Navigating and Customizing the Flex Builder Workbench

This topic shows you how to navigate and customize the Adobe Flex Builder 2 workbench. It also shows you how to perform searches in the workbench, and how to work in Source and Design modes. For an overview of the workbench, including an overview of perspectives, editors, and views, see Flex Builder Workbench Basics.

The term workbench refers to the Flex Builder development environment. The workbench contains three primary elements: perspectives, editors, and views. You use all three in various combinations at various points in the application development process. The workbench is the container for all the development tools you use to develop applications.

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You may find more in-depth information about some of the Eclipse workbench features by referring to the Eclipse Workbench User's Guide, at http://help.eclipse.org/help31/index.jsp.

This topic contains the following sections:

Working with perspectives
Working with editors and views
Customizing the workbench
Searching in the workbench
Working in the editor's Source and Design modes
Accessing keyboard shortcuts
Setting workbench preferences

Flex 2.01

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