Eclipse Views

About Views

Eclipse views allow users to visualize project metadata in a more intuitive graphical format.

For example, the project navigation view displays folders and files in a graphical representation that relates to the project and property views in another editing window.

Eclipse perspectives can display any combination of views and editing windows.

All editor instances appear in an editor area and can be viewed through the folder view.

Aworkbench window can display any number of folder views. Each folder view can show one or multiple views.

Organizing Views

The image below shows four views in a folder view.

The image below displays four views in two folder views.

Moving Views

To move a view from one folder view to another, simply click on the view title and drag the view tool area to another folder view.

Creating Folder Views

Folder views can be dynamically created by dragging the view title bar outside the editor area or to another folder view. In the image below, dragging the title bar within the green outline will create a new folder view.

By dragging the icon to the bottom of the window, you can create a folder view that spans the entire width of the window. Dragging the icon to the left or right side of the window will create a folder view that spans the entire height of the window.

Operating Views

You can open additional views by clicking the "Show View" option in the Window menu.

Clicking the "Other" menu option will bring up a "Show View" dialog where you can search for and activate views.

Views are organized by categories. You can quickly find views using the search box. Then open the view and select it, and click the "OK" button.