SchweizerischeBundesbahnen/scion-workbench

Make main area optional

danielwiehl opened this issue · 0 comments

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

The main area is the central place in the Workbench where the user can open and arrange views. Around the main area, the application can define a layout to arrange views. When switching perspectives, the main area remains unchanged.

A single, dedicated main area may be appropriate for some applications but not others. Therefore, it should be possible to "disable" the main area, making the use of a main area optional. New views would then open in the currently active part.

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See https://archive.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/documentation/2.0/html/plugins/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/ui/IPageLayout.html#setEditorAreaVisible(boolean)