Saving perspectives

In this tutorial we have seen how to add new views to our perspective, rearrange the views and convert views into fast views. The Workbench also allows you to save this layout for future use.

1. In the shortcut bar click on the Resource perspective. The Resource perspective is now active.

2. Drag the Outline view and stack it with the Navigator view.

3. Choose Window > Save Perspective As... 

4. The Save Perspective As dialog allows you to redefine and existing perspective or create a new perspective.

   Click OK to update the Resource perspective and Yes to the subsequent confirmation dialog. The new perspective layout will be used if you reset the perspective or open a new one.

   

5. In the Resource perspective move the Outline view so that it is now stacked with the Tasks view.

6. Choose Window > Reset Perspective. Notice the Outline view is stacked with the Navigator. Originally when we first started the Workbench it was below the Navigator, but because we saved the perspective with Repositories and Outline stacked, it now considers this its initial layout.  

7. Choose Window > New Window to open a second window showing the resource perspective. Observe that it uses the newly saved layout. 

8. Close the second window.

Now that we have forever changed our Resource perspective you're probably hoping there is some way to get back the original layout. To reset the Resource perspective to its original layout:

1. Choose Window > Preferences.

2. Expand Workbench and choose Perspectives.

3. Select the Resource perspective and click the Reset button and then Click OK.

   

4. We have undone any changes to the saved state of the perspective. If we also want to update the current copy of the Resource perspective that we are working with we must also choose Window > Reset Perspective from the Workbench's menubar. 

Configuring perspectives 

New windows