Workspace Layouts

[davisr_uk]

I'm having an issue with Workspace Layouts that hopefully someone can help with.

Basically I'd like a layout for Modelling and a layout for Team Review. The Team Review layout has the Model Mail window docked in the centre at the bottom of the screen and the Team Review window docked in the bottom right under the project browser. The Modelling layout does not include either window.

If I swap from Team Review to Modelling layout the Team Review window disappears (as I would expect) but the Model Mail window remains. If I close the window and revert back to Team Review layout the window does not reappear yet the Team Review one does.

This behavior makes the Workspace Layout function pretty useless as I have to constantly close and open windows; something I though layouts were supposed to prevent.

[qwerty]

This may be unrelated, but right now I opened EA and got that Workspace Layouts window (can shake my head only over its existence, it's so superfluous) hanging around somewhere on my screen and I can not even move it. Is it design? Is it broken? No. It's EAUI!

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[Eve]

qwerty,

It may not be relevant to you, but two useful purposes come to mind.

1. The use case that davis is trying to use it for, to switch between distinct modes of working.
2. Provide a starting point, particularly for new users for the kind of functionality that EA provides targeted at a specific role.

You may not want to be swapping between distinct roles on a regular basis, and I know you're not new to EA. But that doesn't mean you wouldn't find out something new by switching to a different workspace layout.

PS. Your issue of a floating window reminds me of an issue that I thought was fixed. Depending on how you created the layout something like that could happen.

[Eve]

davis,

I think the issue you are seeing is that windows in the main view are not part of the workspace layout. However, the Working Sets functionality provides a way to re-open a set of windows. Additionally, if you have moved a window from the center view it allows you to save the current layout and restore it later.

[davisr_uk]

davis,

I think the issue you are seeing is that windows in the main view are not part of the workspace layout. However, the Working Sets functionality provides a way to re-open a set of windows. Additionally, if you have moved a window from the center view it allows you to save the current layout and restore it later.

Hmm, I'm not sure, I don't think the main view is the problem. I wonder if it's something about the Model Mail view itself. It seems to want to open in the Main View rather than in one of the other docking areas.

I tried out Working Sets but it doesn't give the functionality I was after. Basically I just want the equivalent of Eclipse Perspectives where I have a set of views open when doing one task and another set of views open when I'm doing another. It seems like basic editor functionality to me.