Managing Views
You can manage the location and the size of the views in Carbide.ui.
This way you can customize the tool according to your preferences. In
Carbide.ui, all the possible views are not displayed automatically. In
addition, some of the views are collected in tab groups, and you can
access those views by clicking the name of the desired view in the tab.
Some views are only accessible through the Window menu or through the
Resources view. You can restore layout by selecting Window -> Reset
perspective.
The following customizations are available:
- Showing and hiding views
- You can close the views
you do not need to allow more space for
the views you are using.
- Moving views
- You can move and tile the
views according to your preferences
using drag and drop.
- Changing the view size
- You can change the view
sizes by dragging the outlines of the
view.
Showing and Hiding views
- To display a view that is
not shown, in the menu bar, select Window
-> Show View.
- Click on the view you want.
Note:
Some views are located
under Other.
To hide a view, click X
on the
tab of the view.
Moving views
There are many ways to move the views.
Drag
and drop
- From the tab of a view, drag
the view towards the desired
location.A black arrow appears, indicating which way the editor view
area splits.
- When the arrows show the
view to be in the desired location, drop
the view.
Note:
You can also drop the
view into a tab group, so that it becomes a new tab.
Detaching
a view
- Right-click the tab of the
view.
- Select Detached.
- The view is detached from
the work editor area and you can now
drag it to a desired location
Moving
a single view
- Right-click the tab of the
view.
- Select Move -> View.
- The view's outline box
appears.
- Move the outline box to a
desired location and click the location.
Moving
the tab group
- Right-click the tab of the
tab group.
- Select Move -> Tab
Group.
- A tab group’s
outline box appears.
- Move the outline box to a
desired location and click the location.
- The tab group is
relocated.
Creating
a fast view
- Right-click the tab of the
view
- Select Fast View
- The view disappears and a
symbol of the view appears on the
bottom of the work editor area
- Click the symbol to open and
close the view as needed. You can
change the place of the symbol, for example, from bottom to the left
Changing the view size
- Right-click the tab of the
view and select Size.
- Choose the border you want
to move, for example, Top.
- The chosen border is
high-lighted.
- Drag the chosen border to
the new location.
Tip:
To quickly change the
view size, place the mouse cursor on the border of the view. When a
black arrow appears, you can drag the border to a new location.