Eclipse IDE Pocket Guide

Rearranging Views and Editors

Views and editors can be shown side by side or stacked on top of other views and editors. To move a view or editor, simply click on its titlebar and drag it to a new location (see Figure 10). The only restrictions are that editors have to stay in their own rectangular area, and they can't be mixed with views. However, you can arrange the views around the editors, and you can even drag views outside of the main Eclipse window (these are called tear-off views). You can also collapse a view to an icon on the edge of the window (this is called a fast view).

Pay close attention to the changing cursor as you drag a window; the cursor shape indicates where the window will end up when you let go of the mouse button. Table 4 shows the cursor shapes and what they mean.

Figure 2-9. You can see how the Package Explorer is dragged from a tab into the bottom of the window.

Table 2-3. Cursor shapes while dragging views and editors

Cursor shape	Final position of the view/editor being dragged
	Above the window under the cursor
	Below the window under the cursor