This module is available only with the Toolkit. This one is optional.
The Workspace is a tool for managing projects.
It supports the functionality of adding new projects, loading existing projects (local or remote), importing projects either locally or from a remote location, saving projects and removing projects. It also supports the functionality of adding a physical directory ( a directory, that is present physically in your hard disk) and all the subdirectories and files under it. Another supported functionality is adding a virtual directory ( a directory that is abstract, i.e, it does not have a physical existence in your hard disk). This virtual directory provides a virtual location into which files can be added and stored. Double clicking a file located under a physical or a virtual directory opens it up in the editor. Removing a file in the workspace removes it from the workspace window only, it does not remove it from its physical location.
Overall, this tools comes handy for organising the projects, folders or files irrespective of their physical location.
The toolbar at the top of the Workspace has the following buttons (from left to right)
button -- Adds a new project to workspace.
button -- Adds a new or existing folder to the project.
button -- Adds a new or existing folder or a file to the workspace.
button -- Removes a selected item from the workspace. It does not remove the item physically.
button -- Imports an already existing folder (local or remote) into the workspace. If the folder does not exist, a new folder is created.
button -- Refreshes all imported folders.
Selecting and right clicking a particular folder or file or right clicking on a blank space in the workspace, shows up the following popup menus:
The Project popup menu
The New Project popup menu opens up a Create new Project... dialog box, where you can specify a new project name and the root directory of the project files.
The Load Project popup menu opens up a Load Project dialog box, where from you can choose one existing project and load it in to the workspace.
The Import Project from 2.0.x popup menu allows you to import project (created in version 2.0.x) locally or from a remote location. The actual project does not change its actual position.
Right clicking on a project in the workspace displays the following popup menus:
The Project popup menu
The New Project popup menu opens up a Create new Project... dialog box, where you can specify a new project name and the root directory of the project files.
The Load Project popup menu opens up a Load Project dialog box, where from you can choose one existing project and load it in to the workspace.
The Import Project from 2.0.x popup menu allows you to import project (created in version 2.0.x) locally or from a remote location. The actual project does not change its actual position.
The Save Project popup menu allows the save the current project on which, the work is going on, in a new name.
The Save Project As popup menu allows you save the current project in a different name.
The Remove Project popup menu allows to you select and remove a project from the workspace. But, it does not remove it from the original location in your hard disk.
The Add Physical Directory... popup menu allows to add a physical directory to your workspace, which has an existence in your hard disk.
The Add Virtual Directory... popup menu is a unique feature of the workspace. It allows you to add a viurtual directory ( a directory, which although is visible in the workspace, but does not have any physical existence in your hard disk) to your workspace, where you can keep, create project, files and folders and remove therefrom.
The Refresh Project popup menu refreshes the projects and its folders and files, included within.
The Project Properties popup menu opens up a Project Properties dialog box, that describes File Path,the Date on which the file was last modified, the Root directory of the file and a URL to the file.
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