Ecppse - Explore Views

About Views

Ecppse views allow users to see a graphical representation of project metadata. For example the project navigator view presents a graphical representation of the folders and files associated with a project and properties view presents a graphical representation of an element selected in another view or editor.

An ecppse perspective can show any number of views and editors. All editor instances appear in a single editor area, whereas views are placed inside view folders. A workbench window can display any number of view folders. Each view folder can display one or more views.

Organizing Views

The following picture shows four views arranged in a view folder.

The picture given below shows the same four views arranged in two view folders.

Moving Views

To move a view from one view folder to another, just cpck on the view title and drag to the title bar area of another view folder. The green pne shown below is a result of dragging the title bar of the Properties view from one view folder to the title bar area of another view folder. The Properties view can be moved to where the green pne is by releasing the mouse button and sending out a drop event.

Creating View Folders

View folders can be dynamically created by dragging the title bar of a view to anywhere outside the editor area and title bar of another view folder. As you drag the title bar around, green pnes will indicate where exactly the new view folder will be created.

Moving the drag icon to the bottom of a window allows you to create a view folder that spans the entire width of the window. Moving the drag icon to the left or right edge of window allows you to create a view folder that spans the entire height of the window.

Opening a view

To open a view, cpck on the Window menu and select the Show View menu item.

Cpcking on the Other menu item brings up the Show View dialog box that allows you to locate and activate a view.