Managing IDE Windows
The IDE offers you several techniques for managing a set of windows or views:
- You can set up the IDE as a
single document interface (SDI), which uses a single primary
window with a set of supplemental secondary windows. This interface is the default.
- You can set up the IDE as a multiple document interface (MDI), which confines all of an application's internal frames inside a primary window. You can switch to MDI
using the Setup Wizard, available from the Tools menu.
- You can define a workspace to organize a set of windows and views for a particular
task.
A workspace shares many of the characteristics of an MDI, including the
association and management of a set of related windows within a parent
window. The IDE comes predefined with workspaces for editing, GUI editing, running, and debugging.
The Window menu offers you several choices for operating on windows:
- You can attach or detach a frame from the main MDI window.
- You can combine internal frames, which are used in MDI mode, with
top-level frames, which are used in SDI mode.
- You can dock a view into an existing window, a new multitabbed frame,
or a new split frame. A multitabbed frame enables you to
switch between several views that appear to share the
same space on the screen. A split pane divides a window into one or more resizable views.
- You can clone a view, such as the Source Editor, which
enables you to view different parts of the same file.
For more information on the SDI and MDI interfaces, see:
Changing Window Modes
Using a Multiple Document Interface
For information on workspaces, see:
Creating a Workspace
Renaming a Workspace
Turning Off the Automatic Loading of a Workspace
Changing the Toolbar Configuration for a Workspace
Deleting a Workspace
For information on docking and cloning views, see:
Docking and Undocking Views
Cloning the Source Editor
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