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Open a workspace

When you start the BlackBerry® IDE, it opens the most recently opened workspace. The BlackBerry IDE opens the same panes and files that were open when you used the workspace previously. The BlackBerry IDE also maintains a history of workspaces so that you can switch from one workspace to another.

    1. On the File menu, click Open Workspace.
    2. Select a workspace (.jdw) file.
    3. Click Open.

View workspace files

> In the left pane, click the Workspace Files tab.

This tab displays projects related to the workspace file. Use it to manage project files, including graphics and other resource files, and set project properties.

Note: To view the source code definition of a class, method or field in the Edit window, in the Workspace files window, right-click the item, and then click Show definition of. You can also double-click a class, method or field name to view its source code definition in the Edit window. To see a full declaration of an item in the Workspace files window, pause the cursor on a class, method, or field name in the window.

View workspace packages

> In the left pane, click the Workspace Packages tab.

This tab displays the logical organization of code across the projects in this workspace. Use this view to work with the logical structure of your programs. You can expand the folders to view each package, its member classes, and the constructors, methods, and fields in each class.

Note: In the Workspace packages window, right-click a class, method, or field name, and then click Show definition to view its source code definition in the Edit window. You can also double-click a class, method or field name to view its source code definition in the Edit window. To see a full declaration of an item in the Workspace packages view, pause the cursor on a class, method, or field name in the window.

Use this view for the same tasks as the workspace files view, isolating a single project from the workspace files view. See "View workspace files" for more information.

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