Navigating

VisualAge for Java gives you many different ways to look at your code. This section gives you a brief overview of the primary windows in VisualAge for Java and tells you how to move from one window to another.

Moving between windows

Every window in VisualAge for Java has a Window menu. You can move between windows by selecting the window you want from this menu.

If the window you select is already open, it becomes the active window. If the window you want is not open, it is opened and becomes the active window. If you select Switch To in the Window menu, you can select from any of the windows that are currently open.

Recently-used windows are stored in a list in the File menu. If you want to open a window that you recently closed, select it from the list in the File menu.

In addition to being opened explicitly by you, some windows are also opened by VisualAge for Java as you perform your development tasks. For example, suppose you run a program by selecting a class in the Workbench window and selecting Run from the Selected menu. If there is an active breakpoint in your program, the Debugger window opens when the breakpoint is reached. To return to the Workbench window, select Workbench from the Window menu in the Debugger window.

Windows you can open from the Window menu

Here is a summary of the windows that you can open from the Window menu:

In addition to these windows, you can do the following actions from the Window menu.