The Reload Editor is built on Eclipse and as such uses the Eclipse windowing and menuing system. The Editor consists of:
A Perspective is a group of views and editors in the program window. A perspective contains one or more views and editors. Each perspective may have a different set of views but all perspectives share the same set of editors.
A View is a visual component within the program. It is typically used to navigate a hierarchy of information (such as resources), open an editor, or display properties for the active editor. Modifications made in a view are saved immediately. Normally, only one instance of a particular type of view may exist within the program.
An Editor is also a visual component within the program. It is typically used to edit a Resource or Learning Design. Modifications made in an editor follow an open-save-close lifecycle model. Multiple instances of an editor type may exist within at the same time.
Some features are common to both views and editors. We use the term "part" to mean either a view or an editor. Parts can be active or inactive, but only one part can be active at any one time. The active part is the one whose title bar is highlighted. The active part is the target for common operations like cut, copy and paste. The active part also determines the contents of the status line. If an editor tab is white it indicates the editor is not active, however views may show information based on the last active editor.
The following screenshot shows a typical layout of two views and an editor:
The views may be dragged and moved to different positions as seen in the following screenshot:
The Reload Learning Design Editor provides two perspectives available from the Window->Open Perspective menu - the "Projects" perspective and the "Resources" perspective. These default to displaying the Project tree view and the Resources tree view respectively. You may freely configure each perspective by opening, closing and moving views around as you require. To reset each perspective to its default setting, select the required perspective from the Window->Open Perspective menu and then select the Window->Reset Perspective menu item.