# Changing Where Perspectives Open

You can change the default behavior for how perspectives are opened in the Workbench.

1. Open the General > Perspectives preference page.
2. Select either In the same window or In a new window from the Open a new perspective group.
3. Click OK.

### Related Concepts

Perspectives

### Related Tasks

Opening perspectives
Specifying the default perspective
Switching between perspectives
Showing and hiding menu items and toolbar buttons
Configuring perspective command groups
Configuring perspective shortcuts