8.3 Managing Views

Views enable you to view or edit projects.

8.3.1 Opening a View

Figure 8-6 Selecting a View to Open

To open a view, select Windows > Show View, then select an option.

To narrow the list of views, use the view filter:

  1. Select Window > Show View > Other.

  2. In the edit box, type the name of the view that you want (for example, Trace).

    Narrowing the search through the View filter

You can open, maximize, and close these views, arrange them however you want, or make Fast Views from them. See Section 8.3.6, Using Fast Views.

To quickly expand a view, double-click the view’s tab.

8.3.2 Moving a View

To move a view, click the view’s tab, then drag it to one of the following locations:

  • The left, bottom, top, or right of Designer

  • Stacked with other views

  • Outside of Designer, where it floats on your desktop

If two or more views are open, you can switch their order.

8.3.3 Minimizing and Maximizing Views

To minimize a view, do one of the following:

  • Click the Minimize button in the view’s title bar The Minimize button .

  • Press Ctrl+M.

To restore the view to its original size, click the Restore button in the view’s title bar.

To maximize a view or editor, do one of the following

  • Double-click the view’s tab.

  • Click the Maximize button The Maximize button .

  • Press Ctrl+M.

When expanded, the view or editor fills the entire application space. This feature provides maximum working space.

To restore the editor or view to its original dimensions, double-click the view’s tab.

8.3.4 Closing a View

To close a view or editor, do one of the following:

  • Click the X on the title bar.

  • Right-click the title bar, then select Close.

    Figure 8-7 Options to Close a View

8.3.5 Reopening a View Window

  1. From the main menu, select Window > Show View.

    The Show View option
  2. Select one of the views (for example, Navigator).

You can also select Window > Show View > Other, then select one of the views under Designer for Identity Manager (for example, Projects).

Figure 8-8 Other View Choices

The views you can select are as follows:

  • General

    • Bookmarks

    • Console

    • Internal Web Browser

    • Navigator

    • Outline

    • Problems

    • Project Explorer

    • Properties

    • Tasks

  • Debug

    • Breakpoints

    • Debug

    • Expressions

    • Memory

    • Registers

    • Variables

  • Designer for Identity Manager

    • Dataflow

    • eDirectory Browser

    • Policy Set

    • Project

    • Project Checker

    • Search Results

    • Trace

  • Help

    • Help

  • PDE Runtime

    • Error Log

    • Plug-In Registry

  • Provisioning

    • Data Item Mapping

    • E-mail Notification

    • Provisioning View

  • XML

    • XPath Navigator

8.3.6 Using Fast Views

Fast Views provide an efficient way to manage certain types of views that you don’t want to clutter the desktop, but still want to have readily accessible. To create a Fast View perspective:

  1. Click the Show View as a Fast View Perspective icon in the bottom left corner of the Designer window (under the Properties view).

  2. Select a View.

    Selecting the Fast View perspective
  3. The view appears to the left of the Modeler view. Right-click the view’s tab and deselect Fast View to see the view’s default placement in Designer.

  4. Reselect Fast View to have the view with its icon appear next to the Show View as a Fast View Perspective icon.

    The Fast View icon appears

After the icon appears next to the Show View as a Fast View Perspective icon, do the following to restore a Fast View to a normal view:

  1. Right-click the Fast View icon.

  2. Select Fast View.

  3. Reselect Fast View to have the view with its icon appear next to the Show View as a Fast View Perspective icon.

You can also set the following:

  • Whether you want the Fast View to appear horizontally or vertically (the Orientation option)

    Figure 8-9 Options for Fast Views

  • Where you want to dock the Fast View

Views and selected items that appear by default in the Modeler view do not have the Fast View option.