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indexterm:[Eclipse,perspective]
indexterm:[perspective]
indexterm:[perspective,ESCET]

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[[use-escet-perspective]]
== Eclipse ESCET perspective

The layout of the different parts of the Eclipse ESCET IDE, including the position and size of the various <<use-terminology-view,views>>, can be configured per perspective.
Different perspectives allow you to use different layouts for different tasks.

The Eclipse ESCET IDE ships with some built-in perspectives.
The default _ESCET_ perspective is ideally suited for the use of the Eclipse ESCET software.

indexterm:[perspective,open]
indexterm:[perspective,switch]
You can manually open the _ESCET_ perspective (or any other perspective), by selecting menu:Window[Perspective > Open Perspective > Other...].
Then, in the _Open Perspective_ dialog, select the _ESCET_ perspective from the list, and click the btn:[OK] button.

indexterm:[perspective,active]
indexterm:[perspective,switch]
By default, the Eclipse ESCET IDE shows the opened perspectives at the top right corner of the IDE.
Each perspective is a button that can be used to active it.
If the button appears in a pushed state, that perspective is active.
The following image shows an Eclipse ESCET IDE with two open perspectives: the _Resource_ perspective and the _ESCET_ perspective.
The _ESCET_ perspective  is the currently enabled perspective.

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By default, the _ESCET_ perspective shows the following views:

indexterm:[perspective,default views]
indexterm:[view,Project Explorer]
indexterm:[view,applications]
indexterm:[view,problems]
indexterm:[view,properties]
indexterm:[view,console]

* Project explorer (top left)
* <<use-apps-view,Applications>> (bottom left)
* Problems (bottom, grouped)
* Properties (bottom, grouped)
* Console (bottom, grouped)

indexterm:[perspective,layout]
indexterm:[perspective,reset]
You can manually <<use-terminology-view-open,open>> additional <<use-terminology-view,views>>, close some views, move views around, change the size of the different views, etc.
If at any time you wish to go back to the original layout, you can reset the perspective, by selecting menu:Window[Perspective > Reset Perspective...].
Click the btn:[OK] button to confirm.

indexterm:[perspective,default layout]
indexterm:[perspective,default views]
Whenever a new version changes the default layout of a perspective, for instance by adding a new default view, you can reset the perspective to get the new view, or you can <<use-terminology-view-open,open>> that view it manually.
