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Does someone know how to implement eclipse perspective switcher so that each perspective shows as a separate tab on top of the window?

Menubar should be inside tab content, below tabs, as seen in google chrome.

I saw

but it's not quite there.

I saw Riena screenshots and it looks almost what I have on my mind, but I don't know how they did it. Can someone point me in the right direction?

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In Riena specifically, the tabs that you see are 'sub-applications' and not perspectives. Riena has a slightly different approach to the UI and the Look and Feel than traditional RCP / Eclipse applications do.

Take a look at the Look and Feel section on the Eclipse wiki to get an idea. Also, you could download the source-code and get started with Riena quite quickly and see for yourself how they do it.

Anirudh
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Actually the subapplication in Riena that Anirudh mentions are modelled as RCP perspectives in the inside. So using the Presentation API, when you switch to a different subapplication, Riena will trigger inside to switch to a different perspective.

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Check for the plugin preference:

org.eclipse.ui./DOCK_PERSPECTIVE_BAR=left

Read the below for exact details:

How to change perspective bar pos

I am not sure whether the above link will take you to the exact index. If not Click on the link and check Question 12: How can I change the default UI settings for the perspective bar location, fast view bar location, etc?

Suraj Chandran
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