Customizing workspaces
Workspaces are entirely customizable through the
Workspaces
node in the Project Settings window. Choose Project | Settings... from the main menu and expandWorkspaces
to see a list of current workspaces. These workspace nodes can in turn be expanded to see a list of currently open windows on each workspace.Each level of this hierarchy can be cut, copied and pasted, using commands on either the contextual menu or the Edit menu of the Main Window. Existing workspaces can be renamed, again through the contextual menu, the workspace's property sheet, or using in-place editing of the name in the Explorer.
Workspace clipboard operations act recursively: copying a workspace copies all windows present on that workspace. If you then paste the new workspace to the workspace hierarchy, these windows are copied to that new workspace.
On the property sheet for each workspace node is the
Toolbar Configuration
property, where you can choose from among different sets of toolbars to display in the workspace. See Toolbar contextual menu and toolbar configurations for information on creating your own toolbar configurations.To create a new workspace:
- Choose Project | Settings... from the main menu.
- Right-click on the root
Workspaces
node and choose New Workspace from the contextual menu.A dialog box will open enabling you to specify the name of the new workspace.
- Type the workspace name and click OK.
The new item will appear in the given tree in the Project Settings window and immediately be displayed on the Main Window.
If you need to expand the workspace tab area on the Main Window to see your new workspace, click and drag the workspace tab divider to the right. If there are more workspaces than are visible in the workspace tab area, left and right scroll buttons will be displayed enabling you to scroll through all available workspaces.
To delete a workspace:
- Right-click on the workspace's tab in the Main Window and choose Delete WorkspaceName from the contextual menu.
To add windows to the new workspace, you can either:
- Choose the workspace by clicking on its tab in the Main Window and then open up the windows that you want to be on that workspace from the Windows menu or toolbar; or
- Under the
Workspaces
tab in the Project Settings window, copy windows from other workspace nodes and paste them to the new workspace.Note: Only the first option works if you want to add a window not already in a workspace to the new workspace.
You can also customize which workspace the IDE automatically switches to when you start execution or debugging or open a form.
To set the workspace the IDE switches to when you open a form object:
- Choose Tools | Global Options... from the main menu to open the Global Options window and select the
Form Objects
node.- Click on the value of the
Workspace
property to access the drop-down list of available workspaces, and then choose a workspace. You can also set this property toNone
if you do not want the workspace to change when you open a form object.To set the workspace the IDE switches to for execution:
- Choose Tools | Global Options... from the main menu to open the Global Options window and select the
Execution Settings
node.- Click on the value of the
Workspace
property to access the drop-down list of available workspaces, and then choose a workspace. You can also set this property toNone
if you do not want the workspace to change when you run a class.To set the workspace the IDE switches to for debugging:
- Choose Tools | Global Options... from the main menu to open the Global Options window and select the
Debugger Settings
node.- Click on the value of the
Workspace
property to access the drop-down list of available workspaces, and then choose a workspace. You can also set this property toNone
if you don not want the workspace to change when you start the Debugger.For more information on workspaces, see Workspaces.
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