Managing IDE Windows
The IDE offers you several ways to manage a set of windows or views:
- You can set up the IDE as a multiple document interface (MDI),
which confines all of an application's internal frames inside
a primary window. This interface is the default. For more
information, see
Using a Multiple Document Interface.
- You can set up the IDE as a
single document interface (SDI), which uses a single primary
window with a set of supplemental secondary windows.
To switch to SDI mode, choose
Tools
Setup Wizard
in the main window. For more information, see
Changing Window Modes.
- You can define a workspace to organize a set of windows
and views for a particular task.
A workspace shares many of the characteristics of an MDI, including the
association and management of a set of related windows within a primary
window. The IDE comes predefined with workspaces for editing,
GUI editing, and debugging. For more information on workspaces, see
Workspaces in the IDE.
The Window menu in the main window of the IDE
offers you several choices for how to manage frames in the IDE:
- You can attach or detach a frame from the main MDI window.
- You can combine internal frames used in MDI mode with
top-level frames used in SDI mode.
- You can dock a view into an existing window, a new multitabbed frame,
or a new split frame. A multitabbed frame enables you to
switch between several views that share the
same space on the screen. A split pane divides a window into one
or more resizable views. For more information about
docking and undocking views, see
Docking and Undocking Views.
- You can clone a view, such as the Source Editor, to
enable you to view different parts of the same file. For more
information, see Working With Large Files in
the Source Editor.
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