editors that together create an environment that facilitates a specific segment of application development. Web based resources are most easily edited in the Web perspective. | |
| 1. To open the Web perspective, from the menu, select Window à Open Perspective à Other… |
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| 2. Scroll down in the ‘Select Perspective’ window and highlight ‘Web’ While you’re scrolling, notice all of the perspectives available, including Java, J2EE, XML and Data to name just a few. 3. With ‘Web’ highlighted, click ‘OK’ to open the Web perspective. |
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| Notice how a globe appears along the left hand side of the WSAD. This is the ‘Perspectives Taskbar,’ which allows you to switch easily between various perspectives. |
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Adding Views to a Perspective | |
| Perspectives are a combination of helpful views and editors that are intended to help you edit and maintain a particular resource. However, sometimes a view you love won’t appear on a particular perspective. Any view can be added to perspective. Let’s make sure the ‘Project Navigator’ appears in the current perspective. | |
| 1. From the menu, select Window à Show View à Project Navigator The ‘Project Navigator’ will appear as a tabbed window somewhere on your perspective. |
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| You can now save your perspective with the extra view added. 2. From the menu, select Window à Save Perspective As… |
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| 3. Provide a name for your new perspective and click ‘OK’ After customizing and saving a perspective, you can reopen that perspective any time in the future. |
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