Specifying the perspective layout

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You can specify the layout of perspective by configuring an XML file, and then add the path of the XML file in plug-in editor. See the following screen capture of specifying the perspective layout:

Refer to the UDTT Rich Client Perspective Definition in Extension Points Reference.

Example of a layout configuration file

Three tags are defined in this configuration file: view, folder and page. Page is a special view to hold in the folder. All the attributes are designed to map the Eclipse perspective layout definition.

Attributes in layout configuration files

▪ id: required. The ID of the view.

▪ refId: required. The referred view ID in order to identify the position. The value editarea means the whole area of this perspective.

▪ relationship: required. The relationship between this component and the referred component.

▪ showTitle: optional. Specify whether the title of the view is displayed. The default value is true.

▪ standalone: optional. Specify whether this view is standalone. The default value is false.

▪ holder: optional. Specify whether this view is displayed at first. The default value is true, which means that the review is not displayed at first, but a space is reserved for displaying.

▪ closeable: optional. Specify whether this view can be closed. The default value is true.

▪ moveable: optional. Specify whether this view is moveable. The default value is true.

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