Simplify a perspective

This section provides the procedure for simplifying a perspective.

This procedure assumes that you have the IDs for the elements that you want to hide and that you have added the perspective ID to the eclipse.xml file. See Obtain the list of IDs in a trace log for a perspective for the procedure.

You can also use the eclipseui_template.xml file to get the IDs for most perspective. See Working with the eclipseui_template.xml file for more information.

To simplify a perspective:

  1. Open the TEXTML Administration perspective by clicking the TEXTML Administration shortcut on the tool bar. If the shortcut is not displayed, follow these steps:
    1. Select Window > Perspective > Open Perspective > Other
    2. Click TEXTML Administration.
    3. Click Open.
  2. In the TEXTML Administration view, double-click the server. If your server is not displayed in the view, you must add it to the view.
  3. When the Connect as dialog opens, type your username and password and click OK.
  4. Double-click the name of your Content Store to open a connection to it.
  5. Expand the Content Store's Repository node and browse to /system/conf to locate the eclipseui.xml file.
  6. Right-click eclipseui.xml and select Check Out.
  7. Open the file in an XML editor.
  8. Look for the perspective that you want to simplify. If it is not there, add it.
    Note: You can also use wildcards when specifying perspective names to specify multiple perspectives in a single line. For example, "com.ixiasoft.dita.eclipse.gui.perspective.*" will match all the IXIASOFT CCMS perspectives.
  9. Inside the perspective, look for the section that you want to simplify.
  10. Add the items that you want to hide, close, or minimize in a <removeditem> or <item> element, as appropriate.
    Most interface items are already defined but commented out for the startup and DITA perspectives. You can simply uncomment the items as appropriate.

    For the list of valid elements and attributes per section, see Understanding the eclipseui.xml file.

    To determine the ID of the element items to configure, see Getting IDs from the trace log.

  11. Save, close, and Check In the eclipseui.xml file.
  12. Inform users of the changes and request that they close and reopen their IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop to apply the changes.