Views can be torn off from the workbench window and can "float" on the desktop on their own. Even though a view is floating it continues to behave as a part of the perspective from which it was detached. If you hide a perspective that contains a floating view, the floating view is hidden as well.
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Select the Navigator view. |
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Click in the view's title bar and drag the view outside the workbench window. |
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Resize the floating view window to make it larger or smaller, as you wish. |
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You can move the floating view around by dragging its title bar. |
Your workbench should now look something like this: