A perspective descriptor describes a perspective in an
IPerspectiveRegistry
.
A perspective is a template for view visibility, layout, and action visibility within a workbench page. There are two types of perspective: a predefined perspective and a custom perspective.
- A predefined perspective is defined by an extension to the workbench's perspective extension point (
"org.eclipse.ui.perspectives"
). The extension defines a id, label, and IPerspectiveFactory
. A perspective factory is used to define the initial layout for a page. - A custom perspective is defined by the user. In this case a predefined perspective is modified to suit a particular task and saved as a new perspective. The attributes for the perspective are stored in a separate file in the workbench's metadata directory.
Within a page the user can open any of the perspectives known to the workbench's perspective registry, typically by selecting one from the workbench's Open Perspective
menu. When selected, the views and actions within the active page rearrange to reflect the perspective.
This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
@see IPerspectiveRegistry