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
 

Up arrow

Dock above The view will appear above the view underneath the cursor.
 

Down arrow

Dock below The view will appear below the view underneath the cursor.
 

Right arrow

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

Left arrow

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

Stack

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

 

 

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 Fast View button on its title bar. See Shortcut Bar

 

 

Double-Click

Double-clicking a view or editor's title bar maximizes the part in the Workbench window.

 

 

Title bar context menu and fast view toolbars

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

View and editor title bar context menu options
Option
Restore Restores the view to its originating (non-maximized/non-minimized) size and position within the Workbench.
Fast View
(views only) 		Minimizes the view and places a button for it in the shortcut bar.   This option, when used in a fast view, will restore the view to its originating (docked) position in the Workbench. See Shortcut Bar
Restore Restores the view or editor to its originating (non-maximized/non-minimized) size and position within the Workbench.
Move Move the part or part group.
Size Change the size of the part in the direction specified.
Maximize Maximizes the part in the Workbench window.
Minimize Minimizes the part in the Workbench window.
Close Closes the part.  

Close Others

(editors only)

Closes all editors except the current editor.

Close All

(editors only)

Closes all editors.

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

View's context menu

Here is what an editor's context menu looks like:

Editor's context menu