Bug 134918 - [Perspectives] Add "switch to perspective" feature
Summary: [Perspectives] Add "switch to perspective" feature
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.2   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P5 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform UI Triaged CLA
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Reported: 2006-04-04 20:06 EDT by Min Idzelis CLA
Modified: 2019-09-06 16:13 EDT (History)
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Description Min Idzelis CLA 2006-04-04 20:06:51 EDT 
Just like we have a keybinding: ctrl-shift-e "switch to editor" we should also have a hotkey to switch to other open perspectives. 

A very common windows motif is to "switch-to" other windows. Perspectives are almost like "windows" on eclipse, so it would be useful to be able to have a hotkey (preferably just 2 keys, like alt-tab) to be able to switch between perspectives.
Comment 1 Min Idzelis CLA 2006-04-04 20:51:42 EDT 
I just realized there already is something like this: "Next perspective" Ctrl-f8. I think this meets my request, but it is hard to find at first - at least it took me a while. I think maybe the wording should be different. 

Maybe this should be called "switch to next perspective" and "switch to previous perspective" to keep the concepts of switching to editors and perspectives similar to each other.
Comment 2 Paul Webster CLA 2006-09-28 11:01:42 EDT 
There are currently no plans to work on this feature.

PW
Comment 3 Denis Roy CLA 2007-06-22 09:33:25 EDT 
Changes requested on bug 193523
Comment 4 Eclipse Webmaster CLA 2019-09-06 16:13:43 EDT 
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

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