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authorLeena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>2020-03-12 16:23:16 +0100
committerLeena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>2020-03-13 09:37:58 +0000
commit83a60f10ce638f3340d30567ec8a01bd193e8981 (patch)
tree200617d3ebb5f799a5de5425ba1ff322cae9e92d
parent0e71463b91c6096cb32c9b09b644ed171707a8b2 (diff)
Doc: Update info about managing workspaces
Change-Id: I1cd79ac60641d99b86b246cb540cb6a9e70d1f30 Reviewed-by: Thomas Hartmann <thomas.hartmann@qt.io>
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@@ -32,21 +32,42 @@
\title Managing Workspaces
In the Design and Debug modes, you can arrange a set of \QC
- views as a \e workspace on the screen. For a list of views,
- select \uicontrol Window > \uicontrol Views.
+ views as a \e workspace on the screen.
- In \QMLD, you can select the \uicontrol {Restore last workspace on startup}
- check box to save the current workspace as a \e default workspace when you
- exit \QC and to restore it the next time you start \QC.
+ To detach views:
- To manage workspaces, select \uicontrol Window > \uicontrol Workspaces >
- \uicontrol Manage.
+ \list
+ \li Double-click the title bar of the view.
+ \li Start dragging the view to another position.
+ \li Select the \inlineimage icons/detach-group-icon.png
+ (\uicontrol {Detach Group}) button.
+ \endlist
+
+ You can move detached views or groups of views anywhere on the screen.
+
+ To attach views, drag them over the dock area markers until the dock area
+ where you want to attach the view is highlighted, and then drop them into
+ the dock area.
+
+ \image qtcreator-workspace-attaching-views.png "Attaching views"
+
+ To close groups of views, select the \uicontrol {Close Group} button.
+
+ To open closed views, select \uicontrol Window > \uicontrol Views.
+
+ \section1 Saving Workspaces
+
+ The changes you make to a workspace are saved when you exit \QC.
+ In \QMLD, you can select \uicontrol Window > \uicontrol Workspaces >
+ \uicontrol Manage > \uicontrol {Restore last workspace on startup}
+ to restore the current workspace the next time you start \QC.
\image qtcreator-workspace-manager.png "Workspace Manager"
To save a workspace under a new name, select \uicontrol Clone.
- To delete the selected workspace, select \uicontrol Delete.
+ To revert the changes you made to a preset workspace, select
+ \uicontrol Reset.
To switch between workspaces, select \uicontrol {Switch To}.
@@ -61,4 +82,5 @@
switch to it.
\endlist
+ To delete the selected workspace, select \uicontrol Delete.
*/