# Window Menu actions

Name | Function | Keyboard Shortcut
--- | --- | ---
New Window | Opens a new Workbench window |
New Editor | Opens a new copy of the active editor |
Open Perspective (submenu) | Opens a new perspective (The contents and order of entries in the submenu are dependent on the current perspective. The Other... entry allows you to open any perspective.) |
Show View (submenu) | Displays a view in the current perspective (The contents and order of entries in the submenu are dependent on the current perspective. The Other... entry allows you to open any view.) |
Customize Perspective... | Alters the visibility of various elements of the current perspective |
Save Perspective As... | Saves the current perspective under a new name (It can then be accessed through the Open Perspective > Other... dialog.) |
Reset Perspective | Removes any customizations created by Customize Perspective... |
Close Perspective | Closes the active perspective |
Close All Perspectives | Closes all the open perspectives, which also closes all the Editors and Views |
Navigation | Navigates between views, perspectives, and editors in the following ways: |
Show System Menu Displays the menu that is used for closing the current view or editor | Alt+(hyphen)
Show View Menu Displays the drop-down menu accessible from the triangle button in the current view's toolbar | Ctrl-F10
Maximize Active View or Editor Maximizes the current view or editor to fill the window | Ctrl+M
Minimize Active View or Editor Minimizes the current view or editor down to an icon on the side of the window |
Activate Editor Switches from the current view to the current editor | F12
Next Editor Activates the most-recently-used editor (If held down, displays the list of open editors, ordered by time.) | Ctrl+F6
Previous Editor Activates least-recently-used editor (If held down, displays the list of open editors, ordered by time.) | Ctrl+Shift+F6
Switch to Editor... Displays a dialog that allows multiple editors to be saved or closed | Ctrl+Shift+E
Next View Activates the most-recently-used view (If held down, displays the list of open views, ordered by time.) | Ctrl+F7
Previous View Activates least-recently-used view (If held down, displays the list of open views, ordered by time.) | Ctrl+Shift+F7
Next Perspective Activates the most-recently-used perspective (If held down, displays the list of open perspectives, ordered by time.) | Ctrl+F8
Previous Perspective Activates least-recently-used perspective (If held down, displays the list of open perspective, ordered by time.) | Ctrl+Shift+F8
Preferences | Opens the Preferences dialog, where workspace-wide preferences can be set (The C/C++ Page Preference Window section documents the C/C++-specific preferences.) |