<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title>Window Menu actions</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../help.css"> </head> <body> <div role="main"> <h1>Window Menu actions</h1> <table class="menu" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> <thead> <tr> <th id="name">Name</th> <th id="function">Function</th> <th id="keyboard">Keyboard Shortcut</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td class="menu_name" headers="name">New Window</td> <td headers="function">Opens a new Workbench window</td> <td headers="keyboard"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="menu_name" headers="name">New Editor</td> <td headers="function">Opens a new copy of the active editor</td> <td headers="keyboard"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="menu_name" headers="name">Open Perspective (submenu)</td> <td headers="function">Opens a new perspective (The contents and order of entries in the submenu are dependent on the current perspective. The <strong>Other...</strong> entry allows you to open any perspective.) </td> <td headers="keyboard"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="menu_name" headers="name">Show View (submenu)</td> <td headers="function">Displays a view in the current perspective (The contents and order of entries in the submenu are dependent on the current perspective. The <strong>Other...</strong> entry allows you to open any view.) </td> <td headers="keyboard"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="menu_name" headers="name">Customize Perspective...</td> <td headers="function">Alters the visibility of various elements of the current perspective</td> <td headers="keyboard"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="menu_name" headers="name">Save Perspective As...</td> <td headers="function">Saves the current perspective under a new name (It can then be accessed through the <strong>Open Perspective > Other...</strong> dialog.) </td> <td headers="keyboard"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="menu_name" headers="name">Reset Perspective</td> <td headers="function">Removes any customizations created by <strong>Customize Perspective...</strong> </td> <td headers="keyboard"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="menu_name" headers="name">Close Perspective</td> <td headers="function">Closes the active perspective</td> <td headers="keyboard"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="menu_name" headers="name">Close All Perspectives</td> <td headers="function">Closes all the open perspectives, which also closes all the Editors and Views</td> <td headers="keyboard"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="13" class="menu_name" headers="name">Navigation</td> <td headers="function">Navigates between views, perspectives, and editors in the following ways: <td headers="keyboard"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function"> <dl> <dt>Show System Menu</dt> <dd>Displays the menu that is used for closing the current view or editor</dd> </dl> </td> <td headers="keyboard">Alt+(hyphen)</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function"> <dl> <dt>Show View Menu</dt> <dd>Displays the drop-down menu accessible from the triangle button in the current view's toolbar</dd> </dl> </td> <td headers="keyboard">Ctrl-F10</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function"> <dl> <dt>Maximize Active View or Editor</dt> <dd>Maximizes the current view or editor to fill the window</dd> </dl> </td> <td headers="keyboard">Ctrl+M</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function"> <dl> <dt>Minimize Active View or Editor</dt> <dd>Minimizes the current view or editor down to an icon on the side of the window</dd> </dl> </td> <td headers="keyboard"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function"> <dl> <dt>Activate Editor</dt> <dd>Switches from the current view to the current editor</dd> </dl> </td> <td headers="keyboard">F12</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function"> <dl> <dt>Next Editor</dt> <dd>Activates the most-recently-used editor (If held down, displays the list of open editors, ordered by time.)</dd> </dl> </td> <td headers="keyboard">Ctrl+F6</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function"> <dl> <dt>Previous Editor</dt> <dd>Activates least-recently-used editor (If held down, displays the list of open editors, ordered by time.)</dd> </dl> </td> <td headers="keyboard">Ctrl+Shift+F6</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function"> <dl> <dt>Switch to Editor...</dt> <dd>Displays a dialog that allows multiple editors to be saved or closed</dd> </dl> </td> <td headers="keyboard">Ctrl+Shift+E</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function"> <dl> <dt>Next View</dt> <dd>Activates the most-recently-used view (If held down, displays the list of open views, ordered by time.)</dd> </dl> </td> <td headers="keyboard">Ctrl+F7</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function"> <dl> <dt>Previous View</dt> <dd>Activates least-recently-used view (If held down, displays the list of open views, ordered by time.)</dd> </dl> </td> <td headers="keyboard">Ctrl+Shift+F7</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function"> <dl> <dt>Next Perspective</dt> <dd>Activates the most-recently-used perspective (If held down, displays the list of open perspectives, ordered by time.)</dd> </dl> </td> <td headers="keyboard">Ctrl+F8</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function"> <dl> <dt>Previous Perspective</dt> <dd>Activates least-recently-used perspective (If held down, displays the list of open perspective, ordered by time.)</dd> </dl> </td> <td headers="keyboard">Ctrl+Shift+F8</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="menu_name" headers="name">Preferences</td> <td headers="function">Opens the Preferences dialog, where workspace-wide preferences can be set (The <a href="cdt_u_c_pref.htm">C/C++ Page Preference Window</a> section documents the C/C++-specific preferences.) </td> <td headers="keyboard"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> <img alt="IBM Copyright Statement" src="../images/ng00_04a.gif"> </p> </div> </body> </html>