Perspectives

A perspective defines the initial set and layout of views in the Workbench window. Each perspective provides a set of functionality aimed at accomplishing a specific type of task. For example, the Visualize perspective contains the Tool Palette, the IDL perspective combines views used to edit IDL .pro source files, and the Debug perspective contains the views used to debug IDL programs. As you work in the Workbench, you will probably switch perspectives frequently.

The Perspectives tab is located at the top-right of the IDL Workbench. To switch to a different perspective, click on one of the tab's perspective buttons, or click Open Perspective and select a perspective from the list.

See Perspectives in IDL for additional information.