Workbench

The term Workbench refers to the desktop development environment.

Each Workbench window contains one or more perspectives.  Perspectives contain views and editors and control what appears in certain menus and tool bars.  More than one Workbench window can exist on the desktop at any given time.

The following preferences can be changed on the Workbench page.
 

Option
Description
Default
Perform build automatically on resource modification
If this option is turned on, then the Workbench will perform an automatic build whenever a modified resource is saved.
On
Save all modified resources automatically prior to manual build
If this option is turned on, then whenever you perform a manual build (from the menu bar, select Project > Rebuild All), the Workbench will automatically save all resources that have been modified since the last build was performed.
Off
Refresh Workspace on startup If this option is turned on then the workspace resources will be synchronized with their corresponding resources in the file system when the platform is started.

Note that this can potentially be a lengthy operation depending on the number of resources you have in your workspace.

Off
Confirm exit when closing last window
If this option is turned on, then when you close the last workbench window you will be prompted to confirm that you want to exit.

You will be able to disable this option in the prompt.

On
Show Tasks view when build has errors or warnings
If this option is turned on, then when a build results in new errors or warnings the Tasks view will be activated.
On
Workspace save interval (in minutes) This number indicates how often the state of the workspace is automatically saved to disk. 5
Open mode...
You can select one of the following methods for opening resources:
 
  • Double click - Single clicking on a resource will select it and double clicking on it will open it in an editor.
  • Single click (Select on hover) - Hovering the mouse cursor over the resource will select it and clicking on it once will open it in an editor.
  • Single click (Open when using arrow keys) - Selecting a resource with the arrow keys will open it in an editor.
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    Note: Depending on which view has focus, selecting and opening a resource may have different behavior.

Double click

 

Here is what the Workbench preferences page looks like:

Preference dialog

Related reference
Workbench Window Layout

 

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