Managing IDE Windows
The IDE offers you several ways to manage a set of windows or views:
- 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. This interface is the default.
- 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.
To switch to SDI mode, choose
Tools
Setup Wizard
in the main window.
- 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 primary
window. The IDE comes predefined with workspaces for editing,
GUI editing, and debugging.
The Window menu offers you several choices:
- You can attach or detach a frame from the main MDI window.
- You can combine internal frames used in MDI mode with
top-level frames 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 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, to
enable you to view different parts of the same file.
For more information on the SDI and MDI interfaces, see:
Using a Multiple Document Interface
Changing Window Modes
For information on workspaces, see:
Workspaces in the IDE
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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