Perspectives

Identifier:
org.eclipse.ui.perspective

Description:
This extension point is used to add perspective factories to the workbench. A perspective factory is used to define the initial layout and visible action sets for a perspective. The user can select a perspective by invoking the "Open Perspective" submenu of the "Window" menu.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (perspective*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED>


<!ELEMENT perspective (description?)>

<!ATTLIST perspective

id    CDATA #REQUIRED

name  CDATA #REQUIRED

class CDATA #REQUIRED

icon  CDATA #IMPLIED

fixed (true | false) >


<!ELEMENT description (#PCDATA)>

an optional subelement whose body should contain text providing a short description of the perspective.



Examples:
The following is an example of a perspective extension:


   <extension 
        point="org.eclipse.ui.perspectives"> 
        <perspective 
            id="org.eclipse.ui.resourcePerspective" 
            name="Resource" 
            class="org.eclipse.ui.internal.ResourcePerspective" 
            icon="icons/MyIcon.gif"> 
        </perspective> 
    </extension> 

Supplied Implementation:
The workbench provides a "Resource Perspective". Additional perspectives may be added by plug-ins. They are selected using the "Open Perspective" submenu of the "Window" menu.


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