| A perspective descriptor describes a perspective in an
IPerspectiveRegistry.
A perspective is a template for view visibility, layout, and action visibility
within a workbench page. There are two types of perspective: a predefined
perspective and a custom perspective.
- A predefined perspective is defined by an extension to the workbench's
perspective extension point (
"org.eclipse.ui.perspectives").
The extension defines a id, label, and IPerspectiveFactory.
A perspective factory is used to define the initial layout for a page.
- A custom perspective is defined by the user. In this case a predefined
perspective is modified to suit a particular task and saved as a new
perspective. The attributes for the perspective are stored in a separate file
in the workbench's metadata directory.
Within a page the user can open any of the perspectives known
to the workbench's perspective registry, typically by selecting one from the
workbench's Open Perspective menu. When selected, the views
and actions within the active page rearrange to reflect the perspective.
This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
See Also: IPerspectiveRegistry |