Adding and Selecting Perspectives

Adding a Perspective

Context

There are many different ways to design the layout of tool windows. Different layouts are suited to different modeling tasks (e.g. editing diagrams, specifying elements, creating documents). You can add the perspective for your particular requirement to the View>Window>Arrange Windows submenu and call it again as needed.

How to proceed

Open the desired tool window.
Arrange the tool window to suit your needs.
Select View>Window>Arrange Windows>Add Perspective.

The dialog of the same name appears.
Enter a unique name for the perspective.
Confirm the name with OK.

The perspective is added alphabetically to the perspectives submenu.

Selecting a Perspective

Context

The initial and added perspectives are offered when calling a particular layout of tool windows.

How to proceed

Select the perspective you want from the View>Window>Arrange Windows submenu.

The program interface is arranged according to your selection. This may open, close or move tool windows, depending on your selection.

Deleting a Perspective

How to proceed

Select View>Window>Arrange Windows.

The submenu which contains the added perspectives appears.
Place the mouse pointer on the perspective you want to delete.
Select the Delete Perspective command from the context menu.
The selected perspective is deleted.

Setting a Perspective to the Current Arrangement

Context

You can change an existing, added perspective by setting it to the current arrangement.

How to proceed

Select View>Window>Arrange Windows.

The submenu which contains the added perspectives appears.
Place the mouse pointer on the perspective you want to set to the current arrangement.
Select Set to Current Perspective in the context menu.
The selected perspective is replaced by the current arrangement.