Workbench Window Layout

You can rearrange the layout of workbench windows as follows:

Drop Cursors

Drop cursors indicate where a view will dock when you release your mouse button. This indication is relative to the view or editor area underneath the cursor.

Drop Cursors

Cursor

Name

Description

 

Dock above

The view will appear above the view underneath the cursor.

 

Dock below

The view will appear below the view underneath the cursor.

 

Dock to the right

The view will appear to the right of the view underneath the cursor.

 

Dock to the left

The view will appear to the left of the view underneath the cursor.

 

Stack

The view will appear as a tab in the same pane as the view underneath the cursor.

 

Floating

The view will appear floating outside the main workbench window.

Fast Views

From a view's title bar context menu, you can select Fast View to minimize the view as a  button on the shortcut bar.

If a view is minimized in this way, you can click its button on the shortcut bar to bring it up in a fast view. To revert the fast view back to a docked view again, select the Restore button on its title bar.

See Shortcut Bar

Double-Click

Double-clicking a view's title bar maximizes the view in the workbench window.

Title Bar Context Menu & Fast View Toolbars

From the context menu of a view's title bar, you can select how you want the view to appear within the workbench window.

View Title Bar Context Menu Options

Option

Description

Restore

Restores the view to its originating (non-maximized and non-minimized) size and position within the workbench.

This option, when used in a fast view, will restore the view to its originating (docked) position in the workbench.

Fast View
(i.e., minimize)

Minimizes the view and places a button for it in the shortcut bar.  

See Shortcut Bar

This option is not enabled in a fast view.

Maximize

Maximizes the view in the workbench window.

This option is not enabled in a fast view.

Close

Closes the view.  

Here is what a view's context menu looks like: