User's Manual

Active System Manager User Interface Elements
1-10 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.1
Closing One or All Perspectives
To close a perspective (or all perspectives), select one of the following methods:
• On the Active System Manager menu bar, click Window > Close Perspective or click Window >
Close All Perspectives.
• On the Active System Manager Perspective toolbar, select a perspective, right-click and select Close.
Deleting Perspectives
To delete a perspective, perform the following steps:
1. On the Active System Manager menu bar, click Window > Preferences > General > Perspectives to
display the Preferences—Perspectives dialog box; see Figure 2 on page 1-7.
2. In the Available perspectives section, select the perspective to delete and click Delete > Apply > OK.
The resetting of the available perspectives take effect the next time the perspective is opened.
Note You cannot delete the built-in perspectives (the Delete button is disabled), but you can delete any
custom perspectives that you create.
Views
Views support editors and provide alternative presentations and methods to navigate the information in
your application. Here are the key features of views:
• Views have their own menus and some views also have their own toolbars. The actions represented by
buttons on view toolbars only affect the items within that view.
• A view can appear by itself, or stacked with other views in a tabbed notebook.
• You can change the layout of a perspective by opening and closing views and by docking them in
different positions in the application window.
Note You can refresh the data displayed within views and editors by one of the following methods:
• Right-click the view and select Refresh.
• Select the view and press F5.
• Click File > Refresh.
Table 1-5 lists the views available in the Active System Manager software, grouped by perspective. For
more information about perspectives, see the “Preferences” section on page 1-27.