Customizing workspaces


Workspaces are entirely customizable through the Workspaces node in the Project Settings window. Choose Project | Settings... from the main menu and expand Workspaces 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:

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:
To add windows to the new workspace, you can either:

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:
To set the workspace the IDE switches to for execution:
To set the workspace the IDE switches to for debugging:

For more information on workspaces, see Workspaces.


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